Kentucky Derby; one mile and a quarter; for three-year olds; $5,000 added;
net value to winner $5,475. Fractional Time--0:23-4/5, 0:47-4/5, 1:12-3/5,
1:39-3/5, 2:04-4/5, new record.
P.P. St. 1/4 1/2 3/4 S. F.
T. P. Hayes' Donerail, 117 Goose 5 3 6 1 6 1-1/2 5 1 5 2 1-1/2
A. L. Aste's Ten Point, 117 Buxton 4 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1-1/2 2 1-1/2
J. T. Weaver's Gowell, 112 McCabe 3 2 5 2 4 h 4 1-1/2 4 1 3 h
C. W. McKenna's Foundation,
117 Loftus 8 5 2 1 2-1/2 2 h 3-1/2 4nk
H. K. Knapp's Yankee
Notions, 117 Glass 6 7 3-1/2 3 h 3 1-1/2 2-1/2 5 5
J. O. & G. H. Keene's Lord
Marshall, 117 Steele 1 8 7 1 7 1 6 2 6 1 6 8
Doerhoefer & West's Jimmie
Gill, 110 Borel 2 1 8 8 8 7 10 7 15
J. W. Schorr's Leochares,
114 Peak 7 6 4 h 5-1/2 7 h 8 8
Donerail, the winner of the thirty-ninth Kentucky Derby, was raised on
John S. Barbee's Glen-Helen Farm, near Lexington. Mr. Barbee keeps all of
Mr. Hayes' mares. Ten Point, the second horse, was also raised on Mr.
Barbee's farm. Donerail gets his name from Donerail, a flag station near
Lexington on the Q. & C. Railway.
Donerail was sired by imp. McGee, a stallion owned by Charles W. Moore,
Mere Hill Stud, near Lexington. McGee was imported from England by E.
Corrigan and raced in this country by that turfman with much success.
Algie M., the dam of Donerail, is by Hanover out of Johnetta, by Bramble.
Her sire lines are those of Kentucky Derby winners, Hanover, her sire,
having gotten Halma, winner of the event in 1895, which in turn, sired
Alan-a-Dale the victor in the race in 1902, whereas Bramble, sire of her
grandam, got Ben Brush, the Kentucky Derby winner of 1896.
Donerail is a nicely made colt of more 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.