Long Shots To The Fore: Great Britain Is Only Winning Favorite At Churchill Downs.; Miss Thorpe, Extreme Outsider in the Betting, Takes High Privates Measure and Uncle Hart Wins Following Race at Over 90 to 1., Daily Racing Form, 1912-10-09

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LONG SHOTS TO THE FORE GREAT BRITAIN IS ONLY WINNING FAVORITE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Mist Thorpe Extreme Outsider in the Bettinp Takes TakesHigh High Privates Measure and Uncle Hart Wins WinsFollowing Following Race at Over 90 to 1 Ixmisville Ky October S Surprises were fre ¬ quent at Churchill Downs this afternoon Great Jritaln was the only winning favorite His victorv started the public off auspiciously when he scored in opening dash Thereafter the backers of favorites siiiTerod continued reverses hv the successive fail ¬ ures of Spindle Reciprocity High Private Cou Jiaiight and Capitau Bravo Sensational BravoSensational finishes in which the beaten choices ail figured prominently marked the sport Probably tiie worst disappointment developed in the feature race In which Miss Thorpe showed her heels to a good band for the entire mile and twenty yards jturney and ran the distance in 139 onefifth of a second slower than the track record held by Col ¬ onel Ashmeaile High Private finished in second place and Kffendi third The latter was traus ferred from the Weber Ward establishment to the K Unbul stable He just managed this afternoon to nose out Countless Another long shot scored in ilw fifth race when James P Ross Uncle Hart got iii In the last stride to nose out W F Schultus Armor with Couiiaught another nose behind the itnlr and a like margin in advance of YorkviHc Tim winner paid over J15 to 1 and had Armor won In would have paid his few backers nearly 150 to 1 II I Carmnns Scmprolus showed great Improvs iiiejit when he won the second race in a hard driv j with Reciprocity In a former start at Douglas Park Semprolus had finished beaten off James Critlins Charticr was returned the winner of the closing dash in which he took Capitan Bravo into iuip The latter was strongly fancied bv his con nictions nictionsThere There was a surprisingly large attendance this afternoon It far exceeded the crowd on the second lay of last falls meeting at Churchill Downs Sjicenlation was aleo lutich greater than expected and totaled 30000 over the figures for the corre sjMmjJIiis day last year IficKty Loftus was taken suddenly ill just before listvtiine in the opening dash and had to cancel all his riding engagements for the afternoon afternoonJohn John F Schorr returned this morning to Laurel uul shipped Star Charter to the Maryland track in the same car with Sotemia He will be continued in training and may be a starter in the Latouia Cup two miles and a quarter Sotemia came out of her race in excellent condition and will continue to race until she goes into winter quarters Colonel Holloway will remain here and start in the Latonia Cup lie will be handled for this engagement by Clmrlett H Hughes Frank J Nolan who owns tin Buverwyck Stable of which Colonel Hollmvay1 is a member will remain here for the entire meeting with Mrs Nolan Both are charmed with Churchill Iliwns and informed Manager Winn this afternoon tliar they thought the plant surpassed the Saratoga track trackPuvals Puvals injury Is not thought to be as serious 3 was at first supposed but he will be out of train ¬ ing for tho remainder of the season The Gallaher Iros sustained an additional Joss by the claiming f Ozana in the closing dash last night K Spence who was represented by Hawley taking the filly fillyIrank Irank E Brown today made an addition to his sabl by the purchase of Volthorpe from 1 II Res iiss at iirivali terms j jlolni lolni W Schorr before departure for hi hoino in Mctiipbls lawt night Itonglit from Frank E Brown the Itcn Brush Noonday yearling olt for a re lrted price of 4000 4000Tinre Tinre will be a big shipment of horses from here tomorrow to Porter Ind where a fifteen days nieiting will begin October 12 An additional sliip innt will be made on Thursday ThursdayJotkev Jotkev J McCabe was suspended for six days ny llif start ir for disobedience at the post in the open openTraluer Traluer W S Trevev thinks that Hawthorn is Jlic l st raeor here and Is proposing a meeting with High Irlvate and other cracks at one mile weight weightjoVkev joVkev Ix ftus contemplates going to Juarez this winter in ride He will probably be attache l to tlii I J Mackenzie stable or to George Odoms estab estabilliuerand illiuerand Adairs horses will leave for Porfer Ind iKst Thursday The following were among the host workouts this thisisllliiorse isllliiorse Mile in 143 143lioiiauza lioiiauza Mile in 151 Cash on Delivery Fiveeighths in 103 console Mile in 144 Mile In 144 J e Delhold Mv Fellow Threequarters n IViioles Threeeighths in 3 KV Polls Threequarters in l15r Puck Half mile in 49Ts In 36 36n = Sen Cliff Threeeighths n Volthorpe Mile in 14 Wander Mile in lf ttinuinz Witch MHe in 149 Worlds Wonder Half mile in


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