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. DEBUTANTE TO ETHELBURG MCARRENS FILLY AT LONG ODDS DEFEATS MORE FANCIED ONES IN FEATURE RACE. Svlvestris Injured in the Race — All Favorites Beaten — T. C. McDowell Takes Two Races — Clark Handicap Weights. Louisville. Kv.. Mav ."». — Hugh McCsrrens homebred Kthelburg. hy Utnsbwx-Btkri Wheat furnished He- sunn isc at Churchill Downs by landing the rich Debutante stakes, the restart aaTeiang thii iifltniHiii. from the best hand "f fillies in these pniis. Etheiburgs victory waa attended by run ■MeraMe racing luck, as Plaelde. which finished second, had her bach tendon almost severed bj beta* jumped on while in the lead and going fast iu the final furlong. Another to sutler liv a iuislia|i was the crack Svlvestris. favorite for the event. She returned limping perceptibly and slircwd trainers pronounced her broke* down at the first glance, hut the injury may not prove so -erioits. There was a big iniMtp soon after the start which eliminated many of the twelve starter*. Including Turf Star. which was expected to give Svlvestris a hard race, lliieide was the uuickest in having the bail In anil took a Rood lead, with Kiln-Hung her nearest pur sner. When straightened out in the stretch, there was ii general dosing up and iu the shuttle that in sued, llacide was jumped on and Kthelburg had enough of a lead to carry her by the tetah a comfortable winner. My Gal closed up with a rush in the last furlong and landed third place a head in advance of Foxy Mary. Bthefburga hackers wore well rewarded bv receiving S2.!2.:;n for each $."i in-y sted. Suinnierlike weather and the attractive card had much to do with bringing out a splendid attendance. The racing was keen and the unexpected happen! freuuentlv. not a single first e-hoico tahlw anv of the purses. Probably the severest jolt that favorite-haekera received during tic afternoon came with the defeat of Zienap by Wim.Iw inder in the mile- ami seventy yards parse ran1. Only four started, hut it proved a spirited struggle for tin- entire trip. Plate lilass. in his first time out. threatened to make it a runaway race during the early racing, hut lack of condition caused him to tire iu the stretch and enabled Wootwfcsder to Hash hv him. and also save Zi.nai. an opportunity to heat him for second place. The Peer ran disappointingly to his owner, and he has probably not recovered from his. Isaac trip from the coast The California crack. Oonau. was again taken Into amp. this time decisively. Khar, Solomon and Frank 9 llogiin leading him to the tiuish. Dona a was an o» rwhelming clioice. but his effort to keep pace with the si ly Slewfoot and Frank i. flat an proved his undoing and also served to cause Frank G. Hogati to tire in the last sixteenth, enabling Kim; Solomon to come with a rush and snatch the BOTH in the closing strides. Tapliu. who rode the winner, sustained a riiplure of a blood vessel in his left left is ■ result of his inc-iint swerving to the fence when struck tar the whip. The rider will he kept out of the -addle for probably a week as a result of the accident. T. . McDowell lu-oke into the winning ranks bj landing the first two purses with Miss Crittenden mid his useful sprinter. I link. Bath were ridden by Shilling and were aided considerably bv his goad jo k.yship. The closing race went to Beth view, on which Powers had the mount. The winner was lucky in escapiuir most of the interference that took place in the race and came away in the stretch. Nailzii. coming from a long way hack, managed to get up in time to land an 1 place from Brookleaf. Walsh. on the latter, came near to causing a aerkaaa inixup soon after the start wheat he steered his atonal from an outside i»osition clear across the track and forced the others into an interfering bunch. Jade* Price suspended him l..r one week for his rough riding. ■riser and Woodford have secured a contract on apprentice rider .1. Davenport, who gives promise of developing info a star with experience. Weights for thi Clark Handicap, to lie run Satin dav. at a mile and a sixteenth, were announced this afternoon hv Secretary Lyman Davis. Royal Tourist is accorded the post of honor with IIS pounds, witi Pin kola and pollv Prim next in order at 11.",. The Minks will have to shoulder IIS, one pound more than Kerehcvnl. Did Honesty and Arcile. The- Ken tneky Derby winner has bees gives an impost of 111 and .1. -II" Bernstein, considered Wiatergreeaa strongest rival for three-year -old he is. has an equal impost deducting his geMiag allowance. Had News. Prime Ahmed. Gretna Green, Hyperion II.. Miss I. ida. Sir "leges. Green Seal. Miss Sain and Mouuette are weighted satisfactorily in the estimation of most horsemen and a splendid held should go to the post. .T. it. Keenes njteat telegraphed Jockey Powers today riejoesUag the rider to open up correspondence with a view to entering the service of tl istern owner. Powers will probably forward his terms in the next few days and may ride after this meeting on tin eastern tracks. Additional advices from Hot Springs relative to the Wadely hill permitting racing iu Arkansas, which passed the senate yesterday, are that the measure has better than an even chance of going tbrongh the lower house successfully and that Governor Doneghey will affix his signature to the hill it passed by both branches of the legislature. The news was gratlfyiag to the horsemen here and for that matter all over the country.
