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BAY OF EXCITING FINISHES CLOSING STRIDE REQUIRED TO DECIDE OUT COME OF FIVE OF LOUISVILLE RACES Ululf a Length Greatest Margin Enjoyed by Any AnyWinner Winner Kootenay Reduces Record for Six SixFurlongs Furlongs in Winning Handicap Louisville Ky September 20 With a return tf favorable conditions there was a big improvement in tin racing at Douglas Park today The attend inco was almost up to the proportions of opening lay am the betting too was of nearly equal vol tmie The sport bordered on the sensational live of Jic races being decided by the last stride Half a length was the greatest margin that any winner had during the afternoon The fifth race termin ¬ ated in a stirring struggle of three with Trance just lasting to beat Sylvestris a nose and Ilelene was beaten by Sylvestris by the same margin The winner showed a Hash of her once great form by a high Hlght of speed during the early running Sh began to falter in the stretch Prior to going to UK post she acted badly and during her fractiousness she fell heavily on the granite walk in front of the paddock sustaining an injury to her leg which bled profusely The mishap caused many who would have backed her to desist from doing so with the resuU that those who still had faith in her got handsome IT turns for their investment investmentThe The public began the day auspiciously when Chil lon King the favorite got up to take the purse in the opener but thereafter they met with continuous disappointment as all their choices were bowled over Nelly Agnes Sea Cliff Cangh Hill Joe Stein and iipitau Bravo made up the list of failures failuresSeveral Several highlytried performers met in the six riI ngs bandicap and it resulted in a victory for Koolenay ably handled by Loftus with G rover liuglns and Alary Davis his closest competitors at tb tinish The track record was reduced when IvHicnay ran the six furlongs in l12Vf The erratic Ethel I made her farewell appearance for at least some time on Kentucky tracks when sbo fjillfd to leave the post with the others as the Judges ruled after the race that her entry be barred in future She had been getting left at he post vilh clocklike regulartiy localise of her stubborn Jliss Jlisslii lii the second race Lou Tones tried to put over a nip with his lirsttime starter Star Berta but AH met witli some interference during the carjy liming which accounted for her failure She paid Hiidsomc for the place Nelly Agnes favorite KIS poorly handled Tlie far westerners scored a double during the afternoon witli Trojan Belle and Kootenay They also Inn serious designs on the opening purse Avith Ioiinaiight but ho spoiled things by running away at top speed for a full quarter of a mile before the slirt Another betting coup went wrong in the losing dash when Capital ISravo recently acquired iiv Charles Howe of Colonial Girl fame failed iiadiy iiadiyTrainer Trainer W II Karrick and jockey Glass arrived ibis afternoon with the twoyearold Palanquin which was to have been a starter in the Beechmont Selling Stakes tomorrow but which under the rules will not be allowed to go to the i ost because if bis trainers failure to send in his entry in time i have it go through the entry box Mr Karrick ilii light he had complied with tho conditions but leaned on his arrival that a message to Secretary Maginn announcing Palanquins entry sent by Mr Karrick from Havre de Grace Thursday night had not been received There was nf alternative for the ollicials here but to deny the horso the privilege of starting much as they regretted the incident Mr Karrick and jockey Glass will return to Havre ilc Grace tomorrow Concerning his plans for racing vii the Kentucky tracks Mr Karrick said that it was Ids intention to ship here such horses as have stake engagements at intervals but that his racing would be confined in the main to the eastern tracks tracksThe The twohorse combination consisting of Trojan Belle and Salali paid 21000 and the threehorse composed of Kootenay Trance and Daingerlield paid 7UK James OIeary arrived today from Juarez and in ¬ formed Matt J Vinn that Ml was serene in the Mexican city and for that matter all along the border in the vicinity of El Paso Business was going on as usual in Juarez and the merchants are eager for the opening of the track trackIt It F Carman announced this afternoon that it was his intention to point Starbottle for the Kentucky Endurance Stakes StakesGeneral General Manager John Hachineister introduced in other feature this afternoon when he established a dead line in front of the mutuel booths for spec ¬ tators watching the betting action This will give those who want to place bets ample room to get to the machines wiliout resorting to football tactics tacticsW W T AVoodard who has taken over the horses of T AVorthington to train now has a string of six horses at Douglas Park including Howdy Howdy MiIvor Polly Worth Pericles Little Hnrpe and Kithard Gentry Mr Woodard will finish out tho fall season on the Kentucky tracks and then ship he entire stable he has in charge to Juarez for the winter winterCajit Cajit T T Williams is a daily visitor at Douglas Park He has only one thoroughbred a fouryear old lilly that he will mate liext season with Awe ¬ s cot cotIt It W McMillan 1 wQllknown owner and trainer was taken to a local hospital last night to undergo an operation for a mastoid abscess abscessS S N Holman formerly general manager of Hi King Edward track at Montreal was among todays visitors visitorsSenator Senator Ollie James was an interested spectator at the track in company with several other distin ¬ guished Kentucky politicians politiciansMose Mose Cossman agent for E U Bradley will leave next Sunday for Chicago in the interest of sev ¬ eral horsemen to look over the Porter Ind plant He will return on Tuesday next and rejxirt to the horsemen horsemenThe The following were among the best workouts this morning morningAlooha Alooha Threequarters in 117 117Had Had News II Threeeighths In 7 7Bculah Bculah S Threequarters in 110 110Hen Hen Prior Threeeighths in 30 30Boca Boca Grande Threeeighths In 37 37Duval Duval Fiveeighths in 100 100Eleusis Eleusis Threequarters in 117 117Gay Gay Bird Seveneighths in 125 Helen Barbco Viveeighths in 101 w Incitor Threeeighths in 3S Island Queen Threequarters in 117 Too Deibold Seveneighths in 121 Joe Morris Fiveeighths in 105 105Ix Ix amenee Threequarters in 110 110Maigold Maigold Threequarters in 117 117Mellon Mellon Street Threequarters in 117 117Merry Merry Haaii Three quarters in 120 120N N w Haven Mile In 144 144PcrldesiThreeelclitlis PcrldesiThreeelclitlis in 37 37Sprightly Sprightly Miss Threeeighths in 30 30Sureget Sureget Threequarters in 117
