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LEE STARS AT LEXINGTON PILOTS FOUR MOUNTS TO VICTORY AND AL ¬ MOST LANDS HIS FIFTH Keep Mcving Outstays Hasty Agnes in a Desper ¬ ately Contested Race but Is Disqualified for Fouling HeV Competitor Lexington Ky May 1 Jockey Lees good riding was the feature at the Lexington track this after ¬ noon when the racing thread was taken up again after a rest of one day due to the snowstorm of yesterday His followers gave the betting ring a drubbing that the twelve layers on hand will not soon forget His successes were achieved astride Charlotte Hamilton Light Blue vSt Valentine and Hasty Agnes In addition he barely failed to land Toddy Hodge which was beaten by a nose In a desperate drive by Kstella C CThe The chief incident of the racing came with the running of the fourth race In which a shifty hand of threeyearold fillies contested at seven furlongs Hasty Agnes and Keep Moving furnished keen ex ¬ citement for the spectators by racing as a team for nearly threequarters l oth striving hard for the lead In the final furlong Keep Moving which hiiik retained an outer position was gradually forging to the van when Powers her rider made the mistake of allowing her to swerve slightly and thereby impede Hasty Agnes Powers evidently became rattled qver the mishap for he made but slight effort to straighten his mount with the In ¬ evitable result A foul was apparent and despite the fact that Hasty Agnes was thoroughly done for at the time of the interference the judges had no other alternative but to disqualify Keep Moving and award the purse to Hasty Agnes Whisk Broom and Lexington Lady being moved up to second aud third places respectively respectivelyMose Mose Goldblatt owner of Keep Moving and H Clark owner of Hasty Agnes met after the race and at the end of a wordy discussion Goldblatt offered to bet 1000 that Keep Moving em beat the other filly but there Is little chance of his being able to get a match race Keep Moving ia engaged in the Kentucky Oaks aud is reckoned a serious contender In that fixture fixtureOld Old St Valentine was made the medium of con ¬ fident backing in the closing race and he made good with ridiculous ease winning cantering after spreadeagling his opponents opponentsFavorites Favorites landed two of the purses but as every winner was extensively supported the layers re ¬ ported severe losses lossesThe The mild weather was instrumental in bringing out a big attendance The sport however was only mediocre The closest finish came with the running of the third race when Estclla C and Toddy Hodge engaged in a sharp last sixteenth duel with victory hanging in the balance until the last stride Most of the horsemen now here will depart tomorrow night for Louisville on a special train trainJockey Jockey J Lee has been secured to ride Black Mary In the Kentucky Oaks by E R Bradley BradleyThrough Through a clerical error Louise ilacfarlan was entered for tomorrows last race The mare will he unable to start as she Is at present in Louis ¬ ville where she was shipped yesterday L A Cellas horses racing in this section will be shipped to Louisville next Sunday
