Buckden, dam Ethel Sprague; 102
lbs., Kelso 0

T. J. Megibben's b c Newsboy by Enquirer, dam Mollie Hambleton;
105 lbs., Quantrell 0

Rodes & Carr's b c Wallensee by Waverley, dam Phasma; 107 lbs.,
Parker 0

L. P. Tarlton's b c Mistral by Virgil, dam Glenella; 105 lbs.,
Stoval 0

M. Young's ch g Lost Cause by King Alfonso, dam Nellie Knight;
102 lbs., Taylor 0

M. Young's b g Monogram by Buckden, dam Monomania; 106 lbs.,
Edwards 0

G. Kuhns & Co.'s ch c Highflyer by Hiawatha, dam Sue Wynne; 105
lbs., Brown 0

Time--2:40-1/4

Betting--Runnymede $700, Mistral $100, Wendover $100, Lost Cause $80,
Robert Bruce $60, Bengal $60, Field $150.

DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE OF WINNER.

Apollo is a chestnut gelding, bred by D. Swigert, Preakness Stud,
Lexington, Ky. He stands 15 hands half an inch high, and the only white is
on the left hind pastern. He has a rather heavy, plain head, wide jowls,
good stout neck, which fills up his shoulders well, mounts high on the
withers, deep chest, good length, arched loin, long quarters and hips,
with excellent, clean and bony legs. Apollo is by Imp. Ashstead or Lever
(no doubt by the latter), out of Rebecca T. Price by The Colonel, her dam
by Imp. Margrave, out of Rosalie Summers by Sir Charles, her dam Mischief
by Virginian, out of a mare by Imp. Bedford, &c.

NINTH DERBY 1883

If the prospects of a successful meeting were somewhat dampened by the
heavy fall of rain for three days previous to its inauguration, ample
amends were made for the postponement by the bright and genial sunshine
that ushered in Wednesday morning, and the large and brilliant crowd that
was in attendance on Derby Day. This was more to be wondered at for the
reason that the weather had been so unseasonable, great coats and a fire
feeling remarkably comfortable. Indeed in looking at the vast sea of
upturned faces, to be seen in the Grand Stand, the lawn and the field, we
were reminded of witnessing our first English Derby, when Umpire, the
first American candidate who had e