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LEXINGTON FINISHES CLOSE RACERS OF EXTREMELY MODERATE CALIBRE PROVIDE DAY OF INTERESTING SPORT First and Second Choices All but Monopolize the thePurses Purses Sea Cliff Wins Most Pretentious Race of Day Lexington Ky September Close finishes con ¬ tinue the rule at tie Kentucky Associations course and tlie law concourse of spectators that witnessed tln racing tliis afternoon were treated to some sen rational sport The racing card in the main was of ordinary merit lint the evenly balanced calibre of the starters accounted for keen action from barrier rise to llnish In some instances the outcome re ¬ mained in doubt until the linul stride From i speculative K int it was the bnnner day of the pres ¬ ent meeting more money being wagered than on any former day Favorites and second choices swept th card except in the closing dash which went to Spindle held in less esteem than JIanly and Supple Half of the card was given over to two yearolds tlu 1hre juvenile races being at the live and a half furlong distance Silver Moon bred bv Thomas Fortune Ryan and now running in the col ¬ ors of his son 1C Ryan won the initial two yearold dash after a strenuous time in disposing of Sprightly Miss The latter was going the stronger at the end and would have been the winner in a few more strides The first split of the twoyear old maiden dash went to Hal Price lleadleys Ma ¬ zurka which beat a wellbacked good thing in Prince Ilermis The latter was probably best but lost ground by being forced to go wide W K Schultes homebred colt Armor scored a lucky victory in Ihe fifth race when he managed to get up the last stride to beat The Grader The latter after show ¬ ing the most speed and appearing a certain winner was allowed to take several bad swerves in the last furlong and this brought about his failure failureThe The opener resulted in a victory for Bonanza which lasted just long enough to outstay the fast coming Iatruche Workbox the favorite in this rafee ran poorlv There was a good deal of specula tire activity in tlie third race on Merrick Kin Olympian and Sea Cliff The latter took the purs but only after a hard drive to shake off King Olympian derricks showing was a bad one and the old fellow appears to have seen his best racing days The unlucky JIanly again failed He was thought to bo the best of those starting in the clos ¬ ing dash but was never equal to heading Spindle which showed the way for the entire trip tripTodays Todays visitors included State Kacing Commis ¬ sioner George f Long who came over from Louis ¬ ville The Messrs Thomas and F 11 Hitchcock who arrived from New York were also at the course James Quinn came on from Maryland MarylandThe The negotiations for the transfer of the contract on jockey I Stoele to E U Bradley are off and Ibis good lightweight rider will probably be signed by 1 N Camden to ride his horses horsesAfter After betting had been in progress for a short time on the opening raw it was found that Sylv s tris was ineligible to start under the conditions and she was ordered withdrawn All the money bet on her was refunded refundedThe The 1 It Keene consignment of yearlings intended for exportation to Kngland will not be sent abroad ihe entire lot of sixteen head having been purchased at private terms by Frank K Itrown acting for some wealthy New York sportsman Mr Irowii will arrive tomorrow to take possession of the youngsters youngstersJockey Jockey Franklin who was iiljured by a fall from JSeltle Bercaud in yesterdays first race will prob sibly have to lose part of his index linger on the right hand as it is badly lacerated
