Events in Sport May 16 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00 May 27 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5 Birthdays in Sport May 18 Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968) May 30 Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (Olympic gold 1908), born in London (d. 1915) 1881 Sports History by Year 1883