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KAISER SCORES IN STAKE HITCHCOCK COLT WINS THE IDLE HOUR HANDICAP AT LEXINGTON. Field Reduced to Three Starters and Colonel Cook Presses the Winner Closely Dust Also Wins a Race for Mr. Hitchcock. Lexington, Ky., September 21. The feature of an interesting card for the seventh day of the, Kentucky Associations fall meeting was the Idle Hour Handicap for two-year-old colts and geldings at bx furlongs, but it was robbed of much of its Interest by the withdrawal of five of the eight that had been programmed to start. Of the three that went to the post, F. R. Hitchcocks Kaiser, the Cesarion colt that won in a roinp Tuesday afternoon and was run up from 00 to ,400 by Col. R. T. Holloway, was the betting choice, and he justified the confidence of his backers by taking the lead from Colonel Cook at the beginning of the turn out of the back-stretch and holding it thereafter, though both were driving at the finish. Mack B. Eubanks, the second choice, could not make the weight concession asked by the handicapper, and was a trailing third during the last quarter. In addition to his victory in the stake race, R. F. Hitchcock made it a double, repeating his feat of yesterday. His Yankee Smoke gelding. Dust, a previous winner at this meeting, accounted for the second purse by taking a fairly good band of platers into camp. Liberal backing for Rash and Hal-deman caused the generous odds on the winner. The running of the fifth race was attended by a breach of the riding rules on the part of Loftus, who was astride of Ethelda, the favorite. She was slightly in the lead during the final furlong when she swerved over sharply on King Olympian, the most serious contender, and almost caused him to go down. The latter recovered in game .fashion and drew steadily out to win by a comfortable margin. The foul was a palpable one and would have brought about Etheldas disqualification had she finished first. Jockey Loftus explained to the judges that it was not his fault that the tilly swerved, and laid the blame to her flinching under punishment. The judges accepted his statement. King Olympians Tictory Incidentally marked the first purse that W. F. Schulte has taken in a long time, and it also enabled Jockey Koerner to ride his first winner at this meeting. That Markie M. would .run a good, race was foreshadowed in a betting way, for li ruled favorite over the three other starters, and this, too, in spite of his having trailed the trio la a former meeting. He indulged Sandrian with the lead until rounding into ttje stretch, where he drew out decisively, Sandrian beating Royal Report in a hard drive for second money and Messenger Boy again trailing distantly. All the starters excepting Sandrian were worked out an additional half mile after the race. Favorite backers suffered disappointment In th opening races when Balronia and Irishtown. the public choices, were beaten. Balronia ran a dull race, with Otilo. Elizabethan and Sandspit leading her to the finish. Irishtown made a game effo-t, but was not good enough to stall off Yanker. The weather was clear and warm and the attendance was about 2,000. The betting was heavier "than oh any previous day of the meeting, the total amount handled being 3,102. On the seventh day of last fall the aggregate amount handled iu the mutuels and auctions combined was 5,010. About 200 turfmen and race followers will leave here for Louisville Saturday night on the Elrod Special. The train will depart at S oclock. The horses of George Land and James S. Ever-man will be shipped to Louisville tomorrow. The horses owned by W. II. Fizer, W. O. Joplin, F. R. Hitchcock, H. IC. Knapp, Eugene Lutz and George Odom will be shipped Saturday. The consignments of II. McCarren. W. McDauiel and II. McDaniel will lie sent Sunday. J. S. Ward lias reconsidered his "intention of shipping to Laurel Monday and will send his eutire string to Louisville to race during the Churchill Downs meeting. Col. W. B. .Haldeman, of Louisville, was among todays visitors. II. B. Iteether has turned Catherine Hampson over to T. Shannon, who will train her in future. H. McCarren lias purchased the yearling Wiles from Sanford Lyne. Trainers were active this morning and mit their charges through their work right smartly. Track conditions prevented fast work. The best movea follow: Batwa Half mile in 55J. Beach Sand Three-eighths in 41. Bonne Chance Half mile in 55 g. Bredwell Half mile in 53J. Console Three-quarters iu 1:25. Del Friar Three-quarters in 1:23. Effendi Three-quarters in 1:22. Embracer Half mile in 53. Ethel Samson Half mile in 53. Foxy Mary Half mile in 5Sg. - - Hanly Three-quarters in 1:21. Helen Burnett Three-quarters in 1:20. J. II. Reed Half mile in 53J. .T. W. Carter Seven-eighths in 1 :34. - King Broomstick Three-uuarters in 1:23 Leamence Half mile in 53. ... Lily Paxton Throe-eighths in 41. Puck Five-eighths in 1:09. Sigurd Mile in 1:50. Sprite Three-quarters in 1:25. . Star Blue Half mile in 523. Swish Five-eighths in l:0Ss. T. M. Green Half mile in 55. Tirza Half mile in 55S. Tomuiie Thompson Half mile In 54. Zienap Three-quarters in 1:23.
