Carrying 117 pounds as lightly as a feather, Lieut. Gibson still going easy, traversed the first three-quarters in 1:13-1/2. The conservative element among the backers of the favorite became uneasy at this stage of the race, fearing the horse would be unable to withstand the tremendous strain of the fast pace. A second time Boland took hold of the flying leader that with measured strides seemed to be annihilating distance and defying time. A second glance at the field and all cause of doubt as to Gibson's ability to live at the flying clip was expelled. He was going easy, much easier than any horse behind him, and seemed only a horse out for a good stiff breeze. Passed the mile ground in 1:40-2/5, he was only rating along three lengths in front of the tired His Excellency, with Scoggan's pair Florizar and Highland Lad, going well, but in no danger of overhauling the galloping leader. Into the stretch, a novice could see that Gibson was going easy, and coming on the gallant colt passed first under the wire by four lengths in front of Florizar that Van Dusen had most sensibly not driven to his limit when he found it impossible to overtake the great son of G. W. Johnson. The time was 2:06-1/4, one and one-half seconds faster than the Kentucky Derby had ever been run. TWENTY-SEVENTH DERBY 1901 Louisville, Ky.; April 29, 1901. Weather fine; track fast. One and one-quarter miles. Time 2:07-3/4, value to winner $4,850, second $700, third $300. 134 nominations. His Eminence, 117, Winkfield 1 by 2-l Sannazarro, 117, O'Connor 2 by 2-l Driscoll, 110, Boland 3 by 2-l Amur and Alard Scheck also ran. Betting 10 to 7 Scheck; 3 His Eminence. Good start. Won easily, place same. His Eminence, b c, by Falsetto-Patroness. Owned by F. B. Van Meter. DESCRIPTION OF RACE His Eminence, a beautiful bay colt by Falsetto-Patroness by Pat Malloy, foaled in the Blue Grass and trained at Churchill Downs, won the twenty-seventh renewal of the Kentucky. Sannazarro, the brown son of imp. Pirate of Penzance--Roseola by Duke of Montrose, was second, while Driscoll, Woodford Clay's bay colt by Dixon--Merry Maiden by Virgil was third. The time was 2:07-3/4. Alard Scheck, the odds-on favorite, the property of John W. Schoor, of Memphis and the pride of all Tennessee, finished absolutely last, five lengths behind Amur. It was a truly run race and His Eminence outclassed his field. Twenty thousand people saw the Derby run. The grand stand was a monster hillside of beautiful costumes and shining faces. They were at the post only a short time--four minutes. There was a little jockeying for positions, one false break; they were called back and lined up again. Then there was a flash of yellow and red, a long hoarse roar from the thousands packed in the stand and here they come, five good colts closely bunched, with the black nose of Alard Scheck showing slightly in front.