On a hot steamy afternoon on May 2, 1970, Dust Commander stormed to victory while Hunter and Ralph drank copious amounts of booze and searched for the perfect Kentucky faces to illustrate the story. Weeks later, and written under duress, Hunter turned in the story that would accompany the drawings Ralph had produced with lipstick and other borrowed utensils and the rest, as they say, is history. "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" was where it all began but Hunter and Ralph were now the dynamic duo that would travel the world together and make Gonzo a household term. It became impossible to read Hunter's writing without seeing Ralph's illustrations and their collaborative partnership was unlike anything the world had ever seen prior to that epic weekend at the Derby 50 years ago!!