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LEXINGTON.TRACK DELUGED RAIN REDUCES ATTENDANCE AND DETRACTS FROM INTEREST IN SPORT. . Not a Favorito Succeeds in Scoring Volumo of Betting Light As Compared with Corresponding: Days at Previous Meetings. Lexington, Ky., September 15. The comparatively few who were out for the second day of the Kentucky Associations fall meeting had little pleasure. There was too much rain and mud. Tins clouds that began gathering about the time the first race was over let loose just as the start for the third race was made and how it did pour. The starter, the judges, the timers, the jockeys, everybody save those who were in the clubhouse, grandstand and under the shed of the betting rlug, were drenched to the skin. Mars Cassidy got so much water that he had to make an entire change of clothing. The track after the third race grew sloppier and sloppier as the afternoon passed and the rain continued in showers and drizzles. It will be a long time drying out. The sharpshooters again got the money. The talent was frightfully out of line in its backings. The nearest approach to a wiuning favorite was ltogon, the second choice, which went to the front soon after the start In the third race and held Royal Captive, the favorite, safe all the way. Bob Co. was quite a surprise in the opener. Ho Avon as he pleased. Balronin, the favorite, may have been a trifle short, but she seemingly calls for little at tlie best. Hash was not up to a race. Betty Fuller was lucky to -win the second race. Alooha had it apparently at her mercy when she ran out a sixteenth of a mile from home, darting from the inside to the oxtreuie outside in the twinkling of an eye and not interfering with a single horse. Ben Prior was in front nearly all the way in the fourth race and lasted to win by a nose from the fast gaining County Tax. Mack 1!. Kulmnks led throughout in the fifth and had little trouble in stalling off the challenge of Sir Blaise. King Broomstick, well supported, was a false alarm. The biggest surprise of the day came in the closing dash, when Haldeman, running like a hound leading tlie pack, won by two lengths from Forehead, the favorite, with Otilo, a distant third. This was Haldemaus initial victory. The betting was lighter than yesterday, the total amount handled being 2,000. On the second day last spring the total let in tlie mutuels was 3,13S and in auctions ,44;, making an aggregate of 0,581, or .,072 more than today, and on the second dav of the meeting last fall the mntnels handled 2,!S5 and the auctions ,200, a total of 151,081. or ,2S2 more than today. Starter Cassidy announced this afternoon that he had not intended yesterday to give jockey Hoffman tlie entire meeting as punishment for his antics at the post in the third race and the boy will lie permitted to ride next Tuesday. Jockey Sammy Iieidel. who has been out of the cuddle for a year and a half because of sickness, has fully recovered and will begin riding tomorrow. He is now with Gene Lutz and can do 10S pounds. Jockey Eddie Tapltn arrived today from Louisville and will accept mounts here. He announced his engagement to pilot Nadzu for H. G. Bedwell in. the Endurance Stakes, to be run on the closing day at Churchill Downs. Betty Fuller, which won the second race, was purchased by her present owner at a paddock sale held at Latonia during the summer meeting for a nominal sum. She was lucky to get the verdict, for had Alooha kept straight tlie Toplin starter would have been an, easy winner. J. U. Strode was among todays arrivals. He would not discuss tlie possibility of racing in Tampa. Fla., tliis winter, but it is more than likely that if plans for a resumption of racing at Jacksonville are successful, Mr. Strode will arrange for a short season of racing at Tampa. Bad track conditions here this morning caused a general suspension of training operations. The best work-outs were as follows: Cain peon Seven-eighths in 1:12. Cbarley Straus Mile in 1:53. Christmas Day Half mile in 55. Dr. Watson Five-eighths in 1:12. Igloo Five-eighths in 1:11. Jacobite Half mile in 5G. Ixnighand Half mile in 5C. lriiicess Callaway Three-eighths in 3S. Sprite Five-eighths in 1:11. Starbottie Mile in 1:55. Swannanoa Five-eighths in 1:0S. Wyandot Five-eighths in 1:13.
