and had clear sailing. In the stretch, though, Loftus kept hard at
work on George Smith, while Jockey Walter Lilley, who rode Star Hawk, was
making vigorous efforts to get him up.

Between the sixteenth pole and the finish it looked as though Star Hawk
could make it, but Loftus' experience served him well and he never drove a
horse harder than he drove George Smith.

The showing of the Whitney pair was disappointing to the Eastern
contingent and to Trainer James Rowe himself, who was the picture of
confidence before the race. Thunderer did not show to advantage at any
stage of the race, but he finally managed to beat his stablemate, he
finishing fifth, and Dominant seventh.

Nine three-year old colts contested for the race, Bulse, Huffaker and St.
Isidore being scratched.

George Smith is entirely of English blood, both his sire, Out of Reach,
and his dam, Consuelo II., being of imported blood. His sire is now owned
by the New York turfman, James Butler.

The Derby was worth gross $13,200. The winner's net share was $9,750,
while the second horse, Star Hawk, took down $2,000; the third horse,
Franklin, $1,000, and the fourth horse, Dodge, saved his stake of $225.
The time, 2:04, has only once been beaten in the Derby, being second to
the mark of 2:03-2/5, scored by Old Rosebud in 1914, which is still the
Kentucky Derby race record.

Jockey John Loftus, who rode George Smith to victory in the Kentucky
Derby, is a native of Chicago, Ill., where his parents reside. He has long
been regarded one of the leading riders of America, and is now under
contract to James Butler. He only came West this spring to ride George
Smith at Lexington and in the Derby, and will return to New York at once
to his employer. Loftus was long connected with the stable of J. B.
Respess and was also awhile with the J. Livingston stable. He rode one
season in France and made good there, the same as he has in this country.

John Sanford, the owner of George Smith, is a son of the noted turfman of
the same surname, who raced such great horses as Caughnawaga, Rockton,
Chuctanunda, Mohawk II. and Molly Brant. The Sanford place is Hurricana
Stud, near Amsterdam, N. Y., where is also located the Sanford carpet
manufacturing plant. It is at Hurricana Stud that George Smith will do
stud service when his turf career is over.

George Smith, the winner of the forty-second renewal of the historic and
classic Kentucky Derby, is a superbly made black colt