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DOUGLAS PARK IS CROWDED YESTERDAYS RACING MARKED BY GREATEST ATTENDANCE IN HISTORY OF COURSE Duval Reduces Track Record for Milo and an anEighth Eighth in Winning Overnight Handicap The TheWidow Widow Moon Also Breaks a Record Louisville Ky September 21 The Beechmont Stakes for twoyearolds carrying a not value of 2040 was won at Douglas Park today by J T Weavers Gowell which got home in advance of a smart band of juveniles after a hard drive Beiianot coupled with Volita as tho E H Bradley entry took second money and Smoke House an outsider just managing to nose out Star of Danube the favorite for the minor portion of tho purse Smoke House showed a sensational perfouiauco and was probably best bestFrom From a monetary standpoint the Beechmont Stakes was the feature offering of tho day but its running was secondary in point of interest to the contest in tho overnight handicap at one mile and an eighth in which tho consistent High Private was called on to carry 125 pounds and concede much weight to the other starters He failed after a gallant effort and the winning margin of Duval the victor was scant With a better judged ride the Wainwright racer would have scored The former track record of 151 made by Coruscate with light weight up was reduced by threefifths of a second secondAnother Another recordbreaking performance came in HIM opening dash when that good filly The Widow Moon ran a sparkling race and won handily in the fast time of 112 for threequarters of a mile mileThe The closest finish of the afternoon developed in the closing dash when Jenny Geddcs and Ozanti fought it out stride for stride during the last fur ¬ long and finished in the order named Jockey Steelo rode a iKJwerful finish on tho winner and this de ¬ termined the issue issueThe The once great Wintergreen showed a flash of his oldtime form in beating the band opposed to him la the fifth race raceIJ IJ F Carman took his lirst purse in a long time when Starbottle a prospective starter in the Ken ¬ tucky Endurance Stakes at Churchill Downs won the second race raceThe The largest crowd that ever assembled at Douga Park was at tho track this afternoon Tho hotting also was far In excess of that on any former day Only dayOnly two favorites were successful and tho fail ¬ ure of Princess Callaway High Private Star of Danube and Joe Morris hit the big operators and form students The general public on tho whole fared well as they avoided the favorites favoritesPrior Prior to the racing several showers fell but the rain did rot affect the going and as a matter of fact benefited tho course by settling the dust dustJockey Jockey J Glass remained over to accept several engagements He won with Starbottle and has beau engaged to pilot that horse in the Kentucky Endur ¬ ance Stakes at Churchill Downs DownsThe The combinations paid small prices this afternoon The twohorse consisting of Tho Widow Moon and Starbottle yielded 1075 for 2 The thrcchorso Duval Wintergreen and Jenny Geddes paid 5145 5145J J 0 Keeue trainer for J X Camden left to ¬ night for Lexington to confer with his employer relative to the signing of a twoyear contract on thj services of jockey Bryan Steclc SteclcHugh Hugh McCarrcu Jr will ship four horses tonight to St Louis to engage in tho racing there Jockeys Skirvin Ganz and J Deavenport also left for tho Mound City to ride rideCapt Capt J H Kees former presiding judge at Hawthorne Chicago Montgomery Park Memphis and the Fair Grounds New Orleans was among to ¬ days visitors He will preside in the judges stand at St Louis on September 20 when the 3000 Sf Louis Cup race will be decided He expressed him ¬ self as immensely pleased with the conduct of the racing here and is an enthusiastic advocate of thy parimutuol bettingJohn method of betting John W Schorr who is at present racing his string at Woodbine Toronto telegraphed today to Wayne O Toplln that he would ship the crack thrco yearohl Froglegs hero tomorrow and requested that lopliu supervise the colts preparation for the Ken ¬ tucky Endurance Stakes He will be ridden by T Koerncr in the big race and in his preliminaries preliminariesAfter After Duvals splendid showing today many train ¬ ers gave it as their opinion that he would be a for ¬ midable factor in the Kentucky Endurance Stakes StakesSeveral Several creditable workouts were noted this morn ¬ ing over a fast track Among the best wore woreBad Bad News II Throequarters in 118 118Black Black Mate Threequarters in 117 117Boca Boca Grande Threequarters in 110 110Bonanza Bonanza Throequarters in 110 110Buckhorn Buckhorn Threequarters in 118 118Compton Compton Mile in 145 145Coreopsis Coreopsis Threequarters in 117 117Cousin Cousin Puss Half mile in 40 40Damson Damson Threequarters in 117 117ElTendi ElTendi Mile and oneeighth in 157 157Flying Flying Feet Mile in 14 14Font Font Milo in 145 145Halawa Halawa Threequarters in 115 Harrv Lander Fiveeighths in 103 103Injury Injury Mile in 14S 14SJohn John I Wakefield Threequarters in 110 John G Weaver Fiveeighths in 101 101Labold Labold Milo in 143 143Lackrose Lackrose Mile in 143 143Lassie Lassie Throequarters in 1 Palanquin Fiveeighths in 104 104Silver Silver Moon Threequarters in 118 118Sister Sister Florence Milo in 143 1 Toison dOr Threequarters in 117 117AVinifrcd AVinifrcd D Threequarters in 115 115Winning Winning Widow Mile in 145
