la made up ground rapidly and the pace
seemed to quicken. At the end of the mile in 1:39-4/5, and heading for
home, Donau led by half a length, with Joe Morris a head in front of
Fighting Bob, and he four lengths better than Boola Boola, the others
clearly out of contention. There it looked as any one of the first four
might win, for Boola Boola was carrying the Camden colors with the speed
of the wind and loomed up big and strong. Down the stretch they came,
whips whirling and resounding even above the roar from the stand and the
field, and those jockeys rode desperately for the prize that hung at the
end of the tiring, heart-breaking journey now less than a sixteenth of a
mile away. On and on they came near to the black mark of the white board
that should proclaim the finish; flying, yet struggling gamely and
determinedly under the punishment of the bending striving riders to be
first to that goal where hung fame, glory and gold.

Donau though tiring fast, was still able to hold the lead. Unshaken, his
nose shot first past the finishing mark, with Joe Morris at his withers,
Fighting Bob at Joe Morris' throat-latch, and Boola Boola beaten only a
nose for third money. Topland was fifth five lengths back, and two lengths
in front of John Furlong, eight lengths better than Gallant Pirate a
trailing last.

It was a great finish and any human being with a drop of sporting blood in
his veins was to be excused for giving over for the moment to the feelings
of ecstasy that well up from the soul of man at such a contest. It was
beyond question the most thrilling finish ever seen in a race for the
Kentucky Derby.

THIRTY-SEVENTH DERBY 1911

Louisville, Ky., May 13, 1911.--Weather clear, track fast. 1-1/4 miles.
Time 2:05 (equals track record). Value to winner $4,850, second $700,
third $300.

Meridian, 117, G. Archibald 1-3/4 length
Governor Gray, 119, Troxler 2-15
Colston, 110, Conley 3-2
Jack Denman, 117, Wilson 4
Mud Sill, 107, Koerner 5
Round the World, 117, McGee 6
Col. Hogan, 110, McIntyre 7

$2 mutuels paid $7.80 straight. At post 2 minutes. Start good, won
driving, second and third same.

Meridian, b c, 3, by Broomstick--Sue Smith. Owned by R. F. Carman, trained
by A. Ewing.

DESCRIPTION OF RACE

Meridian, Kentucky-bred, but Eastern-owned, triumphantly carried the
colors of R. F. Carman to the front in the thirty-seventh Kent