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THREE FALL IN THE STEEPLECHASE. J. Lee Fails to Ride a Winner Coup With Hazelthorpe Pink Star Goes to Farm. Cincinnati, O., June 21. The jumping race at Latonia today was a farce. Three horses fell, one refused to go the course and the remaining three ran in a straggling order and furnished no semblance of a contest. War Chief secured an advantage from the start and led Grey Plume and Merry Pioneer all the way. Pendragon, the stable mate to War Chief, was the first to fall and Grace-laud, the favorite, and Race Girdle fell over him. H. C. Rann, the heavily supported odds-on favorite in the fifth race, was clearly best, but suffered from a poor send-off and was much buffeted about. The showing of Tackle in this race was on a par with that of Lady Fesca in her initial start. He displayed much speed and dashed into a long lead and but for swerving would have been a sharp factor. No 100 to 1 will be again quoted against him in these parts. For the first time since the opening of the meeting J. Lee failed to ride a winner. It has become a fashion witli many here to follow Lee blindly, regardless of what he rides, and as they double their stakes progressively his failure this afternoon cost them a pretty sum. In the third race Ovelandos saddle turned, and he otherwise might have upset the well-laid plans of Ed Alvey to bring off a coup with ilazelthorpe. Orlandwicks victory in the second was a case of sudden improvement and called forth some sharp criticism. Gamester in the closing race showed good form and never left the issue in doubt. Stone Street had good racing luck in the opening race, which enabled him to "ivin rather handily. The Pinkerton force was active this afternoon rounding up the men who are laying prices in the grandstand and made a big haul. Since the abolition of messengers to carry bets into the ring many men have been in the habit of accepting wagers surreptitiously from women bettors and have been waxing fat on the short odds laid. W. H. Fizer shipped Pink Star to the Woodford farm last night, where he will he gelded and turned out until fall. The colt has been showing a disposition to sulk in his recent races and the treatment will, it is believed, cure him of the habit. Alf Oldham finally decided on turning Colonel Jim Douglas out and shipped him to Louisville, where he will be rested until fall.
