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CORUSCATES BARE STMT. CAUGHT IN THE BARRIER AND ALL BUT LEFT, SHE WINS THE HANDICAP. I Crowd Cheers tho Performance Makes It Bad for Obert Oasis Is Backed Heavily Daring Is Under Suspicion. Louisville, Ky., September 11. In the handicap at a mile and a sixteenth, which was the feature of an ordinary card at Douglas Park today, Coruscate ran one of the most phenomenal races seen this sea-1 son. Starter Dade aligned the field too close to the barrier and at its rise Coruscate was entagled in the webbing. By the time she was freed she wag :many lengths out of it. Old Stone was jiway In his stride and went into a long lead. Approaching the half mile ground Coruscate struck her gait and. on the stretch turn jockey Wlshard took advantage of the natural spread and steered her for the inner rail, saving a good deal of ground. In the final furlong she joined Old Stone and El Otros, which were then disputing for the lead, and drawing level with the pair when a sixteenth out., took punishment the gamest and landed the purse by nearly a length from El Otros, which beat out Old Stone a neck for second place. Coruseates exhibition -elicited considerable applause from the spectators and probably- settles the fate of Obert for his bad ride on her ia her last start at Latonia. Backers of favorites began the day auspiciously. Oasis, strongly supported, landed the purse in the opening race decisively from Bitter Hand. MissLida,. ;at a long: price .again-showed, ,her heeis , to a air company of youngsters at three-quarters. Barney Schreibers Sainrlda was most fancied, but a bail ride on the part of Keyes eliminated :her as a strong-factor. Another poor exhibition by Keyes was responsible for the defeat of The Only Way InHher race which followed, the purse going to Minnehaha by a short margin over Golden Mineral. Judge Ham-, llton was dissatisfied with Keyes riding. Believing him timid, he admonished the boy that; he would have to show better efforts in the future if he de-" sires to continue riding here. The warning evidently had the desired effect, for Keyes, on Proteus, clearly outrode D. Boland, who had the mount on Alsono. E. J. Gildersleeve, who started Falkland Iu this race, became the owner of Alsono through, the claiming route, at a cost of 00. The closing race brought about the chief Incident of the afternoon. - Th start was the worst of Dades efforts here. Amberlta, having much the best Of the send-off, essayed to make a runaway race of it, but tired near the end. Callus, in his anxiety to urge Amberita, almost fell off with the result that The Englishman nipped her out in the- last stride. The. judges were dissatisfied with the showing of Daring and are inquiring into his running. E. J. Glider-sleeve claimed Daring for 00. Steve LHommedieu is here from Mount Clemens,, Mich. He expects to book. For misbehavior while at the post, jockey J. Russell was suspended by the starter for .one. week.
