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DARKNIGHT FIRST IN FRANK FEHR STAKES Groat Crowd in Attendance at Louisville to View 1 Attractive Racing1 lyonisvllle Ky May 2 Interesting sport re ¬ sulted from the running of todays program it Churchill Downs and it was witnessed by a large and fashionable attendance The Frank Fchr Selling Stakes at one mile and a cup race for gentlemen riders at the same distance were the features The stake went to W J Youngs Darknight in fast time after a sharp stretch drive to outstay P Dunnes Lens Plantland finished third During the early running of the race Zal sprinted into a long lead and threatened to distance his opponents but gradually tlrod and on the stretch turn was put to a hard drive but failed to prevent Darknight Lens and Plantland from passing him W T Over ton Milton Youngs Latonia Derby candidate was a starter in the race but failed to run above the ordinary ordinaryThe The tabled history of the Frank Fcbr Stakes is as follows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1900 Larkspur 5 SO J Walsh 115 140 J 1901 Chorus Boy 5 105 J Woods 9451451 1902 Alf Vargravc5 105 Cobnru 1080145 1903 CapII Brdlcy 92McIntyre 1 1585 140 J 1904 Henry BurtG 112 Pollock 1371 144 1905 Columbia Girl 4 98 Noonan 1600141 1900 Hyperion II 3 103 E Robinson 1540140 1907 Wing Ting 3 102 J Lee 1415141 1415141190S 190S Darknight 3 04 J Butler 14901302 14901302The The pick of the western twoyearolds were start ¬ ers In the second race and brought about some of the heaviest speculation of the meeting W A Leach one of the extreme outsiders won by virtue ot having tho most racing luck He was away well in the lead at the start and forcing a fast pace went by Ben IIowo on the stretch turn and held Acqula safe In the closing drive The later was much the best but was practically left at the post and with an even start would nave been the vlnner vlnnerJudges Judges Munn Lasslrig and Carroll of the Ken ¬ tucky Court of Appeals were interested spectators as was Judge Klrby of the Circuit Court who granted the Jockey Club an Injunction against the city officials restraining them from interfering with the present meeting
