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LEXINGTON MEETING ENDS KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION WILL HEAP ESTI ¬ MATED PROFIT OF 10000 Much of Surplus to Go Back Into Improvements Meeting Free from Scandal and Generally GenerallySatisfactory Satisfactory to All Concerned Lexington Ky May 9 The Kentucky Associa ¬ tion s spring meeting of eleven days camo to a successful conclusion this afternoon The profit was approximately 10000 the greater portion of which will ltd spent In improving the course during the tiimmcr The weather and track conditions wore untoward on sonic of tlie days affording superior curds auil In tills the association was ijulte unfor tunnte Otherwise there would have been an unpre ¬ cedented dally average in the attendance Presiding Jiulgu Thomas 4 Clay Secretary Garret Wilson Racing Secretary Will Shelley starter Mars Cnssidy and betting ring superintendent Sent Elrod deserve to lie congratulated ou tlic smoothness and dispatch with which nlTairs in their resjiectlve departments were conducted W II Laudenan the supervisor of the betting appointed by the Kentucky State Kacing ConimiKsion said saidI I checked up the machines after each race and went over the calculations as they wore made and on the morning after made a careful recheck of everything that was done on the day previous There w s no instance where there was anything out of line If the crews at Louisville and Latoiiia work as smoothly as they did here there should he no cause for complaint or suspicion on the part of the public publicThere There was ROUO rough riding hut inasfar as the Judges were able to ascertain nothing criminal on llie port of any of the riders There were two or three instances in which the judges made secret in iniiry but the oidy case calling for extended investi ¬ gation was that of All Red which was virtually left at the P st in the flrst race yesterday Starter CawMy charged that Jockey Loftus had deliberately pulled his horse up Presiding Judge Clay said this afternoon We made a full and complete investi ¬ gation of the case and through it jockey Loftus is exonerated of any wrongdoing We have come to tho conclusion supported hy the testimony of competent l rt n wlio were at the post that the horse propped as the barrier was released and that his taing left wrts beyond the control of uis rider We were uuahle to find that the jockey had an incen ¬ tive to cause the defeat of the horse The evidence indicated conclusively that there were more than ordinarily good reasons why the hoy would want to wiu with All Red RedThe The weather today was perfect the track fast the racing interesting and the attendance fair John Vt May had the distinction of saddling a pair of winners when Sea Cliff won the opening dash and Tolly Worth outlasted Star of Danube for the second rar K U Bradleys trainer tried to duplicate this feat but failed Bell Horse won the handicap for him In a brilliant race against Milton B and the fast finishing Princess Callaway but little Johnny Panicls Incompetent handling of Brig cost him the Brewers Selling Stakes which was the feature of the card and in which Mockler got up to beat Brig a neck Brig much the best was cut oft in the earlv running ran around the others and was leading in the stretch when Daniels instead of going on about his business looked back took fright at the fast coming Mocklcr and became so befuddled tliat he seemed really not to know whether he was riding or walking walkingW W II KarricUs string of racers will not be shipped from here until Saturday because of inabil ¬ ity to secure cars to transport the horses to Louis Most of the owners here will ship their horses to ¬ morrow morning arriving in Louisville about noon noonK K W Moore today shipped Joe Stein arid Bettle Sue to Woodbine track Toronto They are intended for campaigning on nil the pretentious Canadian report of fast work by Free Lance at Louisville can ed quite a flurry among some of the owners here and several big operators tried to back the colt with a view to saving previous wagers made on Worth or The Manager In the future books 11 of the parlmutnel force and their equipment went to Louisville tonight on a special train which likewise carried many of the horsemen jockeys and andrfeorge rfeorge Ham will leave tomorrow morning with his five borsies for Louisville but will take them to Douglas Park Instead of to Churchill Downs where he has fix bead three of them sick He wants to keen them separated separatedIeRoy IeRoy Alexander better known as Bean Jangles a colored exercise boy and groom in the employe of Henderson Hogan died In the Good Samaritan Hospital this afternoon from the effects f drinking whiskey after having taken a dose of medicine which was largely composed of morphine morphineT T jt Bradley accompanied by Mrs Bradley and Ir and Mrs W J Moxley Jr of Chicago will irotor over to Louisville tomorrow afternoon
