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DON D0M0 AND PHALANX IN CLOSE FINISH. Grey Horse Is Heavily Backed and Wins Good Sport at the State Fair. Louisville, Ky., September .18. Racing at the State Fair today was conducted under more normal conditions than prevailed yesterday. The handicap at six furlongs brought out some fair sprinters, among them Don Domo and Phalanx. This pair put up a keen last sixteenth struggle for first money, which was hugely enjoyed by the crowd. During the interval between races show horses were exhibited on the track in front of the grandstand and the awards of ribbons were attended with great demonstration. The paddock was again exclusively for the use of horsemen. A departure from yesterday was that the betting was done under a big tent, enabling owners to saddle their horses in the paddock stalls. L. W. Benson, the well known owner, is sick and in a local hospital. His chances for recovery are considered extremely slim. The yearling half sister to Aristocracy, a bay filly by Planudes Fatty, recently purchased by S. M. Henderson, died this morning. Secretary Lyman Davis announced today that the program book for the first twelve days of the coming Churchill Downs meeting would shortly be issued. Purses will range "from 00 to 50. No handicaps of less than 1906.sh00 value will be offered. For the two weeks that the program covers there will be over 2,000 distributed to horsemen.
