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LEXINGTON MEETING ENDS NO LOSS INCURRED DESPITE THE DRAWBACK OF UNFAVORABLE WEATHER. Racing Clean and Orderly All Through — Fall Meetings Will Probably Be Abandoned — Jockey Lovell Hurt. Lexington. Kv.. ftfaj i. The Kentucky hand* tinns sinin meeting .if m-viii days • -Weed this after im ami Hi. majoritv of the regular followers of the spin i Him spent Ike week I -.-?-»• hit for Louisville mi the evening trains, the greatest number of tbeui ■oiag .hi tin- special which left at 8:15. Then- will in- .i special horse train leaving inn- loamrrow atom lac. which will take the majority of tin- hacaia that iiiiuii- iin racing in -re i" Churchill Downs. ■ i v it li-i :i mtittir the miserable weather ■ ••ndition-iir -viili -in mi three of it- seven days, the association ■Made i --mull taawl at moot] and the offteera are correspondingly pleased. Ihej ii.nl expected ■ laaa and the stockholders had made preparation- to go il.wn in their packets to Make ii Bead. The proha l.ilities are that then- will be aw tart racing :u the ■peal track thh] rear. The aaeetlag faui rail was ■ heavy loser ami no moncv was iiunle al the meet las of the impious tall. The officers of the aaaoelathai feel Unit ii is best to glee only spring meetings until there is improvement in the general urf atraa- 1 ion in ihis country anil likewise in local business virile-. There was nothing particular! brilliant about the racing here tliis imring, hut ii was ae ■ ■■oleitlv better tlian might bar* In en expected for lb* small pane* anil overslow slope anil heavy track! oi, the Kieateat aaaaher af ii.iv . Boaae very preaafa ina two-year-olds, among tlieui Claudia. Sylyestris, Turf Star, .l.aveno. BrunhlMe. Zephyr. Foxy Mary-Jack Straw ami Blear font, the bitter a three -tiaar winner, were uncovered. The raring was uiieoiniiionly clean throughout and there was at no time any talk of scandal. Gen-t leinen wlio judged the races dally opon invitation and vitliout |iay. placed the horses in each of the forty-two races to the entire sal isfaci ion of the -peculators. There was no demonstration at an lime, and not once during the meeting was a loekcj called into thi stand. There saw little roach riding. the one instance generally noted being in the free handicap Thursday, when Zlaango came near hi throwing; Rom 111 g II. op the tirst turn. There was not a disqualification or an acchlcci until today. In the tirsi race Light Blue anlabe tkfl and was sei na.-k I:«-l for fouling raw fold rmver . and Mins Filix. In the second race Nellie Traver. ridden hv Monte Preston, and linen. i ista. r.ilden hy Val Lovell. fell. Lovell had his left let. left wrlsr and r nlhvrhnnr broken, while Preotop tool off with a shaking mi. Lovell was taken to it. Josephs Hospital where his injuries have the attention of Dr. Bollock. Tie accident occurred just as the turn out of the backstreteh was reached l.oveljs mount was ahout to an into the horse ahead m$ htm. The hoy took it Hack and PHatoaa moaal run into him. causing hoi li to to down. The weather today was cold and raw. Along ahout noon there was a snow Hum and later tin- win. I was Mowins a tale, followed hy another snow tlurrv . To add to the dis.oin til lire of the tenth-men who intake the favorites five of their choices were dc-lealed. The attendance was about LoOfl. Light Bine was the favorite for the opening rue* and was best, hut his swerving from the inside to llie outside when a sixteenth of a mile from the linish ...st ins owner first money and his backer! the pleasure and pro tit of casliint Heir tickets. Mi-s Felix hail made the riinnint. closely attended hv Crhwford and Silver C.. to this point, and Ugh! Bine was roaming fast on the inside, where the toint via- heaviest. When he swerved he was ahout to reach a sloppy streak in the track had ii seemed that be bolted in order to avoid it. It was elcarlv not tin- fault of YV. Brat i. who was ridint. Miss Felix raise mar toint down, and both Crawford and Silver V. were impeded. Harriet Kowe. finishing fourth, tot third money after Litht Blues dis qualification. I.udhi.ina. the favorite fat the second race, was never i contender. Lad Oriaaar. prominent as the leader in the early running, retired when the stretch was reached and finished in the ruck, while Tom Holland, followed by Knsv Man and Austin Stuite vain, came on and tiled the money paaltiend. The third race was simply ■ cake-walk for slew foot. Criin.vvald went oat wilh the evideni e lieciation of iriiniiiiiit the sun of Frankfort, hut the nip no the hill tired him and liukard and I.-Lanier lilled the second and third positions al II ■ end. Calash was made favorite over .lack Straw in the fourth, hut eoiild mo last the nunc. .Iaek Sirav. vvon easily and Kint Solomon beat talash a nose for second place. The tifiii and sivth va.es were of the processional order. Snake Mary wiunint the tifth ami Men Double the nxth. both after leadint all the way. Joi key Vincent Powera was aranted a lieeone from the Keniu.-kv Raring Commiasion thin afternoon. This will enable him to ride .1. B. BeKpeaa Winter Kill Pi present farortte for the Kentucky Herbv. Jockey Uonatataa reamrat tor a license was laid over by the roaanriaman until their next meetint. Tin applicathM ot Ueonce Ham for a trainers 11- .ii-i was tr.intcd. as were those of several othets. I»r. II. . Boaaler parehaaed today from .1. r. Strode the horses Jallileo and Sam lav. They will b- -hipped io India. I ail— I. Price. T. J. lav and William Shelle-, or r»i I tiii afternoon in the Indtten anand. Preston will nrahahry i«- kept out of the saddle for -viral davs as a le »ult of hi- trouble on Net.ic Travel-. .. bit deletation will go to Louisville from hen ... .wiiness the iiinniiit of the Keiitiu-kv Derby. Miami. .1. . Camdens eaanUdate, rnfca a atmnx lav.aite here.
