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HELEN BARBEE FLEET FILLY JUVENILE FROM ANDERSON STABLE WINS THE GOLDEN ROD SELLING STAKES Racing at Churchill Downs Replete with Surprises SurprisesChief Chief Among Which Is Victory of Chas F FGrainger Grainger at Over 100 to 1 Lonisville Ky October 20 The Golden Rod Sell ing Stakes for twoyearolds which served as the feature of racing at Churchill Downs this afternoon was won by W T Andersons Helen Barbee making her initial start of the meeting The filly showed exceptionally high speed during the early stages but with it also a tendency to quit after going five furlongs and it nearly brought about her defeat for Helene which landed second place was pressing her closely at the finish and would have reversed the outcome In a few more strides The Hague was a close third The race had Its disappointing fea tures in the failure of Danger Mark Princess Calla way and County Tax to be serious factors In the running The trio were supported liberally bv the rank and file of race patrons Todays patronsTodays racing was replete with surprises all the supposed good things being bowled over with clock like regularity Chas F Graingers winning per ¬ formance in the closing dash was a stunner in view of his recent poor form His few backers were jubilant as he rewarded their confidence with more than 100 to 1 for each dollar invested This is the longest price obtained against any winner at this meeting meetingUpsets Upsets came with the opener when Ceremonius a recent arrival from Canada romped away with the purse to l e followed in the next by Husky Lad from James E Gaffneys stable Incidentally It marked the first purse that this wealthy eastern turf patron has pulled down in this part of the country countryT T M Greens performance in the handicap for sprinters was In line with former efforts when he outstayed Royal Captive in a gruelling drive Royal Captive might have won but for Guy Barns over ¬ confident handling of the filly F J Pons again suffered disappointment and the loss of a large amount by the failure of Abrasion The filly was much the best but Grands lack of alertness at the barrier accounted for her poor start and subsequent defeat by Imprudent a wellbacked Respess candidate candidateCool Cool and threatening weather did not deter the usual big crowd from being in attendance The patronage of the sport in this locality this fall has been remarkably generous and beyond the expecta ¬ tions managementT of the management T W Flynn lias changed his plans for going to Latonia and will send twelve horses to Oakland Cal for a campaign there this winter They will be shipped next week Mr Flynn is in quest of a good lightweight rider to take along He had hoped to have J Mclntyre relpstated but there is little indication that he will succeed in that desire desireKercheval Kercheval at one time rated as a highclass horse and winner of the Burns Handicap and other good races has been sold for an insignificant sum anil will be sent to Austria to go into the stud The foreigners who are here with the object of buying stallions and broodmares could easily enough find plenty of good material but not at the small prices they are offering offeringSecretary Secretary Lyman Davis will take a deserved rest of about a week at French Lick after the close of this meeting and then will go to Juarez to prepare for the onening of the 100days meeting there D N Prewitt announced today that he would ship T M Green and others in his string immediately at the close of this meeting to Jacksonville where they will be rested until the openingof racing there Jockey thereJockey Loftus was suspended for the rest of the meeting by the starter for disobedience at the post The postThe injury to Emperor William seems to be more serious than at first expected according to trainer T Hatfleld and he will probably be on the shelf until well along in the winter winterJ J W May announced today that he would ship his string of nine racers to Latonia on Saturday next Amopg others that he will take with him are Countless owned by J G Greener and lelisande and Mary Davis owned by L P Doerhofer The trio are named to go In the Inaugural Handicap on the opening day nt Latonia LatoniaGeneral General Manager John Hachmeister announced to ¬ day that only 2 and 5 machines would be in opera ¬ tion at Latonia Tills will expedite matters con ¬ siderably and tend to shorten the time between races racesSecretary Secretary Maginn wired to Assistant Secretary Jack Campbell who Is now here to take entries for the onening day at this track and telegraph them to Latonia Mr Qlaginn also stated that everything was horsemenThe in readiness for the reception of horsemen The following horses were sold today by auction before the racing racingChristina Christina W P Austin 1025 1025Allan Allan Winter F J Pons 310 310Freckle Freckle J W May J 225 225Billy Billy Klair C F Patterson1 ISO ISOKentucky Kentucky Rose C Bailes 135 135Peep Peep Over W E Suggs ISO ISORustein Rustein J Cook IIS IISBourbonite Bourbonite J Y Johnson 100 100Wool Wool Sandals J Y Johnson 100 100Melbourne Melbourne J H Moody HO HOJoe Joe Higg C S Hay 75 75Dr Dr Kitehen R Redman 75 75Slowcoach Slowcoach W P Austin 75 75Luscious Luscious L L Clayton 75 75Irish Irish Land A Carpenter 75 75Tips Tips J Ilubbard 50 50Sancho Sancho Panzo J Ilubbard 40
