Show Like Lexington Days LOISVIILE Ivy May 9 Today inaugurates in-augurates the spring meeting of the Louisville Louis-ville Jockey club The prospect for success suc-cess Cui racing never was better People flocked here from far and near to attend the meeting aud witness the principal event of todays programme The Kentucky Ken-tucky Derby The weather was delightful delight-ful the track safe but not fast in consequence conse-quence of the continued drouth Attendance Attend-ance from ten thousand to fifteen thousand Proctor Knott last years futurity winner win-ner was tho decided Derby favorite selling m o tlio tinlil ot SIM tn AT For the Kentucky Derby eicht candidates Proctor Knott faced the starters Spokane e Proeor Casbius Outbound HinJooruft Sportsman Sports-man Once Again and Bookmaker The Agin crowd continues pouring in it is i now estimated mated at from twenty thousand to twenty I five thousand Spokane first Proctor Knott second Once Again third ime 234 < Hecord broken LoriiViLLE May 9Time spring meeting of the Louisville Jockey club opened today The weather was very fine and the largest crowd ever known was present being variously estimated at from 15000 to 25000 The track was in good condition well sprinkled and safe through two inches of dust and a little fast Montana answers an-swers to California in the results jf the day All else is eclipsed in the Kentucky derby I has been In sight and hearing for weeks a great race was expected and the expectation did not vise to the reality as three years ago Haggin brought Ben All out of the west to lower the Kentucky Derby race record 23Cj Armstrong came today with Spokano and two seconds more clisniinparpil A little crowd of far west turf men were present and with little ado they went about backing their favorites Armstrong a year ago said he was going to take this as the highest honor to the west There werent enough coast people to overcome the immense enthusiasm which backed the home horse Proctor Knott and the betting was nearly all one way The first pool sold this morning was 15 for Knott and 11 for the field and while much better than this was done both in the pools and especially in the private bets this shows the strength of sentiment All bets against Knott were snaps and the only reason Kentucky is not broke tonight is lack of men to take their offers As the horses filed up the track for the great event all appeared in perfect condition condi-tion The game chicken on the great futurity fu-turity winner was cheered to an echo as he came out The sixth and youngest entries who followed won an applause Spokane was hardly noticed though the quiet tip was out among the knowiti hat he had been saved for the occasio Facing the I posts as starters and riders wen ports mnt US Tcn Tmvia RnnlrnTin im Killetta Proctor Knott its Baines i Once Again US Murphy Bookmaker US War wick Cassius itS Terrain Southend 113 Hobbs Hindoo Craft US Armstrong The race was run out of the chute Ferguson had little difficulty in getting them off together to-gether and the start was very even Hindoo Craft was in front Bookmaker second Spokane third At the head of the stretch the horses were little changed though the crowd was closing on Knott who was evidently waiting wait-ing for his chance As they turned the stretch the race commenced and seldom was such a run witnessed in America Knott was let out but Spokane came up with a tremendous rush Hal way down the stretch Spokane forged to the front by two lengths Barnes wheeled the favorite into line just as they reached the distance stand and ho came up like a bolt I was too late and Spokane Spo-kane passed under the wire the winner by a nose Once Again three lengths off The rest were strung out Spokane is owned by Noah Armstrong of Helena Mont where he was bred and wintered at Memphis The race was worth 4S50 to the winner Quarters in the derby were run as follows fol-lows First quarter 1934 half mile ASX threefourths of a mile 1M mile 14134 mile and a quarter 2 11 The following is a summary of the other races Maiden threeyearolds seveneighths of a mile Sierf t It won Pinkie T secend Mose third Time 114J One and onesixteenth mile Cameto Taw won Badge second Lavinia Bell third Time 25I All ages threefourths of a mile heats First heat Brave won Tuda second Ma Cauley third Weeks and Vanguard distanced g l Time l 1734 Second heat Bravo first Prather second MaCauley third Time 1 163g |