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AMERICANRECORDEQUALED ILMA RUNS MILE AND SEVENTY YARDS IN .1:4214 AT LEXINGTON. Fast Performance Marks Closing Raco of Kentucky Associations Meeting Bouncer Scores in Brewers Selling Stakes. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 23. The Kentucky Asso cliit ion fall season of nine-days racing terminated this afternoon. Weather and track conditions were ideal and the prospects of witnessing some good fiport accounted for a splendid attendance. Betting was brisk and exceeded in volume any former day of the meeting. The Brewers Selling Stakes, worth 00 net to the winner, was the feature of the getaway card, and it resulted in victory for P. It. Hitchcocks lightly-weighted Bouncer, the extreme outsider. Bell Horse landed second and Donau third. Quartermaster, the only other starter, ran disappointingly. Donau was probably best, but his erratic be Iiavior at the start proved his undoing. He bolted across the track when the starter released the barrier and lost at least ten lengths. He recovered the lost ground in the lirst three-quarters, but the early effort counted in the final drive. T. C. McDowells lima, the only starter from that stable during this meeting, gave a sparkling exhibition in the closing dash by beating a good bund of platers. Incidentally she ran the mile and seventy yards in 1:421, equaling the the American record for the distance, held jointly by Bubbling Water and Plate Glass. Trainer W. H. Karrlck scored his usual double, when Sprite followed up Bouncers victory by winning the fifth race. It was Sprites first effort since the Latonia summer meeting. Wayne Joplins recently acquired Workbox made good in the opening dash after a hard drive to lieat Toison dOr. T. Koerners efforts being mainly lesponsible for the victory. George Odoms erratic Tourist came home with the purse in the second race, while Wing Ting accounted for the third race handy fashion. There were over 2,000 pooplo present and the mu-tiiel Liu machines handled 1,223, as against 5. IS" on the ninth day last fall and 0,320 the ninth day last spring in the mutuels and auctions com- 1 lilned. The otlicials of the association made the announcement at the close of the day that some money had been made during the meeting, whereas with the weather and track conditions against them luring the lirst six days, they had expected a loss. Haciug Secretary Will Shelley had everything in liis department right up to the minute and when the announcement, "weights are right" came after the last race, he was ready to close his hooks. Mr. Shelley has worked hard to make the meetings of Hie Kentucky Association a success during the past three years and the many good things that the local people have said of him and his work are deserved. Most of the race followers here departed tonight on the Elrod special, which left for Louisville. J. U. Strode made an offer of ,200 to Irvin II. Wheatcroft for Waltz and Union Jack, but it was turned down. Col. A. W. Hamilton, who acted as presiding judge sit Los Angeles during the racing at Ascot Park and Santa Anita Park, was among todays visitors and observed keenly the workings of the mntuels style of betting. It was his lirst visit to a Kentucky triick since the installation of the system. W. W. Lyle distributed the Inaugural book of the Laurel meeting and it was well received by the horsemen. Nearly all the horsemen here, with the exception of a few stables, will engage in the racing at Louis ville.
