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HAWTHORN TO BE ABSENTEE BUSCHEMEYER GELDING WILL NOT START IN BLUE GRASS STAKES TODAY Throat Trouble Prevents Filling of His Lexington LexingtonEngagement Engagement and He Goes Back to toLouisville Louisville on Sunday iLexington Ky May 2 The handicap at one mile and seventy yards which served as the feature race of the Kentucky Associations sixth day was won easily by Uudolfo a stablemate of Hawthorn witli Princess Callaway second Any Port a pooc third 3Iocklor fourth and Bell Horse the favorite a trailing last Bell Itorso and Itudolfo bumped Into each other as tho barrier went up and jockey Ganz came near being unseated from the favorite When ho steadied himself the others had a big advantage over Bell Horse but in going around the first turn and to tho quarter he raced into the lead Up tho backstretch however Uudolfo raced him down and from there homo tho sou of Batts was never in trouble troubleSilver Silver Bill a threeyearold halfbrother to 3Iar garet Randolph Ilammetrical and Monty Fox owned by A L Ferguson of Georgetown vicepresident of the Burley Tobacco Society and trained by W L Lewis won tin first race after a drive with the favorite McCorkle at tho munificent odds of 20oU5 to 1 2 tickets of which only eight were sold paying H0 This is the longest priced winner since Wishing Ring won at the odds of 041 to 1 paid by the mutuels at Latonia on June 17 last and it is tho longest priced winner at the local track since Muzetta W won hero on May 7 1910 at odds of 414 to 1 1Bird Bird Man a son of JIarta Santa and the game little mare Whisk Broom running in the colors or President Catcsby Woodford of the Kentucky Asso ¬ ciation was tho favorite for the second race and won it with such ease as to make his company look cheap cheapRuby Ruby Hyains from the stable of Wayne Joplln was the favorite for the other twoyearold race and won it in a drive with Parcel Post by the margin of a length The sixth race should have also gone to Toplin Floral Day was best but was shut off In going to the first turn was compelled to go to the outside and run around five or six horses while Forehead had clear sailing and was in front all the way and lasted long enough to win by half a length fromtJie faqt coming Floral Day Forehead hod been backedJntfi favoritism The fifth race was won by Jaljot the favorite after New Haven had loomed up menacingly In the stretch only to tire and resign second money to Marshon MarshonHawthorn Hawthorn will not start in the Blue Grass Stakes lie will be shipped from hero to Louisville Sunday morning Dr Robert Bryan s nys the trouble is iu his throat Hawthorns temperature and pulse were normal this morning but about noon his temperature registered a littlq over 100 Trainer Trevey is still optimistic concerning the geldings condition and this afternoon expressed the opinion that he will be able to start in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs one week from tomorrow Under the condi ¬ tions however it would seem that ho must bo marked as extremely doubtful for the Derby DerbyThe The fashion hereabouts now seems to wager horse against horse for the Kentucky Derby Ten Point against Foundation The friends of the two horses seem about evenly divided Wayne Joplln Is the latest antiFoundation man to come up with an offer of big money He wants to bet 1000 that Ten Point will beat Foundation A good line on the sou of Nasturtium will be had in tho Blue Grass Stakes tomorrow if both Gowell and Lord Marshall start against him Jack Weaver said this evening that ho has not entirely made up his mind about starting tho filly Jack Keene said that Lord Marshall 13 certain to start Thomas C McDowell said this evening that The 3Ianager is improving but is still in a bad way J Nolan will not start at this meeting He came out of his last race in bad shape and will bo shipped to Louisville tomorrow
