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MUD RUNNERS RULE AT LOUISVILLE I ICharfield Charfield Is First in tho Steeplechase but Is Dis ¬ qualified E T Sliipp All the Way Iouisvillc Ky May S oniiutcniiM JUIMJ nmi furnished the chief Incident of todays racing while astride V Gersts Charfielil The horse was much the licst of the starters in the steeplechase over tin short course but Solids action in taking his mount out of the course in an effort to force Impertinence out caused Charfield to be disqualified after leading the others to the finish by a good margin Tin officials were dissatisfied witli Sobds explanation and suspended him for the six days on which stee ¬ plechases will be run at this track Had Solul gone about his business and not attempted to interfere witii Impertinence he would have won oil by himself The displacement of Charfield gave the purse to Piller while Bertel a new begin ¬ ner secured second place and Waterway which had been beaten off in the stretch run was moved into third place Impertinence would have been a sharp factor but for tin mishap and fenced well Piller was one of the outsiders ami gave his backers the largest returns of any winner during the after ¬ noon noonThere There was but little improvement In the weather uccptiiig that the rain held off during the racing hours Despite the weather a good attendance was on hand but the sport over the bad track was tamt ¬ am aroused but little enthusiasm rlosi finishes InIll InIllTlu Tlu t Mw but Mwbut at that the Coldhlatt horse was greatly favored by a jam which occurred soon after the start which enabled him to dash into a long lead that the others could not overcome Terah made a game but inef fcclual attempt to wear him down in tin stretch lint tired at the end Hasty Agnes which finished third would have been a dangerous contender but for almost being tliown when the jam occurred occurredAn An unwieldy band of fifteen twoyearolds started in the opening race and Barney Schreibers Servi fence simply played with his opponents and won ii a cantir The going was greatly to his liking which enabled him to get into a long lead in the first quarter before the others were fully settled in their stride strideK K T Shipp showing sudden improvement over his Lexington form made a runaway race of tin third in which a fairly good JimuL uf sujdiuur unit Tiie poor showing of Financier in the race was attributed to the poor riding he received from Jrif liu The officials however asked trainer Baker to account for the horses poor showing He laid tin blame to the rider and the officials were satisfied with the explanation explanationIn In the closing race a serious accident was narrowly averted when tjie diminutive and Inexperienced K Goose tumbled from Labor The horse was in a prominent position when approaching the first turn when the rider fell and was struck by several of the rear guard in passing He was shook up con ¬ siderably but not seriously hurt Quagga favorite and Plantland the second choice had the race between them most of the way the former winning well in hand handThe The new system of betting is becoming more popu ¬ lar daily and it is practically certain that the same method will be introduced at the coming Latonia meeting meetingJockey Jockey Franklin was lined 25 by the starter in the first race for breaking through the barrier with Anderson AndersonThe The management announced today that in future no fields will be sold against any one individual horse in the auction pools This is to safeguard against possible jobbing jobbingOwners Owners are having a hard time of It In preparing their charges into racing condition and the secre ¬ tary is finding it strenuous work to secure horses to till the races The track at present is in the worst possible condition
