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RUDOLFO WINS THE RICH KENTUCKY HANDICAP Louisille ICy May 20 Pefore an attendance that taxed everv available vantage oint of the spacious Douglas Park plant II II Emhioiis sturdy Itudolfo scored a signil triumph in the rich Kentucky Handicap one mile and a quarter over some of the best raters that could be mustered Following Rndolfo tlosoly at the finish only a length off came Ten Point the pride and hope of the eastern contingent wilii an ex toremo outsider Any Port in third place The winners net portion of the 14050 gross value of the race was 12150 Rndolfos victim was not marked by any llnke lie was the best in the race at the weights and Loftns gave him a perfectly ludgod ride Ten Point likewise made a grand effort but the task asked of him was too much muchTen Ten Point ossayotl the herculean job of conceding weight by the scale to all the other starters the winner being in ivceipt of nine pounds from him He made tlie pate and only succumbed in the last seventy yards He laced 5i most gallant fasliioi for the first mile and his backers were 5n high fettle at this point for ho still retained a daylight ilvantage over Kudolfo ll nearest pursuer but raduallv tile fast pace and weight became telling factors with the jromigor horse and Loft us timing his final bid with Itudolfo to a nicety in the last sixteenth gradually forged into the lead Any Ports effort was also a good one for he came with a rush to take third place from Gowoll The latter showed markoil mprovcnient over her effort in the Oaks at Churchill Ioviis and but for suffering interference at the half uille post would kave IHIMI closer up She also caused interference from which Kuckiiorii was the chief sufferer Tills was on tho liist turn where she closed in on the rail causing Ganz to take the Mackenzie rac r back to avoid going over Use forie The incident was not of sutlciont imixirtance to have caused any clianse in the result Itncklwrn after recovering failed utterly to show any groat amount of smod and was really never a serious factor In the run 1 1Foundation Foundation also made a dsllirlly disappointing showing in the race Hamilton was a prominent factor for the first threo piartcrs then retired and Ills stable companion FroglegV was always a dis ¬ tant trailer He returned to the settles with a de ¬ cided limp and it is more than likely that he will not lM a starter again for some time Ten Points share of the purse was ljp and Any Port gut SUO for finishing third JiiwoJI saved her entrance and starting feusj iggrcgliting 200 The weather was threatening with occasional showers and there is no doubt that the adverse con ¬ ditions kept many away from Kentuckys most beautiful course this afternoon The turnout how ¬ ever was a big on and filled the spacious plant The betting ring was a seething mass throughout the afternoon and the volume of speculation indulged in far in excess of what was expected being about 170000 for the day The betting arrangements were faultless and the facilities for handling this big amount and its return to successful bettors left no cause for complaint complaintIt It was generally expected that the track would be slow and surprise followed the running of the first race when 101 was hung out as the time for five furlongs This equaled the track record and opinion concerning the going changed when Old Rosebud spreadeagled his opposition in the second race to win with the utmost ease in 100 Helen Itarboc followed next with a mile performance of 19 which reduced the former track record by a second There was no further doubt as to the firmness of the going and some owners who had been doubtful about starting hi the big race of the day decided to do so The time of 205Jf for the Kentucky Handicap was a second and a fifth better than the former mark for one mile and u quarter If K J Mackenzie was disappointed over Ruck horns failure in the stake race he was partly recompensed by winning two purses with Helen KarUe and Melton Street StreetGeneral General Manager John Ilachmeister expressed great satisfaction over the success attending the opening Considering the adverse weather condi ¬ tions the opening was all that could ta desired and the betting of great volume The Kentucky Handi ¬ cap was a splendid contest and immensely enjoyed by the big throng that witnessed its running I am highly gratified by todays results as they in ¬ dicate clearly that the Louisville public can be de ¬ pended on for generous patronage when given an oportunity sportA to witness highclass sport A social train brought u big delegation from Lexington to witness todays sport livery prom ¬ inent person identied with the sport in Lexington was in the party partyII II C Ilallenbeck telegraphed trainer Taylor to close the deal with E R Rradloy for the colt Roots and Saddle but Mr Rradlcy withdrew his offer of selling the colt for 10000 and has decided not to set a price on him for the present presentThere There will be twentyseven partiinutiiel machines in operation during the meeting Three will be 25 machines straight place and show three 10 straight place and show seven 5 three straight two place and two show fourteen 2 live straight four place and live show There will be twenty eight cashiers and as usual at Douglas Park two race and threerace combination machines As a Churchill Downs there will be two moneychangers for the convenience of patrons of the 2 machines High machinesHigh Private has been sold bv J R Wainright to Adair Raker for 2500 Mr Wainright pro ¬ poses to retire from the turf as an owner as the result of the death last winter of Fred Luzador who trained his stable with signal success Luzader claimed High Private out of a selling race at La tonia Last year the old gelding won thirteen races and 120 tO in stakes and purses being fourth among the foremost winners of the American turf for the year yearDouglas Douglas Park radiant In Its new dress could hardly have been more beautiful and Inviting than it was tmlay It resembles the famous Ascot track in England or the grounds of Malsons Latiittc at Paris The park in front of the grandstand and on the sides with Its shade trees makes the approaches to the track appear not unlike that of the Manors of England All of the changes and plans of taau tification were personally directed by manager John Ilachmeister IlachmeisterThree Three turfmen of note who are not at present closely identified with racing Julius Uaner G II Whitney and R L Thomas were here to see the 150000 KcntucKy Handicap run Itauer formerly handled the wonderful 2yearold Mesmerist while Whitney for years raced quite a stable mostly the get of the noted sire Farandole Thomas once cam ¬ paigned a big stable which was trained for him by Henry McDaniel All these turfmen talk as if it will not be long before they will again actively on gage in racing racingThe The yearling colt by Plaudit which John W Schorr recently bought privately from W S Tlirel keld is Hit of the young mare Yolanda by St Florin which was shot by some marauder at Thomas Smileys farm near Lexington a few days ago This colts fourth dam Is Plalsanterie which won the Cesarewitch In England In 1X85 and is the grand dam of August Rclmonts 1012 St Leger winner Tracery TraceryCapt Capt J Rreckinridge Viley of Stonewall Farm Woodford county has a good band of yearlings this season Two are by the richly bred horse St Savin now in Australia One of these Is a bay colt out of Lucasta a noted iinjiorted mare by the Epsom Derby winner Donovan This youngster is a half brother to ten winners one of which is Lux Casta which ran second to Yankee in the Futurity of 1001 The other yearling by St Savin Is a bay colt out of Robinet by Iverness Roblnet is a half sister to Hamburg Relle which won the Futurity of lOOo Two of his youngsters are by Cesarion One is a black colt out of Ruth Parrish by Top Gallant and the grand dam of this colt Virgie D by Virgil is tho dam of eleven winners The other yearling by Cesarion is a bay lilly out of Linora by Linden The latter mare Is a halfsister to Joe Frev the California Derby winner in 1001 The other yearling is a chestnut colt by Peter Quince Tchoupetoulas the dam of Hector and Melton Street
