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FROGLEGS IN FINE FETTLE SCHORR CRACK MAKES NEW AMERICAN REC ¬ ORD FOR MILE AND TWENTY YARDS Runs Distance in 139 Over Churchill Downs Course Courseand and Reduces Former Record by ThreeFifths of a aSecond Second in Beating Buckhorn a Head Louisville Ky May 15 Tolm W Schorrs good fouryearold Froglegs making his Initial appear ¬ ance of thi year electrified tliu crowd at Churchill Downs this afternoon with a recordbreaking per formante that carried him to the liiiish of the third race winner liy a head over Buekhorn l y running the mile and twenty yards in 13 ho wrested the AmericanTccon for that distance from Colonel Ash meade whose record of 13 had been made over the Churchill Downs track October 5 1 11 with 103 pounds up Aside from the time staiidxiiiit Froglegs effort was a gem for he contested with Buckhorn every inch of ground during the last iliiarter and liy sheer gamenss landed in front Biickhorns showing was almost as meritorious and proves him to bu right at his best at present Be hind the pair and close up camo Jtndolfo winner of the Latonia Cup and of several races this spring it Lexington lie was steadily overtaking the leaders and had the distance been longer lie might have won Froglegs ruled favorite with Buckhoru next in esteem esteemUohiuetta Uohiuetta by Fair Ilay Retained II a firsttime starter owned by James MacManus accounted for the Debutante Purse of 1000 which featured to ¬ days card in such impressive fashion that many pood judges at unco proclaimed her the best filly shown this year and predict for her a brilliant future She was in with nine others and won as her rider pleased Itirdle Williams landing in sec ¬ ond place with Aunt Mamie third thirdTodays Todays attendance was again of generous por ¬ tions and the betting on a par with the iirevious diys The defeats of Koamer and Floral Day were especially costly to the public publicThe The lirstnamed succumbed to The Norman which in todays race ran up to his owners earlier expec ¬ tations He showed no ill effects as result of his fall at Iliigtoii Ursula Emma which beat Florid Day was the longestpriced riiiner of the day Bonanza and J J Dnggan continued to be a winning combination getting home in front of a shifty band that ran in tin closing dash dashThe The Schorr following suffered extensively when Itrawny brought ni a distant trailer in the opening dash dashHorses Horses that were raced at Juarez during the winter were conspicuous today Florence Roberts Ursula Emma and Bonanza were all winners at the Mexican track and raced snccesfnily this afternoon Buckhorn and Aunt Mamie which landed second were also campaigned at Juarez last winter winterW W M Wallace expressed doubt if his good colt Smokehouse will be a starter before fall as he is recovering slowly after his illness illnessTen Ten Point was given light cantering exercise this morning at Douglas Park There is little likelihood of a match between him and Hawthorn in the near future Hawthorn is practically out of training and valuable engagements which Ten Point has hero would deter his owner from engaging in a match test testSir Sir Deiirah from the II C Hallenbeck stable pulled up in bad shape after the finish of the lirst race raceOwner Owner T P Hayes said today that Donerail is doing much better at present than before the Derby running and that he believes him capable of win ¬ ning the Latonia Derby in which he will be a starter starterJames James Oshorne who is assisting starter Cassidy will leave on Thursday next for western Canada where lie will do the starting at the various short meetings to be held in that section sectionISracktown ISracktown Belle came out of her race with a high fever and probably will not be a starter again until the Latonia meeting meetingSecretary Secretary Maginn spent most of the day at Churchill Downs listing the horses that will be raced at Douglas Park ParkOwner Owner C F lltischeineyer stated today that Haw ¬ thorn has fully recovered and that he would be given steady training from now on onAdams Adams Express and Inckhorn two Clark Handi ¬ cap candidates both of which are eligible to the Kentucky Handicap 10010 added have been doing goodwork at Churchill Downs for these two races On Sunday Adams Express breezed three furlongs in 35 and yesterday morning he went nn easy mile in 145 Buckhorn worked Sunday a mile in 31 and did the lirst six furlouirs in 115 Both did their work well and apparently will be rine to run a brilliant race next Saturday at the Duwns In thi Clark Handicap which last year was won by Adams Express Other horses at the two local tracks that are being prepared to run in the Clark Handicap include Froglegs Flora Finn Irish Gentle iniiii Miss Thorpe Rolling Stone Hudolfo and Ten Point The field undoubtedly will be one of the largest that ever went to the post for this big race and the outcome will have a bearing on the Ken ¬ tucky Handicap which is the feature for the open ¬ ing day at Douglas Park on Monday May 20 20T T C McDowell reports that it will be at least three WKiks before his great fouryearold The Man ¬ ager can even be taken out of the stall at the Kentucky Association track at Lexington owing to his weakened condition following las recent sickness The POII of Voter is now out of all danger after having had fever for eleven days The Lexington turfman will make no effort to put The Manager in training again until next fall and he may lay him over until next year yearJ J Keene trainer of J X Camdens stable will likely bring the Breeders Futurity winner Im pirator here before the Churchill Downs meeting Is over but he will not race the son of Peter Quince until the running of the Spring Trial Stakes at Douglas Park linperator is one of the eight win ¬ ners that Sparkle has produced in the stud Keene has had bad luck with two threeyearolds Lord Marshall and Ludona The former a Kentucky Derby candidate split his left fore hoof so badly that it will be a couple of months before it will In ¬ grown out again and Lodona suffered in the saun way through being jumped on by Gowell In the Ashland Oaks at Lexington The mishap will keep this good filly from racing at either of the local meetings meetingsWA WA Klrwan long connected with Barney Schrei l pr the noted Missouri turfman is here He re ¬ ports that Mr Schreibcr his not a single horse In training at the present time The bulk of the Schrelber broodmares are now at Sedalia Mo and ntiinlier some eighty head He has thirtyfour maros at various breeding ranches in California and ilfleen mares at II P Headleys farm at Lexington Klrwan has not learned as yet how many yearlings Mr Sehreiber has this season Twentyfour of the imiros In California failed to drop foals this season seasonAugust August Bplmont charman of tin Jockey Club MS fa Impressed with the showing made by the Ken ¬ tucky racing public at Churchill Downs last Satur ¬ day and the brilliancy of the racing that he In ¬ formed Manager M J Wlnn that he would enter the best of his threeyearolds for the Derby next season F K Hitchcock another Jockey Club mem ¬ ber made the same declaration
