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Show at ciiiiiriiii.i. ntitv.sf. Tlishorliic Xeellnir r the liulatllls Jeeker tliik. illll.tvil.l.l:, May IS. Although the Derby proved tame, flit and uninteresting, uninter-esting, the regular spring meeting or the lioulsvlllu Jockey club was most auspiciously Inaugurated at Churchill Downs toilsy. Thu city was overrun with strangers, attracted here by Ihu Derby, ana the Democratic Htato convention con-vention adjourned lu honor of the occasion. The Arid, and every proml. nence without thu enclosure wa black with i-coplc. Tho grandstands, enlarged en-larged slucn last year, aud newly-terraced newly-terraced lawns were Jammed, and on top of the stands, so great wa tho crowd rched there, that nncrvheu-slous nncrvheu-slous were felt that there would U n collapse. Thu nttendauco was nearly 4'i,0ol,nn I among them was the largest number or ladle over lu the ladles' stand, clubhouse nnd lawns- The Ultlugstand whs occupied by fifty tiookmakf rv, nnd they hnd n great dcnl more than they could attend to. 11 had been announced thai thu starters lu Ihu Derby would to Hart Wallace, Vallers, Ueorgctown, Hal-gowau, Hal-gowau, Kingman and Itattou and lairable' Jialr, High Tarlll and IVet Hmut. Hon. Hill Owen of Ueorge. town, owuer of Georgetown, concluded that lilscolt wanot 111 and rtfusisi to subject hlui tu tho trylug ordeal, and ho vaas anuounced a non-starter. Hcoggln llrothers also dcclde.1 not lo try any exrlment with Valnra, whom they -wsntisl to save, Kattou Ut High Torlir, tho best of his pair, remain lu, and three, wllh Klugniau aud Hart Wallace, madothe field, Kingman' great racent Lexlugton s-iitlllttl him to tho first call In the lie!-Hug, lie!-Hug, nnd It was a liberal bookmaker that laid odds of $200 to tiOd on the winner, Ilalgowau was second rholco at (I to 2, with II and 10 to I obtain-able obtain-able against Hart Wallacu and High Tarlir. " When the Derby was called King-man King-man came out first, ridden hy Isaac Murphy, and Iho recognition of tho horsu aud rider was followed by rhoers Hint theturruuudlng knob and 11 II-tos II-tos took up and echoed back ngalu. Thu other wero alto given n cordial reception by Iho crowd. They wero given the flag at the drat attempt. Blowly the pace was set, Willi High Tarlir making the runninir: llalgowuu at his saddlu girth and Kingman and Hart Walliru well up. The cu was slow aud ot thn hair the position wero unchanged. They passed the stand lu the same order, but on the Inrk stretch Hart Wallace and High Tarlll Joined stride with Dalgowanattheaaiue old place. The imco iiulckeued aa thn inllu was finished, Kingman's stride was regular and hit head wa In tho air, although Murphy had lieen gradually gradu-ally luiprorlnghls tlllou. A furlong from the iost Kingman waaouuven term wllh Ilalgowau, thu rest beaten bsck. The struggle was brief. Another An-other kink In Mur -hyaline went out, thu whip descended and tho colt'e re-siunse re-siunse was a burst of od that shook Ihohsrd-whlpiKslnudhard-rlddcnllnl. gowimoO and sent him winner uf (ho Derby by an opsn length, Ilalgowau w as second, a length from High Tarlll, Hart Wallnceahair length to the rear. Nooneexpectrd fs.tllnie, fur theru was nothing to maku Kingman run, nnd Willi thu track heavy with dutl them was no itlaplntmciit when-limit when-limit Ii.l!.' was hung up. Thodlslancu wst)ie rnuhr Derby route, nud i-nch carrieilDXlpouiid. Tlie iwiinlsry value of this yeur' Derby wo about UTOO. ' FoUoit lug I n summary of the other rn( es: Hlx furloiiRs, ttelght for age, three. iiualrr n iiiW-Too Hwut one, Jiililliusecond, Hob L. third, Time llU, s. ' Thn o-year-old mildeus, weight for ng, mile Milt Young won. Mibellu seisind.HIr Aimer lulrd, Time, 1:11. Two-year-old und utiwards, nvn liirlongs Covertoii nnd John Ilerkley ran a dead heat, Umatilla third. Timo linl, I'urse divided. Tbrwj oar-old and upward, thrco. iiuarter or n mile heats Sullross won, (loyal Outer swond. Iljko ol Highlands High-lands third. Time, i:H. Hecnnd lieat-Hullruss nnd Itoyal (latter ran a dead heat, Kd, Hopper third. Time, liUI. Ruuot! won ly HullroMfrom Hoynl (l.irter. Time, liln. |