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VICTORY FOR NEW TRACK ATTOENEY GENERAL OF INDIANA WITH ¬ DRAWS APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION Decides That Evidence Was Insufficient to Obtain De ¬ sired Order Biggest Crowd of Meeting Visits New Course Purse Cut to Fit Conditions Tiie Mineral Springs Jockey Club was favored y = t rdsy Early iu the day it wou iu its contention at law with the state authorities In the afternoon i had bright aud clear but cool weather as good a wring card as could be furnished by the horses as Miulikd at the truck and au atteudauce of at least double that of the opening day The racing was dis jatilud so briskly that the horses were Hint away in rlie last contest of the day at 423 p m A feature was the first bidding up of the meeting This was after Working Lad had won the fifth race of the olay Entered for 000 be was bid up to 1000 aiid WeautThe bought by W C Weaut The best race of the day was the fourth It was a handicap dash of a mile and brought about a rousing finish in which the spectators took a part In furnishing a generous line of applause Elfendi at 121 pounds which included five pounds penalty for his success of the day previous was top weight What he might have done with such weight up must riniiu a matter of conjecture for he was caught 5n the webbing at the start with the result of reu lerlng his chance of winning hopeless The other ii rses ran well bunched to the homestretch where Ozana and the twoyearold Rosturtium singled out from the others and ran locked to the finish Noth IIJK but a finely ridden finish by Musgrave enabled itaaua to win but win she did by a long neck with the game twoyearold banging on in the most reso ¬ lute fashion Imaginable When the time 139 was displayed it was at once perceptible that a per ¬ formance of more than ordinary merit had been re orded to the credit of the Jiew track and a tribute jf applause went rlppllug through the crowd Sir lilaise ran a good race and took third money by tloUig so soE E It Bradley took bis second race of the meeting when bis filly Bachelor Girl ontxpcadcd eight cooi i titors at seveneighths of a mile lu the first race f tire OayT Mr Bradley Wmself is to be present ilontlay to view the new track and its ways of racing Bachelor Girl won easily with Gold of Ophr ftixbil aud Silicic third Several horses were nnrulv t the barrier and In a straggling start Defy was left With Musgrave up Ella Grane easily ac imtert for the second rnce a dash of fiveeighths f T twoyearolds Splrella bringing up iu second Wac v with Duchess Daffy beading Loan Shark out f jr third place The third race nu affair for three j arrIds and over at fiveeighths had ten starters of which Dominica proved easily best and won off by iMrself In a close finish Palina beat Nila narrowly for second place after having been fouled aud bumped Iaik ou the far turn by J Bergen on Dipper This Ml of rough riding was so palpably intentional that KITSCH was told to depart from the track and can ride there no more Strict discipline In riding Is to U rigidly enforced at the Porter track Obert was ait applicant for restoration to favor but was told it was useless The last two races of the day fell to orking J Kl and Sir CIcges respectively Working Lad dc iig Joe Stein and Otilo after the three had singled out in the homestretch for a well con lrtid drive to the grandstand Sir Clegrs was ahvavs close to the leaders in the closing dash of siVcneighths of a mile and in n fast stretch drive fjvsed to the front in the last eighth to be followed lidiac iu closest attendance by Song of Rocks and Jaueuil Hall A carload of horses arrived In the course of the lay from Springfield 111 including William Mickel ivitli two three of C B Johnstons in charge of trainer W T Ovebcy and one of Keith Spence J ker Ovebev accompanied tht Johnston stable stableJockey Jockey C knight has recovered from his recent acvJdcnt at Toronto and rode today todayThe The management has reduee l the value of the hllv purse offering to correspond with the patron i e This was done after conference with the free tmsent of tlie owners who recognize conditions and are more than willing to race their horses for f 00 and 400 purses Xot u ripple of trouble of any sort interfered v Ith the enjoyment of the spectators A more order v assemblage never gathered on a racetrack and ur wereMrt raids or interference of any sort U s ie of u sensational report that appeared in Chl iio papers to the effect that a company of militia would lie sent to tlie track to suppress betting at I he instance of Governor Marshall MarshallValparaiso Valparaiso Ind October 19 Judge Tuthill this afternoon allowed the attorneygenerals motion to uitlidraw bis petition for a temporary w Jjjnctlon to ctou ln Mineral Springs race track at Porter lue which thy charged that i f ulants fibVd aUidavits in J influeu es were at work In Chcago In oppo mroi iit m to the racing and denying that the defendants connected with any gambling Ter In anv way The court refused to allow the affidavits to be the record in view of the withdrawal of i de part o fV laint un for the thej j defuse bad badfihd fihd a de mbiin af tlTetracir 2S hearing came up this r rndn ndn l forc Circuit Court Judge Harry B Tut 1 I fMi ldgan Cits Tlie deputy attorneygeneral ivuhdrew the applieation on Ue ground that the tvldeuce was iusuflieienr
