Oil Painting, with Al Popara up, the less-fancied of Mrs. J.A. Goodwin’s two-horse entry, won the $33,700 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 17, 1953. The daughter of Papa Redbird-Jack’s Jillcame was fast in the stretch to beat Mrs. Janet Hoaglin’s Pegeen and Hasty House Farm’s Queen Hopeful by a length and a half. The winning horse returned $16.66 to win. It was inaugurated in 1952 as a seven-furlong race, but from 1956 through 1980, it was extended to seven furlongs, 184 feet — roughly 9/10 of a mile. In 1981 it was changed to its current distance of 1 1/16 miles. As the 2015 fall meet opens at Keeneland today, the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades will be run for 2-year-old fillies on the main track. Published in the Herald-Leader on Oct. 18, 1953. Herald-Leader Archive Photo