117 Perkins 3 2 3 4 2 3 8 9 to 1
First Mate, 117 Thorpe 6 1 1 3 h 4 4 5 to 1
The Dragon, 117 Overton 8 6 5 5 2 5 4 20 to 1
Parson, 109 Britton 7 7 7 7 6-1/2 50 to 1
The Winner, 117 Walker 4 3 2 6 7 30 to 1
Ulysses, 117 R. Williams 6 8 8 8 8 8 to 1

Time at post 20 minutes; start good; won in a fierce drive. M. F. Dwyer's
b c Ben Brush, by Bramble--Roseville. Hot Springs Stable's b c Ben Eder,
by Fonso--Workmate. Fractional Time--:25, :49-1/2, 1:15-1/2, 1:42,
2:07-3/4

TWENTY-THIRD DERBY 1897

The twenty-third Kentucky Derby has been won and Typhoon II. wears the
laurel wreath. It was a splendid race and the winner earned his victory
fairly and honestly, leading from start to finish, winning a race that,
for the track was extraordinarily fast, with the pick of three-year olds
of the West behind him. Ornament was second, Dr. Catlett was third, Dr.
Shepard fourth, Goshen fifth, and Ben Brown, the pride of Newport, last.

To Typhoon must be fairly conceded the race on its merits. He won
squarely, fairly and honestly the prize, but it must also be as fairly
conceded that he had to divide the honors. Probably two-thirds of the
turfmen who saw the race still believe that Ornament is the better colt,
and with equal luck, would have won, and while Typhoon showed great speed
and endurance, Ornament added to this by as thrilling a display of
gameness as was ever witnessed on a race course. With the worst of the
going he raced from the whip like the true thoroughbred that he is, and in
the last quarter, which is the crucial test, cut down Typhoon's two
lengths of daylight to a scant neck. Great colt as he is, it was a lucky
win for Typhoon, and probably even his owner would not care to have him
measure strides again with his so recently defeated opponent.

Withal Typhoon is by no means the faint-hearted sprinter that his early
races indicated; he shows a strong infusion of the good old stout Glenelg
blood, and if Ornament can beat him he cannot give him much and do it.

The race was a beautiful one, and the following description, written by
Mr. E. L. Aroni, turf editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, could
scarcely be excelled in accuracy as well as graphic power.

"It lacks eight minutes of four o'clock when the six colts line up.
Ornament begins to