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CREAMS KENTUCKY OAKS GOWELL MAKES DISAPPOINTING SHOWING IN CHURCHILL DdWNS FIXTURE New Louisville Jockey Clubs Most Successful SuccessfulMeeting Meeting Comes to fyi Auspicious End with withTremendous Tremendous Crowd Present Louisville Ky May 21 The greatest meeting fvrr given at Churchill Downs terminated this afternoon with an immense attendance tliat was at ¬ tracted liy the prospect of witnessing some grand sport The Kentucky Oaks paralleling the Kent lucky Derby in the number of times run was the feature of the closing days card and brought out among the starters a trio of the best fillies of the year in Cream Horn I Park and Gowell The latter injiy il favoritism because of her recent sterling IHrformanccs hut she failed to make a respectable showing and liarely escaped being shut out from curing a portion of the purse The severe cam ¬ paign she has had here beginning with the opening day when she finished third in the Kentucky Derby has left its traces for she showed decided symptoms of soreness while going to the post and refused to extend herself during tne running despite Hie efforts of her rider riderThe The race which was worth 1050 to the winner was won by C C Van Meters Cream in the last stride of the journey with Floral Park in second place a dozen lengths before Gowcll Creams vic ¬ tory was a lucky one and but for Horal Park taking a bail swerve to the inner rail at a critical period during the last sixteenth she would have won with considerable to spare The swerve was partly caused by lint saddle turning ami Taplin fell off nflcr the finish finishThe The mile and a sixteenth handicap which served ns a secondary feature went to Miss Thorpe a wellthought of candidate for the Kentucky Handi ¬ cap to he run at Douglas Park on Monday next She wilt out in the lead from the start and finished a want neck in advance of Princess Callaway the favorite favoriteKT KT its Jlradleyrt Roots and Saddle scoied an im ires lve vkltiry in tlie fifth race lie only can SIIV C Hallenbeck immediately closed an option with Air Bradley looking to tlie figureLost transfer of the youngster at a good figure Lost Fortune again showed a highclass perform ¬ ance by taking the purse in the second race after a wellsustained stretch drive to dispose of Ida Lavinla LavinlaThe The closing dash went to Praetorian the favorite and the opening dash in which fourteen went to the post half of the number being extremely had actors BayGeneral resulted In a victory Tor Back Bay General Manager Winn expressed great satisfac ¬ tion over tlit results of the meeting just closed and characterized It as the best and most successful ever held here Financially it exceeded its predeces ¬ sors hy a great deal in spite of the fact that the association gave horsemen more money to race for Manager Winn stated that much of this years profit will revert back into the plant as it is the inten ¬ tion to beautify it and make several improvements A feature of the meeting just closed was that the irds beyond Inflicting minor discipline on onil il jockeys for rough riding were not called upon to have any sessions with owners or trainers for any infringement of tlie racing rules rulesStarter Starter Cassidy was at his best during this meet ¬ ing and his work was satisfactory in every par ¬ ticular Jockey Kirschbaum was tlie only one to suffer a suspension and it came as a result of frequent dis ¬ obediences at the post According to Manager Winn there will lie a conference among tin track owners In Kentucky relative to fall dates It is his idea that a speedy agreement on the dates should I e reached so that the conditions and other details in connection with the Kentucky Kndnrance Stakes may be announced Tho date of closing entries for this AugustTlie valuable stake will be during August Tlie amount of betting indulged in during tlie meeting reached a figure in excess of any former formern n ting held in this state Derby Day holding the therecord record with its take of 232000 Over 130000 was bet this afternoon afternoonThe The J W Messervy racers were loaded this after noon and shipped tcr New York O W Langdon who is training the string will depart for the cast lonight lonightFailure Failure o secure cars caused W II Karrick to delay the departure of the II K Knapp consignment until Monday morning They will go direct to Relmoiit Park ParkGeneral General Manager John Ilachmeister has everything in readiness for the reception of the big crowd that will witness tiie running of tlie Kentucky Han ¬ dicap at Douglas Park on Monday next Tlie track is drying rapidly and constant work on it with har ¬ rows will liring it into perfect condition before the running of the big event Eighteen are carded t start in the raw but withdrawals will probably reduce the field to aliout a dozen contenders Among those looked upon as doubtful are llolling Stoner Jligh Private Gowell Milton r Sonada and Man ¬ ager Mack T P Hayes is still undecided alwut trending Doncrail to the post but in the likely event that he does decide to start the crack threeyear old Donerail will have the licnetit of jockey Mus graves services Other engagements for tlie race are C Ganz on Pnckliorn 1 Loftus on Rudolfo Goose on Froglegs Peak on Hamilton Gross on Ten 1oint P Stcele on Flora Fina J McCabe on Any Port Kcderis on Miss Thorpe Foundations rider lias not been announced yet but It is likely that Rorel or some other strong rider will be up upTen Ten Point was given a mile trial this afternoon at Douglas Park and ran the distance over the lumpy track in I if He was given a breathing fj ell of fifteen minutes and then sent threeeighths in 35 lie came out of the trials in great shape find his owner feels sanguine that tlie rait will give Jin excellent account of himself on Monday Frog legs was worked this afternoon at Douglas Park a mile and a quarter in 208 He pulled up slightly pore according to trial watchers Hamilton went a mite over the Douglas Park track in 142 142H H 1 Mackenzie jvas an arrival here today to wit ¬ ness tlie running of the Kentucky Handicap in which Iiiekhorn will carry his colors Trainer Adkins who is handling Kiiekhorn is confident that his barge will win the stake Questioned as to how IIP regarded Ten Points chances of beating his charge jiie remarked There is not a threeyearold liv ¬ ing that could beat Ituckhorn as he is now at a mile Mid a quarter quarterMont Mont of tin stahles will be transferred from innchill Downs to Douglas Park tomorrow tomorrowPrior Prior to tht racing this afternoon there was a ile of horses in the paddock Prince Gal going to Osbcirn on his bid of 125 Sir Marion to J W Dirbv for 590 and Itecompense to A P Humphrey Jr for 325
