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RUDOLFO IN RARE FORM EMMONS RACER WINS CHURCHILL DOWNS HANDICAP PURSE IN FAST TIME Performance of Sufficient Merit to Bring Him Into IntoProminence Prominence for the Rich Kentucky Handicap Handicapto to Be Run Next Monday Louisville Ky May 20 The Churchill Downs Handicap purse of 1000 one mile and an eighth considered by owners as a splendid test for pros ¬ pective starters in the valuable Kentucky Handicii to be run on the opening day of the Douglas Park meeting brought out the cream of racers with few exceptions in these parts and furnished a splendid contest at Churchill Downs this afternoon H H Immons Hudolfo won it by a scant length over the eastern threeyearold Yankee Notions with another threeyearold Gowell In third place a few Inches In advance of Princess Callaway The latter iu company with Yankee Notions forced a fast pace from the start but Loftus always kept Hudolfo within lialllng distance and his challenge In the final quarter was successful Yankee Notions seem ¬ ingly was done for on the stretch turn but came again in gallant fashion In the last furlong Prin ¬ cess Callaway tired badly after straightening away for the stretch run Tlie race was run in time that was within onefifth of a second of the track record of 151 On bis showing today Hudolfo looms up as a factor to be reckoned with for the 15000 prize next Monday and predictions were rife this afternoon that the horse which finishes in front of him will be tlie winner W S Trevey who has been training the horse since his success in the rich Lutonla Cup race last fall has repeatedly tried to buy the horse for owner C F Biischemever of Hawthorn fame hut an offer of 10000 has not been sufficiently tempting to Mr Emmons to make the transfer Ideal weather a fast track1 and the prospect of witnessing sood sport caused another overflow ut tendance The betting exceeded in volume that of any former week day The public fared badly on the whole as some of their beat choices went down to defeat About the worst upset came In the sec ¬ ond race when the supposed crack Harry L failed to place the purse going to Boots and Saddle which ran in vastly improved form probably because he wore blinkers Tlie second hard jolt came In the third race when Hobnob and Leochares failed to got any portion of the purse Silver Bill winning over McCorkle and Flying Tom The big band of starters in the opener was productive of much un ¬ avoidable crowding Amoret was one of the lucky ones to escape serious interference and won out over Blue Thistle the favorite favoriteThomas Thomas C McDowell got a break of luck In his favor in the fifth race In which fourteen started and took a purse when Caution won as her rider pleased from Barbara Lane and Tiktok TiktokMelton Melton Street upset n good thing when he finished in front of AI Bloch and Wander in the closing dash The latter suffered sharp interference in the stretch from Melton Street but Tapllns claim of foul was ignored the stewards holding to the theory that Wander was well beaten at the time of the Inter ¬ ference ferenceAn An extra race for threeyearolds at one mile and a sixteenth will be run on Friday next on which day there will be seven races The extra race is the result of several runups that have taken place during the meeting but the forty per cent that goes to this fund is not quite sufficient to total 600 the minimum purse and the association will add the balance balanceJockey Jockey Kirschbaum the first rider to come under the ban of the starter on a Kentucky track this season was today suspended for the rest of the meeting postW as n result of disobedience at the post W J Yanke announced the purchase of Wllhlte l efore the first race and claimed Swish after the running for 1025 Swish was claimed at Lexington from W G Yanke YankeJund Jund Collins trainer of Polly D was fined 2 by the stewards for starting Polly D in blinkers without officialsII first securing permission from the officials II C Ilallenbeck has been trVlng to buy Little Nephew and commissioned trainer M Taylor to get the colt at any price but tlie latter failed in his mission as owner M B Gruber absolutely refused to sell or set a price on the youngster Jockey youngsterJockey Loftus who rode Little Nephew yesterday lost a 25 niutuel ticket on the colt that he had iu his boot during the running of the race The ticket was returned to him today by track superintendent Keegan who found it while going around the course with one of the harrows G W Langdon who recently disposed of His Majesty for 20000 Is trying to purchase Boots and BradleyOn Saddle from E R Bradley On Friday the Gentlemens Cup will be run for the seventeenth time It Is an event of Interest to society and never falls to attract an extraordinary attendance The purse this year Is 000 and the rider of the winner will receive a gold cup to the value of 250 A committee passes upon the cre ¬ dentials of the riders The following have filed applications to ride If J Leon G C Howe Dr G P Beiitcl Lucien B Combs Stanlev Lehman J W Lee L M Tiller Alfred Oinkelspiel W II Osborno and Hol ert II Shannon Secy Lyman II Davis who is always anxIou to make this event u success says that the starters will be of better class than usual Last spring the cup was won by Wander ridden by Mr Osborne Golden Treasure with Mr Lee up was second and Hannls ridden by Mr Leon was third
