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NETTIE SUE IS OAKS WINNER UMH OUTSIDER IS FIRST IN HISTORIC RACE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. rimccss Callaway Is Second and Round the World. lavorite in the Betting, Finishes in Last Place. !." liavUle, Kv,. .Tunc B. — When Fireman romped an ";isy winner in the Baal iJa ii of litis titer- H it brought to ■ dose one of tin- most aaceeas- ful meetings ever li.iil at Churchill Downs. prom a icing point of view the si datou was remarkable. tn Bnlsbea, with few exceptions, being of the sen- s ioiiii! sort, Financially, too, U exceeded iho ex- |.-t.i! H of till- management. It was decidedly !. ■ li M scandal, ami the only fault to lie fouml iraa with the rough riding tactics of some of the "•keys. The Judges remedied this latter trouble wards the lose of the meeting by stationing a Itrol judge on the lower turn into the Imckstretch ml on his rCMTt severiil of the Offenders wire eavily tinid. The a I tendance this season has be** inch BbOVe former standards and the high quality r ■port prorided has given racing inauy new swa-orten !. hereabouts. Manager Winn, in speaking of the meeting, said: •It was the hest ever held at the Downs and the iciiiit and conduct of affairs at the course proved ighly pleasing to our patrons. We have had less ■ leetlag." unpin hits to meet this season than at any previous Judge C. F. Price said: "It has been the best Meeting in paint of class ever held at Churchill l»"Mis The contention in all the races has been I i I and I never knew of so many close finishes. I V bad some rough riding but we managed to r«-_u!ai this towards the close and will continue to i a so la the future." | . Vsi.le tram Derby Day. this afternoons throng drobeMy represented the largest attendance that Ian witnessed the racing here. The card of six i-L.es w i- featured by the Kentucky Oaks, ranking I importance with the Kentucky Derby and brings ile-ther the best three-year-old fillies in this local-iky. In Bound the World. Iriucess Callaway and II. .i.i. ■ ii is. years contest was expected not t.. suffer • oinparison with former seasons, but tboae who Joii-iili i-d tin race to lie between the trio named. UU, ,.,.,. given a big surprise, for the winner turned up ti the extreme outsider. Settle Sue. owned by A. Brown of Nashville. Princess Callaway was an • t.isv secord at the finish with lima third and the favorite, Bound the World, last. The lattera show- i g mis especially disappointing. Slie suffered son«e a l b interference in the first half mile when Kettle ■sin crowded her dangerously close to the fi nee but the interference was not enough to have Injured her chances seriously. Jockey Rice was hi : |M by the Judges for his action and also Wf • I -gainst a repetition of it. Tie tabled history of the Kentucky Oaks since 1 too is :,s tollows: teal Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. i on Etti 112 Overton ...,410 1:48 rain ia.iv Schorr 117 J. Woods.. 2,410.1:53 1902 Wai nun oineu ...112 Cobnrn 2.410 1:511 Pio.i I.miico 112 .1. Keif ... 2.41D 1:4".!, ■ lot u.!n n e 117 Ilelgesen .. 2.410 1:51 I.M.-. .laneta 112 D. Austin.. 2,410 1:491 lMHi Kingi Daughter. 112 B. Robinson 2.410 1:47J !- o7 Winy Ting 112 J. I.ee 2.41t 1:50| lie Klb-ii .i Dale 105 V. Powers.. 2,410 1:4*1 1*100 Ftoreal 112 Heldel 2,410 1:404 : i i Samaria 112 Seville ... 1,810 1:50 Settle sue 112 T. Rice ... 1.910 i-ts 1 be haadlrap which preceded the Oaks was ae- ■ inted for by II. C. Hallenbecka Housemaid, which ■Uking ht first start of the year. Last season i,i! nut regarded as one of the u-st of her age 81 r aha had won the Profilers Futurity at Lexing- i la eaaj fashion. She showed tine speed today led throughout. She was tiring near the end as Ijf - .-.r t -mil at a greater distance would have suc-, .,i to Mclvur. Prince Gal. one of the choices .... r*a bandied none baa well. Mi!/ race Dick Baker got up in the last rift over Lackrose, with Haunts in third I. N rumiliiis Wheelwright was made an overwhelming favorite in the second race, but tin- !• niil mi . : . e money. Azyiade won easily from 4 la ad toe with Oreaa third. The latter was grouped iti the betting with sir Blaiae and Tom ott. because ; , rained by Walter Crater. Golden Pearl ,.,],■ runaway affair of the fifth. Galley slave i. staying Emily Lee for third place. Fireman was mil; heal f the starters in the last race and after using . f The Hague, won as his rider pleased. s • s ,f racers, including the principal •-table* • were shipped to Latonia during the ■I and about the same consignment will follow i oorrwa ■ d the day after. The scarcity of cars retard the departure of some of the stables 8 inai tored here. i.kev S Thomas was fined .00 by the starter I lie., Liu. through the barrier with Wheelwright i i: race. D. iliii moods horses were shipped to Canada t la] I will probably engage in racing on the i It mile tn • Us. Mi -i of tin paraphernalia used in connection with inutile] system of betting will be transferred ah! t l.stonia. " -| ! train left tonight for Cincinnati with "i - •■! tin turf followers who bare been here for le meeting VV M:i. lias ten horses to take to I.atonia. One i i nun I two-year old and the others are Count-Light » andT Life. Miss Wiggs. Piping Bock, Uthorpc. Lure and Slim Piinc.-ss. .1. K. Wain i baa ten to go, J. N. Camden eleven in charge miner I 0. Reese, and trainer p. Coyne will k :i arl il Bfteen head, for George .1. Long. aru i- la n ported t" bare refused an offer of • i t ., I is yearling sister to the speedy l.aip i black tilly by Dick Welles — flash ,1 in- Prince of Monaco. He has about con-,- , to sell the tilly. Flash of Lightning was i this year to Marathon and Mr. Varwig has ■ 1 bei I ach to that royally-bred BngHah bone. i B e I the Western jockey, who has been rid- iglj . ; Churchill Downs, is now only • ."lis old, and comes from a good family. wa h in Kanaaa City, but his parents bow 1 i ,i ; ,- Angeles. He did his first riding under ■ i i;e , ■■ I- -.ink Kim-hart, and won the aciroxl race Me. he ever rode. This was at Butte, Mont.. i". ii is now under contract to G. M. Odoaa. this mornings work outs were the follow-Ii il iioise Tbiee -quart era in 1 : 1 ;. RAuioi,„ Ben Utaea 1ive eighths in 1 :05|. "Viiopiati Seven eighths in 1:32. : tesiir — Five eighths in 1 :~. henaull Three eighths in :;7-. tnviie Three quartera in 1 : i ;. ,. :.■ v Tlnee quartera in 1 :172. i n bill, hi Five eighths in 1:04, . ; long Mile in 1 :40|. .ii I luaa Mllr and oate-quarter In 2:20. King "t ii, ion- Five eighths iu 1:11. htarao Half mile in 4*J. Five-eighths in l:02g. Royal Captive— Five-eighths in l:04j. Sebago Three-quartera in 1:15;. Sister Florence — Five-eighths in 1:04s. Startler — Three-i|inirters in 1:22. Toiaon dOr— Five eighths in l: Hi. Water Cooler — Seven eighths in 1 :.,2-.. Wolfs Baths — Four and one-half furlongs in 57.