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J0 3KEY BLOSS RULTSD OFfi After the third raca at Lakeside yesterday Judge Hamilton took sharp action in ruling off jockey B1ob3, who rode tha 2 to 5 favorite, May Beach. The filly was giving away graat chunks of weight to all but White Ivy, and considering "that she never was of mnch account on a muddy track, there is apparently a possibility that Blo3s is a victim of circumstances. The boy has not ridden much of late, fearing, so he says, that the judges were hostile to him. His friends, however, convinced him that this was idle talk, and since the Lakeside meeting opened he has had a great many mounts, May j Beach being the best horse by far that he has iiad a chance to ride. Why the filly wbb at such a short pries under the track conditions is a mystery. The bookmakers claim that she was but slightly backed. That is not a suspicious circumstanco. Racegoers nowadays as a rule want even money or better for their bets or they cto not wager much. At the post May Beach actad sourly and it -was hard to gee her to face the barrier, and in ialse breaks she did not seem to snow her usual amount of speed. When tha start was made aha was fourth, and only for an instant on the turn did she ever better her position. Bloss seemed to be riding her hard when he rounded the turn for home, but instead of gaining on the leaders the filly kept dropping back, and it was evident that she was laboring in the going. The race was won by Hugh Fenny, who is a , nine-year-old horse, and was in at 104 pounds. .May Beach is a three-year-old and she carried 114. After the boys had weighed in, judge Hamilton called Bloss up and asked him what his instructions were from owner Wood about riding May Bjach. Blosa stated that Wood in-etructed him to get off In front if he could and make every post a winning one. Hamilton did not wait to hear any more, bat promptly ruled .Bloa6 off the turf. Blosa has been under suspicion since last fall, -when rumor had it that he made a fortune at the Lakesida meeting, bat it is hardly likely that thiB had anything to do with his being landed over the May Beach race, Master Vititoe was in excellent riding form and eo was Mitchell, and batween them they xleared up the card. Vititoe piloted the first three winners and Mitchell the last three. Aa is the rule on a slushy, muddy track the races were not closely contested and each winner came home alone. Favorites were turned -down with a marked regularity, only two, Innovator in the first race and David in tha last, surviving. In the mile and a quarter event George Lee suddenly improved and at 3 to 1 won like a stake horse. The veteian "Uncle Jim" Gray got his winter money in the fifth race. He has said right along that in Macie Maree he had a good filly, but she has not baen herself all summer and "Uncle Jim" was getting ready to sour on her but after she beat The Monk and Kittie G. so easily it is Bafe to say that Macie Maree will -winter on Mr. Grays farm. From a fast to a muddy track Yolandies transforms into almost a stake horse, and the -way he beat Macy in the fourth event, which waa at a mile, was a caution. He went to the front early and the farther he went the more did he increase his lead. Aftei Hugh Penny came cantering home the easiest kind of a winner Sydney Bender was the sorest man on the grounds. He trains the old horse and intended to bet on him. but "Kid" Welle r and Leo Mayer talked him ont of the notion, saying there that was no way ior May Beach to loee.
