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OLD ROSEBUD IS CHAMPION APrLEGATE TWOYEAROLD DECISIVELY DE ¬ FEATS LITTLE NEPHEW AND IMPEEATOR Reduces Douglas Park Record for FiveEighths of a Milo to 581 in Winning Special Race Melton Street Again Reduces a Record Louisville Ky May 31 At Douglas Park this ift riioiiii Applegate Weirs sterling youngster Olil Koscbud proved his right to lie considered the i hampion among western juveniles of 1513 l y ui ini pnsslve victory over Little Nephew and Impcrator in a special race at live furlongs under equal weight i millions The race was designed hy Secretary Mu giun to settle the question of supremacy among this trio It was the lirst time that I m iterator had siartcd since his splendid victory in the rreeders Futurity at Lexington on which occasion Little Jicphew and Old Kosclmd were not among those Jie met Little Nephew and Old Kusehud liad on 1w i former occasions opposed each other and Little Nephew has in each case won but close observers maintained that Little Nephews success over Old ltosbud in each Instance was lluky and due directly to the superior riding skill of Loftus as compared with the diminutive MeCabe Their judgment was vindicated this afternoon for Old Hosehud with nothing to bother him simply smothered the others for speed in the stretch and drew out to win as his rider pleased There were no ifs or amis about his performance to leave room for doubt as to his superiority over the others The trio left the harrier in perfect alignment and Little Nephew essayed the liacemaking for the lirst furlong with the colts each separated hy the margin of a neck In the next furlong Little Nephew and Old Itosebud drew away from the Camden youngster and the specta ¬ tor settled down down to witness the struggle lie twccii Little Nephew and Old Itosebud Old Hose bud raced along with Little Nephew to the stretch turn then drew away to win as his rider pleased flu toiit t from a time standpoint was sensational rYo lirst quarter being run in 22 the half in and the live furlongs in 58 which reprc feiited a big reduction in tin former track mark f 1 Old Koscbuds time was only four liftlis of a second slower that the American record for the distance made hy Terns Trick as a threu yctirold at Oakland Cal December 29 1JIO with Uj pounds lip lipBefore Before the race Judge 1rice spoke to MeCabe Loft us and Musgravc respective riders of Old Koschud Little Nephew and Impcrator impressed in them the necessity for a clean contest and gave them clearly to understand that he exj exjected ected no rough riding The jockeys showed a willingness to cooperate in making it a truly run contest and Jt certainly was so from barrier rise to linish linishTodays Todays card was pronounced one of the l est offerings on an American track in many years and fccrvtd to bring out the full quota of local racing nlhusiafts and a large visiting contingent who were well rewarded by witnessing some excellent racing in which some of the crack racers here ¬ abouts figured prominently Next to the meeting of the trio of juvenile topnotchers interest centered in the performance of Ten Point This crack colt was in a race with Unwell 1rince llcrmis and Senipritc at one mile and a sixteenth and was making weight concessions to his opposition There were lew who doubted his ability to win the 1000 purse His backers experienced a momentary shock when he allowed Unwell to draw level with him on Hie stretch turn and it looked for a while as if the iUy would boat him but he managed to draw away a bit in the last sixteenth and win by a neck neckA A formidable Iilonia Derby candidate made his threeyearold debut in the closing dash af six fur lungs for sprinters in Ueorge M Hvudries Ureat Itritain Those who viewed him in the paddock expressed their Ixlief that he was far from ready to cope successfully with the good band that op ¬ posed him but he fooled the smart set by winning a his rider pleased after showing good speed from Hie start The race will do him i world of good and it he trains on in gojd style for his Derby engage ¬ ment it will take an extraordinary horse to take In inoHSure on lime 11 when the Latonia feature i down for decision decisionThe The consistent Melton Street in It J Macken ¬ zie stable made it three straight for this meet ¬ ing by taking the handicap at a mile and an eighth in handy fashion incidentally lowering the track n Innl mark for a mile and a furlong to 151 TJic former mark was 152 made by himself in his preceding start when carrying 111 Jie had up lit1 todav including two and a half pounds over ¬ weight weightThomas Thomas C McDowells Bandit lightly regardei in the opening dash made good in commanding am gime fashion over Brigs Brother and Old Ben Bcnanct was the best liked in the second race an she led for the entire trip to beat Wander and Supervisor SupervisorJockey Jockey Neylon on whom J W Schorr yesterday M urcd a liveyears contract began his duties for his new employer inauspicionsly by sustaining a fall from F A Stone in the oi oning race The voungstor escaped with a severe shaking up Ney ¬ lon gives milch promise as a rider He hails from Portland Ore and is only fifteen years old He probably will be able to ride at light weights for a long while The Schorr stable will be shipped t Canada at the close of the Dougias Park meeting Six horses will be sent to Ottawa for the Inaugura meeting at that place and the remainder will be IL it at Hamilton and rested until racing begins there Mr Schorr took occasion today to state tha Froglegs is again in good condition and will be a fmpient starter in Canada in the fixtures for wide In is entered enteredJ J W May will in the near future train the IKT c owned by 1 W Johnston including Flora Fiim and Milton 15 15It It C Benson who is training the formidable String of racers owned by James Id tier was an arrival today in quest of exercising boys to take to Lexington where most of the Duller horses are quartered for the present They will be shipped shortly to the Butler farnr near the Umpire City track at Yonkers N Y YW W M Wallace bought Hirka today from C W Carroll agent for A H Spreckels SpreckelsThe The twohorse combination consisting of Bonanet Bonanetand and Old Itosebud paid 1140 for 2 The lliree llireeI I rso combination comprising the winners of the f iih fifth and sixth races paid S11055 for 2 Numerous private advices from New York iu iuidfngOne idfngOne In Mutt J Winn corroborates the glow r reports of the success ittondlng the revival l Ing at Delmont Iirk yesterday From an aii Hitative source comes the Information that on ily one former occassloii was there a bigger crowd crowdt t the course courseW W S Trevey who trains Kudolfo received 1 Jier cent of the net winnings 1215 as his reward fr the winning of the Kentucky Handicap Ru ¬ dolf o received a slight cut on one of his legs during the running of the race but tho injury proved trilling as it has since entirely healed iip He may be sent to Saratoga the coming summer if he continues to race in good condition until tho close of the Kentucky season at Lalonia but his owner is inclined to the idea that Kudolfo will have had enough of it to deserve a short rest after the Latonia meeting is ended that rest being in view of preparing the griat fouryearold for the Ken ¬ tucky Endurance Stakes four miles at Churchill Downs next fall to which this season the New Louisville Jockey Club will add 10100 10100H H It Brandt has gelded the twoyearold High Class which he purchased a few days ago from J It Wainwright and that youngster will be tem ¬ porarily out of training Everything In the Wain ¬ wright stable will be disposed of before tho Douglas Park meeting is over in furtherance of that owners intention of quitting the turf Ills trainer Al Luzader will still stick to tho business Mr Wain wright having presented him with All Bed Lu ¬ zader will campaign All Red until fall and then busy himself getting some more horses together togetherO O A Bianchi is hearing good reports of the foals by his noted horse Jim Uaffnev winner of the HOIK fill Stakes of J07 at Saratoga in which he defeated the great Fair Play ami Bar None Bi ¬ anchi thinks that Jim Gaffney will make a success ¬ ful stallion he being a brother to Golden Maxim the sire of Follle Levy Presumption Boyal Captive and other good winners winnersChristinas Christinas Star the threeyearold lllly In batesby Woodfords stable which was sent to Uunnymcde Farm a few days ago and will not again be trained until fall lias been one of the hard luck youngsters of the turf She has not started since her defeat by Star of Danube In the Clipsetla Stakes last spring at Latonia This season shn was right on edge to run in the Ashland and Kentucky Oaks but working her in the mud at I exington which she did not like knocked her out She is a half sister to1 the great race mare Hunning Water and was the highestpriced yearling sold at public sale in 1011
