Show LIEUTa GIBSON VHNNER Favorite Takes Twentysixth Kentucky Derby RACE ENDED IN A PROCESSION Day Was Bright Track Was Fast but the Contest Was 1 Disappointment Disappoint-ment The Promised Finish Failed to Materialize but for Ono Reason 11 Gibson Was So Far Superior to His Field that They Could Not Hake a Race or It Crowd Was Tremendous One I Louisville Ky May 3Iloul Gibson Gib-son the good son of G W Johnson confidence showed this afternoon that the dence placed In him by the talent had boon fully Justified for he won tho twentysixth Kentucky Derby as ho pleased Inking threequarters of a second off the track record for one mile and a quarter With sunshine overhead over-head and a fast track underfoot the day was auspicious for a successful Derby The race Itself was In some respects a disappointment The sensational work In the trials of the various candidates can-didates within the past week had given rise to the belief that the rawhide raw-hide and steel would be placed vigorously vigor-ously during the last eighth of the Journey in the big event The promised finish failed to materialise but for one reason Lieut Gibson was so far superior to his field that they could l not make a race of It GREAT CROWD PRESENT I The crowd In attendance was tremendous tre-mendous Everywhere on sheds fences and In fact every place that humanity manity could find a clinging place was occupied The belting stand was one surging moving mass of humanity and the bookies were kept busy handling han-dling the bills which men fairly fought to got placed When the entries Wee finally posted It was found that Orontus and Belie lieu had been scratched leaving seven I of the best colts In the West to con tend for the honor Kentucky Farmer Farm-er Lieut 1 Gibbon Ills Excellency Highland Lad Florizar Thrive and Hindus came out on the track In the order named nnd each was In turn nnme cheered as he paraded in front of the stand I tnnt THEYRE OFF Starter China had but little trouble In getting them away and there was n murmur from the 25000 people present pres-ent and all eyes were fixed on the Soen colts as they came down to the stand When the bit of rod bunting fell they were all In motion and bunched closely with Kentucky Farmer havlnjr a head the advantage over Lieut Gibson who was second The positions remained practically tho same as they traveled the first quarter except that Thrive moved up n little t nearer the front while Lieut Gibson had been sent to the head of time procession pro-cession by Bolaml I FIRST QUARTER Vhen they reached the first quarter after passing Ute stand Lieut Gibson Gib-son was showing the way by sonic three lengths wlth Kentucky Farmer econ and Ills Excellency third J was evident from the very fall of the Hat that Boland on Lieut Gibson was to make a runaway race of lu At the half Lieut Gibson whs going with an even steidy stride four lengths In front o Highland Lad who had moved up o second place and who was D head in front of His Excellency Excel-lency thrco lengths in front of Florl ynr while Kentucky Farmer Thrive and Hindus were strung out for a dozen lengths In the order named INTO THE STRETCH As they rounded the upper turn and came Into thestretch Gibson had not relinquished more than half a length Florizar wns second a length In front of Highland Lad his stable companion compan-ion with His Excellency fourth But little change was made In the final run except that Thrive moved up to third place while Highland Lad and His Excellency gave evidences of distress dis-tress at the killing l pace which Gibson maintained to the finish for the twen tyslxth Kentucky Derby ended ns It began in a procession with Lieut Gibson at tho head and his field trailing trail-Ing He passed under the wire winner by two lengths of daylight without ha ing been touched In the sensational time of 206i Florizar was second half a length In front of Thrhe who was 3 length in front of Highland Lad while Ills Excellency Kentucky Farmer Farm-er and Hindus were strung out In the order named The public picked Gibson to win and cheer after cheer went up when Bo land dismounted and a wreath of o American Beauties was entwined about the brown colts neck RESULTS First race five and a half furlongs The Rush won Mr Phlnlvy second Charlie OBrien third Time 107 Second race four furlongs Ethel second Pace won Queen Carnival Fancy Woodf third Time seconds Third race mile selling Salvares won Lamachus second Lord Zenl third Time 112 Fourth race mile and a quarter The Kentucky Derby Lieut Gibson 117 Boland won S i to 5 and out Florizar 122 Van Dusen 1 to1 and C to 5 second Thrive 122 Wlnkfield r to 1 third Time 2OCVi Highland Lad His Excellency Kentucky Farmer Farm-er and Hindus finished as named Fifth race four furlongs Sard won The Auditor second Sam Lyons third Time 19 seconds Sixth race six furlongs selling Graylcfis won Judge Wardell second I Isablnda third Time 11G > |