Show GREATEST LOUISVILLE RACE I EIGHT OR TEN STARTERS IN TH KENTUCKY DERBY Race Will be Witnessed by 30000 PeopleLieut Gibson Goes Into the Event a I Marked Favoritp Louisville April 29At Churchill Downs next Thursday will be inaugurated Inaugu-rated what promises to be the greatest race of the history of the Louisville Jockey club Already the city Is tilling up and It Is expected that fully 30000 people will witness the Kentucky Derby As It now looks there will be a field of eight startels and possibly len > The sure ones are Llcul Gibson Kentucky Farmer F W Bro e Hindus Highland I Lad Florlzar Ills Excellency and Ben adcr fo these may be added Thrive and Flaunt Flaunt worked the derby route this morning In 210 Although Lieut Gibsons stock has deprcclaled during the past fortnight ho will still go to the post a marked II favorlle Tom McDowells colt Ills Excellency will receive some consideration consid-eration as he has made a mile and an eighth on the Lexington trace lnl5l Notwithstanding F W Brodes ugly J temper his owner says hu will start him In tho derby He has sulked In his last two races but It may be that he I will lake a notion to run kindly I wil a noton kll l on I Thursday I he should run to his California form he would be n hard horso to beat Kentucky Farmer will start but hi preparation has been so slow and conservative that conservatve he has few friends Highland Lad will be put In as j I thc pacemaker for his stable companion compan-ion Florlzar Although not considered n mile and a quarter horse if he goes after Lieut Gibson for Iho first neven elghlhs he may proc bothersome to time ijackers of that colt Hindus Is y dark one oneBy time lime the Memphis contingent arrives tomorrow ihere will be 1000 horses here The Turf Congress handicap handi-cap worth about 3500 will be run on I Saturday I has Bangle John Bright Pink Colt and olher good ones In IL |