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BOUND TO SEE THE RACES PATRONS THRONG CHURCHILL DOWNS DE-SPITE UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS. Lucky Ones Profit Through Lonfr-Priced Mutuels — Nadzu Takes the Long Distance Race — Wintergreens Case. Louisville. Ky.. May 21. —Todays weather was anything but propitious to outdoor sport and it was really a high tribute to th.- management and racing ll.it a splendid attendance should be on hand, in view of the fact Ihal the program was decidedly ordinary and consisted of five races under selling conditions and one for maid, n two-year olds. Spccu la Hon was also except ioiiallv heavy and those with a penchant for "shooting at the moon" were in high glee, as they located many a long pi iced paying winner. The feature, if such it could be termed, was the mile and a half race in which a half dozen selling platers contested. Alt ill advised plunge on First Petp afforded many an aaaortaalty to get an outlandish prlca against Nadzu. the winner. Ou his recent showing it was evident that he should have lieen an overwhelming favorite ami his easy victory bore out the conclusion. In the opener, jockey Hannans presence in the saddle on Ned Cannack served to frighten most of his prospective backers and they were a chagrined lot when the coil romped home, paying 4li.9." on each investment. Tackle taking seioiid place and Marmoreal, on which Powers had the mount, third place. The defeats of Bva Tangiiay and SI -w foot in the second race, were stunners to the majority ami re suited in added piolit to the few which had back 1 I.aveim. Saltan and Jack Straw to be in the money by the choices failure to l.ui.l in the tirst three. I.aveno. the w itni.-i . was bid up 00 Horn an entered price of 0O by W. A. liraniion, who failed to . him. A smart band of sprinters went for the purse in the fourth race, and the contest near the end was a spirited one between Deuce. Rebel Oueen and Banke Mary, which finished in the order named. Bebel Queen was probably best, but interleren. e during tie-early racing brought aboat her narrow defeat. .1. T. Irelands splendid looker, Btarport. made good * in Hie tilth race imprt ssiv-lv. Benny r beating Ma. tine H. in the last few strides for second place. "Dim-" Street! naeovered in Fulfill one of his seiis.i tional two year old tillies thai he had traine.ljUje. IMist win. ci .,i City Park. New Orleans, and for which he fad several Batter! OX offers from trainers who had witnessed her time trials while in the Crescent City attending the short lived Suburban Park meeting. Fulfill proved herself in today*! race exceptionally gr.-en. but ran a phenomenal race, closing a big gap from the slowest kind of beginning, and will give a good account of herself iu future. The closing race came near lo proving the greated kind of a Brariae. Whea Bryee. at a record breaking price, threatened to sprcadeagle ids opponents and only missed victory by a neck. Snap beating him in the last few strides. Had he won P.rvce would have paid the magnificent sum of ,377.30 to each of his backers who held tickets on him. At that, the two place ticket holders did not have room for complaint, as they received each 05.55 for their investment. The complaint lodged by Miller Henderson yester day agaraal I.. Tboaapaoa far irregularity in the Maim of Marbles was dismissed by the judges after their interrogation of the parties concerned. Headeraoa ic flOKan ■ previous to the running of the last race, purchased from It. Tucker the colt. Snap, paying B9M for him. The colt ran in their name and the purse he won paid part of the pur chase price. J. R. Wainwright added to his string of racers this afternoon by tile purchase of Billv Pttllmau from E. Trotter. The extent of Wintergreens Injury has not vet been fully determined, but that he is out of the l.atonia Derby is positive. Mr. Respess. in Ins anxiety to ease the coifs pain, on notice he had been injured Wednesday night, applied a blister to the leg. an.l naturally it is at present very sore. Vet-crh-aiiau Kiinigh. who examined Wintergreen inclines to the belief that the trouble is a wrench and the injured part is below the ankle probably in the pastern. All the horsemen who have se.ji "the colt aver that he is very lame, but probably not as ser iouaqr injured as at tirst thought. It will cause a let-up in bis training for at least thirty days T. Hatfield purchased from W. II. Fiz.r today the colt Orlainlot. Apache is out of commission for at least thirty days on account of a blister applied to his tore leg stronger than was aecaaaary. W. G. Schiiit.s good colt. King Olympian is the latest to join the ranks of cripples here, having bowel both his trout tendons after his last race Jockey T. Rice was lined 5 bv the starter for disobedience at the post in the opening rue Richard Reed developed lameness this aiternoou and it is Ihoiight that he has picked up a mil
