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ANOTHER PROSPEROUS DAY LEXINGTON RACING AGAIN WELL ATTENDED AND THE SPORT PROVES INTERESTING. Zipaneo Defeats Tom Dolan in Hot Nose Finish — Ada Meade Wins in a Canter — Four Favorites Reward Their Backers. Lexington. Ky.. April 88. — Tim Kentucky iMd ation booked UNtkCt small profit for the second day of the spring meeting. The weather was beautiful, tin- track fast, the attendance larger, possfbiy than wx* expected ami the racing interesting. There was improvement in tie iM-lling. the speculator .-liaviug a better line on the kMM than they hail on Saturday. The first four races were won by favorites, and that will have the effect of giving the sin-art set confidence in their judgment. .1. . Milams stable furnishcil two of the winners in Ad i Meade ami Eva Tanguay. and jockey A. Walsh piloted two. Balbus ami Creel. In the indues stand today were president J. N. Camden. Sanford Lym-ami Buttimtj Shelley. The feature race, a mile handicap, resulted in a rousing: finish between BMW and Tom Doian. noses separating them at the finish. The pair had measured strides nearly all the way of the streto,. ami their desperate struggle created intense excitement. Koseburg II. finished well up. and with l el-tcr riding: might hare won. The showing of Terah in the race was also creditable, and lie should ini-prore vastly, as he gave indications of lieing a trille short. Next in interest to the handicap was the six-furlongs purse, in which Balbus and Ovelando met. The pair apparently outclassed the others, and tlu-v finished in the order named, with Lenss colt an easy winner. Oyclamlo will show to better advantage in his future efforts, as he was clearly short. J. C. Milams Derby and laks candidate. Ada Meade, was in a soft spot in the opener and won with ease from a mediocre band. The t wo year-old race was marred considerably by the id ions of the youngsters at barrier rise. They were a green lot and darted all over the course. Interfering; with each other. Joe Morris, a reputed crack ami favorite, was a sufferer ami it practically kept him from winning chances. In the closing Itn onville opened a long: lead for the first five eighths but the journey up the hill tired him and he died awav. Creel came on and won from Iluuie and Colonel Klii . Howard lots recovered Heine today by the claim ing route. He took him from 1at Civill after the se.-i.ud race for 1909.shOO. Starter Holtnian fined jockey Warren 0 for dis-obedlem e at the post on Eva Tanguay. A wire tapper was caught sending the results out of the grandstand just after the fifth race. The detective stripped him of the pocket key and wires which ran down his trousers leg to plates on his shoe heels, making connection with the wires through a couple of nails on which he stood. He was not arrested, but put oft the grounds. The total amount of money handled in the ring today was 1,022. an increase of $:i.200 over Sal urdav. .1. S. M -.Mister, owned by J. S. Robinson, died this morning from pneumonia, lhil Igoe and Arthur Baud, stockholders in the Lexington track and owners of Bi larius and otlur horses, were visitors today, having come over from Louisville. Hugh McCarien reports his youngsters at the Stevens farm a great band and has high hopes for their future. Jockey Page arrived this morning from California. Owners to arrive from the same point included .fames McClelland ami I. Knebelkamp. J. B. Respess Kentucky Derby candidate. Winter green, was shipped back to Louisville this morning. Indications are that he will be the favorite in the big event. There are several horses ailing at the track. Variation is ill bail condition.
