James "Soup" Perkins
This monument identifies members of James "Soup" Perkins' family. Frank was a trainer whose career ended when he was killed in 1900. Elizabeth was their sister and Mattie was their mother. The woman identified on the opposite side was Mattie's mother. The Perkins family lived in a home on Thomas Street just behind the Kentucky Association Race Track, where Perkins and his brothers trained and rode thoroughbreds. James "Soup" Perkins began riding at the age of eleven in 1891. He tied a record in 1895 as being the youngest jockey to win a Kentucky Derby. "Soup" died suddenly while in Hamilton, Canada. His wife had his remains brought back to Lexington for burial in No. 2 Cemetery, 21 August 1911.