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ASHLAND OAKS TO GOWELL LATONIATRAINED FILLY BEATS THE WIDOW MOON IN LEXINGTON FEATURE Patronage of Kentucky Associations Meeting Im ¬ proves with Return of Better Weather Condi tions Track StillvHcavy and Sticky Lexington Ky April 20 Under a bright sky over a heavy sticky track aunl before ai gtxMtly num ¬ ber of spectators Jack Weavers LatoniatraiiiLd lilly Gowell ai daughter of Ort Wells and Responsive this afternoon won the Ashland Oaks for threeyear old fillies one mile net value to the winner 1018 which was the feature of the card for the third daiy of meetingGowell the Kentucky Association spring meeting Gowell was second choice to The Widow Moon in the betting and had jockey Borel for her pilot She wais slow to break being the last except one to leave the post when starter Morrissey sprung the barrier to at good start for all except E H Brad leys Ballyshe which was in somewhat of a tangle ais the taipe flew up Old Woman showed the way around the first turn with Daisy Platt at her flank and Gowell racing third On the backstretch Daisy Platt took the lead and held it until they turned for the run up the hill where Borel began to move up with Gowcll and Kederis followed suit with The Widow Moon In entering the stretch Gowell aind The Widow Moon were first and second but as they straightened oiit for the drive to the finish it was clear that The Widow Moon could not win She had been held out of it tin long apparently and having to go wide coming up the hill was to her greater disadvantage An eighth out Gowell was five lengths in front of The Widow Moon but the latter was running faistest of the two and made up two lengths of the distance between them Ballyshe was third twelve lengths back Old Woman Daisy Plaitt and Lodona brought up in the ruck in tho order named Susan It in the first and Bauorella in the last were the winning favorites of the day Susan B s a good looking lilly a daughter of Bearcaitcher and Torsido bred owned and trained by O A Biauchi otherwise Daggle Smith and she was foaled in California She is unquestionably a good one espe ¬ cially iu the mud Bauorella won the closing race by so great a margin Hint it was really a shame to take the money The moneyThe opening race went easily to Worlds Wonder the second race was n romp for Cash on Delivery omlthoflfth race produced a stirring linixli in slow time between Rutlles Shelby Belie Hattie Me and Flying Francos in the order named namedKing King Box fell In the first raco but neither horse nor injuryJohnson rider sustained any injury Johnson N Camdcn returned from New York last night and was ait the track this afternoon UN colors were carried to third place in the third race by Rosai Mundj a halfsister to Helios HeliosJames James MacMamus arrived from the east this morn ¬ ing and was among the interested spectators at the course this afternoon The victory of Susan B gave him much pleasure E R Bradley thought Brack town Belle bald an excellent chance for the Susan B race but ait the finish he said The best filly won wonTrainer Trainer Trevey said this afternoon that Hawthorn cooled out well and ate every grain of his supper after his race yesterday I could not have ex ¬ pected him to be in better condition than he was when I opened his stable door this morning said he Some people maiy be weakening on Hawthorns chances for the Kentucky Derby but Trevey is not OIK of them themWhile While trainer J O Keene has made no formal statement or amthorizcd any announcement con ¬ cerning Helios it may be regarded as certain that the son of Star Shoot and Hindoo Rose will not start in the Kentucky Derby and that he will IK saved over until next fall unless he begins shortly to do much springAs better thain he has done thus far this spring As an Indication of the growing interest in the racing here this season a comparison for the same I eriod last spring is interesting The total volume of letting on the third day last spring amounted to 0020 as against 12iC today The gate re ¬ ceipts were 300 more todaiy compared with thu same springJockey day last spring Jockey Pickett was an arrival today from Havro de Grace He reports that A L Astes crack colt Ten Point will be shipped to Louisville with the Archie Klmnicr consignment which will include Caugh Hill According to Pickett no rider has as yet been secured to pilot Ten Point in tho Ken ¬ tucky Derby and it is barely likely that In will have the mount ais he will do most of the riding for Archie Zimmcr ais well as for William Gerst GerstAfter After ai lapse of nearly two years the click of the telegraph instruments were again heard on the race track here tho Kentucky State Racing Com ¬ mission having sanctioned their installation for thn accommodation of the newspaper men C Bergln was appointed censor by the commission commissionC C R Ellison is the latest to announce a belief that Ten Point will win the Kentucky Derby He in desirous of betting any part of 5000 that the Astu crack will take the measure of Hawthorn on May 10 10A A distinguished party of turfmen is expected here br special iraiin tomorrow from Cincinnati in time to witness the opening nice The party will consist of Messrs Frank R and Thomas Hitchcock II K Kimpp and four of their guests The party left New York this afternoon on one of the faist trains and the spcciail will bo necessairy to convey them from Cincin ¬ nati to enable them to reach here in time for tho racing
