Keokuk cut out the running, Playfair second, Irish Pat third, followed by Clay Pate, Thistle, Bersan, Joe Cotton, Favor, Lord Coleridge and Ten Booker. Entering the main track at the three-quarter pole Keokuk led, with Favor second, Joe Cotton third, rest well bunched. Passing the stand Keokuk still led, Bersan second, Lord Coleridge third, the pace slow, Irish Pat fourth, followed in close order by Playfair, Favor, Joe Cotton, Thistle, Clay Pate and Ten Booker. Bersan showed in the lead at the quarter, Keokuk third, Irish Pat fourth, rest bunched. At the half Bersan still led, Favor second, Joe Cotton third, and it looked like a battle between the stables of Williams and Morris & Patton. Entering the stretch Joe Cotton showed in front on the outside with Favor next, and Bersan at the pole third, Thistle fourth. Just after fairly getting into straight running Favor swerved over on Bersan, cutting him off and making him lose several lengths. Bersan had to pull back, and less than two hundreds yards from home was two lengths behind Joe Cotton, gaining at every stride. Joe Cotton managed to beat him on the post by a short neck. Ten Booker, who came very fast at the finish, was a length off third, followed by Favor, Thistle, Keokuk, Clay Pate, Playfair, Irish Pat and Lord Coleridge. The first half 52, three-quarters 1:19, first mile 1:44, race 2:37-1/2. SUMMARY Third Race--The Kentucky Derby, for three-year-olds; $100 entrance, h f; $20 if declared by May 1st, 1884; $40 if declared by May 1st, 1885; $1,500 added, of which $200 to second. 1-1/2 miles. 69 entries. 4 void. J. T. Williams' ch c Joe Cotton, by King Alfonso, dam Inverness; 110 lbs., Henderson 1 Morris & Patton's b c Bersan, by Ten Broeck, dam Sallie M.; 110 lbs., West 2 M. Young's b c Ten Booker, by Ten Broeck, dam Nellie Booker; 110 lbs., Stovall 3 Morris & Patton's b c Favor, by Pat Malloy, dam Favorite; 110 lbs., Thompkins 0 E. Corrigan's ch c Irish Pat, by Pat Malloy, dam Ethel; 110 lbs., Murphy 0 P. G. Speth's ch c Thistle, by Great Tom, dam Ivy Leaf; 110 lbs., Blaylock 0 W. Cottrill's ch g Lord Coleridge, by Buckden, dam Catina; 107 lbs., Hughes 0 R. C. Pate's b c Clay Pate, by Enquirer, dam Wampee; 110 lbs., Withers 0 G. W. Darden & Co.'s ch g Playfair, by Plenipo, dam Annie C.; 107 lbs., Conkling 0