Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-10 | Page 8 | Kentucky Derby Comes off Today

KENTUCKY DERBY COMES OFF TODAY Much Interest Among the Horsemen, Bunch of Good Dope on the Horses That Are Entered. Ram's Horn Likely to Bo the Favorite, Favor-ite, While Dr Leggo Stands Well. A gr-nt deal of local Interest Is bring Inken In tho running of tho Kentucky derby tho classic of tho American tin f. j The following arc the entiles, weights and Jockeys as posted at tho local Turf Exchn iik' Agile. 123, J. Blartln; Dr. Leggo 122. T !un, Ram's Horn 117. i rinimliis Me- Clcllan, 110, Trubel, Luvson, 117, D. Austin Aus-tin Jockey Cummins, ono of the bast jockeys in tho East, left New York for Louisville Mpnday night to ride Ram h Horn Jockeys J iMnrtln and Tooman are two California Jockeys, 'fooman having accompanied Dr Leggo from 8en Francisco. Fran-cisco. Tho horsemen of the Wcsl have irrv;it hopes for Dr. Leggo winning tlu tiii;sc event, His trainer has started him at all disdtnre.it. and the colt has done everything ske,i of him so far. He won the Aecni derby at Los Angeles, and tho California deroy at Oakland, and numerous handicaps, also running second In the world's record time in a three-mile race, showing his class over aged hoi sc.? ills owner is o W, Wilson. giie anothet entry wiik ih; winnei "f lie- Mrmplii 'I . r 1 1 . also of l'hoeuix Hotel stakes at Lexington, K.v. Ills iiwner Is H S Brown. P.am's Horn who will probably be the favorite in this afternoon's race, is th.-winnei th.-winnei of the speed stakes at New Orleans, Or-leans, -uul the Montgomery h.unli:ip :it Memphis H- is owned hy A' S. Wili- iams McClellan. another entry Is a high-Class roit who ran third in the Cumberland derbj this spring, and Is ownetl hy W. Qerst. Layson, another fast racer, won quite a numher of races last ar. and --l.irteJ this year In good form, hut the best lo, has ione so far Is to rim second to Miss Jordan at Nashville, Tenn. T. P. Hays Is the owner of this horse.