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TRACK IN BAD CONDITION CONTINUED SAIN CONVERTS CHURCHILL DOWNS COUKSE INTO A QUAGMIRE Hectagon Emerges from Races with Broken Ie and andIs Is Destroyed Cherryola Wins Handicap A Thomas in Limelight Louisville Ky Octolwr fi The continued rains threatened for a lime this morning to cause au in ¬ terruption of racing litre Tim approaches to the track wen Hooded and street ear tratlic was for a period suspended It looked extremely doubtful If it would IK resumed before racing time tint Man ¬ ager Winu when tlie subject of a iKtstpouemeut was suggested emphatically vetoed the proposition and a big force of men was at once put to work clear ¬ ing the water froia the street car tracks to make lie resumption of the car service possible The en ¬ closure was Hooded in spots and many horses were removed to favorably located stables The track proper r cmbled a circular lake and from the seven ami a half furlongs post to a little beyond the six luilongs post tlie water appeared to be several feet deep close to the inner rail railConsidering Considering tlie adverse racing conditions a sur ¬ prisingly large attendance was present The rain aliatcd slightly nearing the close of the day and eliminated tlie disagreeable features that turf pa irons encountered yesterday on their return trip to the city As a result of the bad track and weather scratches were again numerous The South Louis ¬ ville Handicap which featured the card was the chief sufferer in this respect six of the eleven carded declining the issue issueSurprises Surprises due to the going were frequent most of the bestbacked choices failing The fifth race was marred by ui accident that resulted in the de ¬ struction of Thomas Xewtons Hectagon The colt was lighting it put for second place with colden IJuby seventy yards from the finish when he sud denly faltered and barely kept from falling lie straggled on past the finish and when brought to a standstill disclosed a broken left foreleg The colt a ordered destroyed by his owner after the closing nice careful examination showing thut it would lie impractical to attempt to save him Thomas Xtnvlon lite owner arrived here today from New York and came1 expressly to see the colt race lie was much affected by the accident as he regarded the eolt highly hut he will not lose much iu a monetary way as the colt was well insured insuredT T T Irelands shifty threeyearold filly Cherry ¬ ola furnished a surprise in the stake race by beat ¬ ing a fast band of sprinters Her victory was in a measure due to excellent handling She saved much ground on Jhe stretch turn when others iu the field went wide Trance was a sufferer in the race through Interference from John Griffin II at the first turn It probably cost her second id ace for which she was bra ten by a small margin by John GrltUn II and Emperor William WilliamThe The riding of jockey A Thomas was one of the bright features of the afternoon The hid landed Him of his mounts first by clever saddle work workGeorge George Ilolle took his first purse of the meeting when Idlcwciss romped home in the opener Tom Blgbec displayed a sudden return to good form and outstayed the sluggish Claudia in the second after a sharp lastsixteenth tussle Duijuesne accounted for the first purse that J W McClelland has taken in months when he won the third race for which Sehvik ruled favorite favoriteLittle Little Father brought joy to an extensive Xash vllle following tliat had come from the Tennessee Htv to back him when he led by a good margin for Hie entire tri in the fifth race Camel in the loslii dash repeated his victory of a former start imi took some shifty platers into camp campF F C Hopper who will preside at Oakland during llifjiiii r wehIiS meeting of 100 or more days left lonllit for Cincinnati to attend to pome private busi ¬ ness He has promises from many owners that tliev will send their strings lo the coast track this winter and expects that alxmt sixty horses will be flipped from Kentucky Among those who will go 1 TiIifuriiin are the horres of Henderson Hogan W J Spolis J X Camdcn and W G Yanke YankeJ J V Strode feels encouraged by the applications lio liaV received from horsemen for stable room at Ieiwacola and Tampa The latter place seems to be especially In favor judging by the requests made fur stable room at Ibat point pointThere There is some talk of a race to be ridden by olrt linie riders now at the Downs At present the fol liiuiiii JocUcvK could be mustered for a race of this mracter Max Illrwh Gorge Taylor George Odrtii Willie llavis George Swain W Kuchen Dave DaveNInmh1tsrln NInmh1tsrln NInmh1tsrln1iicaHonsSWint 1iicaHonsSWint lo a cessation of the rain that has l cen falling for two days
