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FAST TIME AT LOUISVILLE KINGS DAUGHTER SCORES OVER ALTUDA AND CUTS DOWN THE TRACK RECORD Tennessee Boy Runs a Good Race Petulant Tickets Good to Have Class Leader Takes the Steeplechase Louisville Ky May 25 The best field of racers that has started in this section this year partici ¬ pated in the mile handicap which featured todays card at Churchill Downs and the race turned out to be one of the best of the meeting with a lower ¬ ing of the track record an incidental feature It was a heavy betting race with Kings Daughter favorite In the early part of the running Talbot Brothers Kentucky Oaks candidate Kstradia rushed into a long lead and hail a command of almost ten lengths when passing the half She tired badly thereafter and Altnda and Kings Daughter chal ¬ lenged the latter drawing away In the last furlong and finishing gamely Kings Daughters perform ¬ ance was a sterling one and shows her return to the good form she displayed last season when she was considered one of the best fillies In the country The mile was run in 13 reducing Kercherals 13 made a few days ago It is the third time the mile record lias been lowered at the meeting Pinkola having also made a new mark about a week ago agoTodays Todays card while It contained an abundance of starters held out prospects for good sport and a big crowd for a Monday was on hand Speculation was again brisk Favorites fared badly Only two of them managed to land in front frontTodays Todays steeplechase proved farcical mainly on account of the poor Held that contested Aside from the numerous mishaps it resulted in a surprisingly improved showing by Class Leader which won iu n bard drive from Waterway In previous starts here Class Leader had been a distant trailer and fin ¬ ished far in the ruck Magic broke down and Dario unseated positionThe his rider while in a contending position The longestprice winner of the afternoon proved to be Petulant In the opening race lie got up In time to win by a noe from Belltoone That he paid almost 50 more for place than he did straight was due to tl e fact that only two place tickets were s old on him himWilliam William Gersts Tennessee Boy showed a smart performance in the race for youngsters at five fur ¬ longs by going into a good lead from the start and winning in a canter in track record time Mil ¬ ler Henderson bid him up to 1200 an advance of 000 over his entered price hut failed to get him himThe The closing race was a hardfought contest all the way and a good ride enabled Dr Lee IIutTman to win out from Still Alarm AlarmWillow Willow Plume led her opponents all the way in the victoryWord second race and came into an easy victory Word was received here today that chairman Jack Chinn had issued a call for a special meeting of the Kentucky1 Kacing Commission to be held at the Seelhach Hotel next Wednesday WednesdayJockey Jockey V Powers now riding in Toronto has signed a contract to ride for Mose Goldblatt be ginning June 1 The contract only holds good for the Lutonia meeting Powers will lie here In time to ride T C McDowells EIlenaDalc in the Ken ¬ tucky Oaks next Saturday Waterway SaturdayWaterway would have been returned winner in the steeplechase but for the breaking of both stirrups after going over the last juuip This caused Mc Clain to lose control of his mount
