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RAIN MARS AT LEXINGTON STILL. SUFFICIENT SPECTATORS TURN OUT TO SAVE THE CLUB FROM EXPECTED LOSS. Slewfoot Repeats His Exploit of Last Saturday-Frosty Lancaster and St. Dunstan Prove Disappointments — Mary Orr Wins. Lexington. Ky.. April 27. — Rain, which began soon after 111* noon bout, threatened tor a time to liolil the attendance ilovvn fodav to the smallest possible nunilier. but near racing time it subsided and a steady increase or sni Islms resulted. Speculation did not tall far snarl o! yesterdays and Has about eciiial to Saturdays, the total amoun; yvageied in auction pools and iiiulucl macliines being in the neighborhood of 119.000, enough to enable the association to break even on the day instead of Incurring an cxiiected loss of $." MI. Had the weather remained tine it is probable to day would hare been ihe banner one. The condi tiort of the track served to deter many from speculating, as few had a line on the mud running abili ties of some of the starters. litis especially being lite case in Hie two-year-old races. The racing yas uninteresting, the winners hading their opponents home In comfortable margins and. with the single exception of the tit" t h race, the results could he prejudged when the leader rounded the stretch turn. Slewfoot. a previous winner here, was an over whelming choice in tin- opener, ami he made good in hollow style, winning as his rider pleased. The second race went to Nancy, which won from a band Of mediocre class. Nancy was at home in the going and was the medium of a liottiug coup by her own er. After the finish Dr. 11. ". Hosier bill the mule up to 0. an advance of oyer her entered price and got her. She will In- shipped to Bombay. India, where she will be used for racing purposes In-Knglish army officers. l.ady Vie and I.a Fayette divided attention and speculation in the third race, anil the tiuisli m l etweeit this pair. Lady Vie winning handilv. while I.a Fayette was forced to a hard drive to outstay Lady Ethelyn for second place. An upset was fur nislied in the fourth race, when Frosty Lancaster sad St. Dunstan. both reputed cracks, failed to finish in the money. Frosty Lancaster might have won but for bolting on the stretch turn. St. Dunstan ran green, failed to get away from the post in ids stride, and when he did get started did not take the- business on hand seriously. Both youngsters will sli w vast improvement over todays pel form a nee. Maty Orr and Miss Felix furnished, the bent con lest of the afternoon, they landing pecks apart. The closing race went to Malediction, which ran many good races in Cuba and Florida the past win let-and spring, Uilvodear. the favorite, was never prominent, and second and third money was taken by Kd Kane and Grenada. Major Oeneral Uenrv T. Allen of the 1nited Slates Army and T. .1. lav officiated as associates to William Shelley in the judges stand this afternoon. Jockey Heidel was lined S..il by starter Hnllinan for disobedience at the post in rhe opening race. Wallet 0, Farmer arrived today to solicit entries to the stakes to he tun at Windsor, which dose May 1. He will leave for Detroit tomorrow. .1. N. Camdens Kentucky Derby candidate. Miami, was worked a mile and a iptarter trial this morning. The coll hail 117 pounds up ami pore red the distance in 2:08f. lie finished freak ami will be a bard tee tor Monday next. There is a movement on foot among the breeders to create stronger sentiment in the racing here In having stakes established Their idea is that the a— elation should add 00 i.r 00 ti a fixed event ill which nominators can name three horses for Ihe small eusl of 0 and start MS of the horses on pay-iiient of US for each horse. There was .S!»s wagered in the auction pools. This is more than 00 in excess of the best previous day. Tin- total wagered in the mutuels amounted to 51 I.2S4. There were several additional arrivals todav from California, including jockey T. Rice.
