re than average height, being close to
16 hands high. He has never been credited with speed of the sprinting
order, but what he can do is of the rating sort, which tells for a lot in
his favor in a long race. He started eighteen times last season, winning
four times, finishing second four, and third six times. This season he ran
three times previous to the Derby to-day, his best race being in the Blue
Grass Stakes, at Lexington, in which he ran second to Foundation, at a
mile and an eighth, run in 1:51-2/5.

The Kentucky Derby of to-day was the richest race in the history of that
classic, being worth $6,600 gross. Of this, the second horse, Ten Point,
won $700, and the third horse, Gowell, $300. With the $125 deducted, the
winner's entrance and starting fee, the net value to Donerail is $5,475.

FORTIETH DERBY 1914

Derby followers awoke this morning to find that, with a cloudless sky
smiling above, the elements had looked upon the day with favor, it being
an ideal day for racing. A warm sun dissipated the moisture of two
preceding days and also assisted extensively in putting the course in good
shape.

It was just a few minutes after 5 o'clock when the Derby entrants, after
having been cantered past the grandstand and clubhouse veranda, approached
the starting point a quarter of a mile above the judges' stand. Old Ben,
which had the inside position at the start, was the first to slip under
the barrier and wheel about facing it. Then came Watermelon, John Gund,
Bronzewing, Surprising, Old Rosebud and Hodge in the order named.

At the post less than two minutes the seven entrants in the Derby were off
like a shot. For the fraction of a second they ran in perfect alignment,
the start having been an ideal one. Then Old Rosebud began moving into the
lead. Hodge, a bit slower than his rival, was quickest of the others,
however, and closed in immediately behind the leader. Bronzewing was last
of the seven to get going, and at the end of the first quarter was last by
five lengths.

As the eyes of those stationed at the starting point followed the racers
in their swift circling of the track they saw Old Rosebud gradually
increasing the lead assumed by him during the first quarter of the
journey.

Rounding the turn into the stretch Old Rosebud was in the lead by two
lengths, Hodge was second by four lengths and John Gund was third by half
a length. Surprising was a head in advance of Old Ben, and the latter was
a