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LOUISYILLE RACING ENDS DOUGLAS PARK MEETING COMES TO A HIGHLY AUSPICIOUS CLOSE Old Rosebud Again Reduces Track Record for Five FiveFurlongs Furlongs and Is Priced to Prospective Pur Purchaser chaser in East at 30000 IvouisviUe Ky June 7 At Douglas Park this afternoon Applcgato iV Weirs sterling youngster did Kosebud clinched his title to tho champion ¬ ship among the juveniles liy winning the Spring Trial Stakes carry u net value of 0710 to the winner anil in which he met a quartet of stars that represented the pick of the juvenile racers in this locality As in his two previous starts Old Uiisehud administered defeat to his opponents in decisive fashion The consistent Little Nephew was again the runner up heaten this time by two lengths and showing vast superiority over all ex ¬ cept Old Koschud Following Little Nephew ten lengths back came luipcrutur winner vC the rich Breeders Futurity at Lexington with Bunts and Saddle and Vandergrift lighting It out for fourth place to save the starting fee The race demon ¬ strated that Old Uosehud and Ltttl Nephew stand out conspicuously among Western twoyearolds From a time standpoint Old Uoscbuds performance sparkled for lie ran the live furlongs in 5S a fraction faster than the track record fie established when he last lief ore raced and crowding closely Terns Tricks American mark Had McCabe hus ¬ tled him to any extent in the stretch lie probably wotdd have equaled the American record He had a slight advantage when the break came and his preparedness enabled him to sprint into a good lead at once Little Nephew also a fast lieginner was bit closest follower with Boots and Saddle next and Imperator last lastThe The latter which 15 Steele was given pcrmls sioi to ride started in determined pursuit and dis ¬ placed Boots and Saddle for third place in the first quarter but his effort to get close to the leaders was unavailing Old Uosohml varied his lead from one to two lengths during the entire trip but cotilI have made the margin greater had McCabe allowed him to do so in the last furlong when Little i Nfz i was driving Old Uosclmds next big eu gagemetit is in the Cincinnati Trophy and if be trains on without mishap he should add this fixture to victoriesAiiotber his already long JUt uf victories Aiiotber grand performance during the afternoon was that of Caugh Hill which took the secondary feature a handicap at six furlongs in which lie met somo of the best middle distance racers in these parts and conceded them lumps of weight lie hail up 1 the greatest weight carried by any horse in tins west in a long time and lie han ¬ dled it like a feather to win handily In the fast time of 111 Grovcr Hughes beat Jim Basoy for second place placeThis This marked tin finish of the most successful rac ¬ ing season ever held in Louisville The Douglas 1ark meeting found ready favor and was accorded splendid patronage throughout and now really shares popularity with Churchill Downs its more historic and friendly rival In every respect the meeting has coliio up to expectations and in some instances exceeded the expectations of the managemnt The sjiort has been wholesome and pleasing throughout with not a single marring note Secretary Maginn outdid himself In the matter o arranging good cards and has skillfully succeeded in bringing into contest all the notable stars in training here General Manager John Ilachmeister in reviewing the meeting just closed stated that he was highly gratilied with results and that the encouragement reijelvrtl from the generous patronage will cause him to plan cluUinitcly for the fall session sessionHeavy Heavy rain fell in the city during the morning hours but the track escaixd The threatening weather was expected to affect the attendance but the contrary proved true for the crowd was as large as on any day during the meeting Jjijjt meetingJjijjt as the horses finished in the closing dash therain began to fall and continued copiously Jockey copiouslyJockey Nicol who rode Chapultepec in the third race furnished added incident to the racing by an exhibition of expert horsemanship in staying on that racer in spite of the loss of one stirrup and thivbrenking of the bit The horse was in the lead when lilt mishaps came and many expected Nicol to come u cropper but he managed to remain on Chiipnltepecs back until after the finish He suf ¬ fered the loss of the purse or part of it through the mishap Verena an outsider got up to beat Ainowt for lirst money with Afterglow just nosing out Chapultipec for show showHarwood Harwood was a supposed good thing in the second race but 1eak handled lain weakly and he failed to get any part of the purse Frances M finishing tirsl with Bushy Head and Candy Dox following followingAnother Another long priced winner developed in the open ¬ er when Coreopsis got up after a hard drive to lieat Cedar lirook and Kelly The closing race went to Floral Day the favorite which won han dilv from Tocninsoli and Ursula ICiuma jockey ICiumajockey Kederis piloted Coreopsis Vcrcna and Floral Day to victory victoryThe The twohorse combination consisting of c remi and Frances M was not picked by anybody and tile Held backers got S5305 for each 15 invested Old Iloselmd Caugh Hill and Floral Day made up tho threehorse play which yielded its backers 177 Archie Ziimnor had intended shipping Caugh Hill and the rest of Ids horses to Itclmont Park tomor ¬ row but is prevented from doing so on account of the illness of Ireston Lynn and several others In his establishment establishmentestablishment establishment He will remain at Douglas Iark for KOIIIO time and probably will change his plans and send Caugh Hill to I atonia Caugh Hill is at present In superb form and is easily the best sprinter in Kentucky KentuckyTrainer Trainer Frank D Weir who owns a half Interest in Old Uosobud received several telegrams today from eastern parties requesting that lie set a price on the colt In conference witli II C Applegate 0000 was decided upon as the asking price and word was sent back to that effect The easterners mean business and are keen to secure the siiecdy son of Uncle It is likely that the deal will be closed next week weekJoekev Joekev H Steele was given permission by starter Cassidyto ride Impcvator in the Spring Trial Stakes Sloele had been suspended for the meeting 03 the starter for disolicdience at tho post postW W S Trevey trainer of Hawthorn and Uudolfo Hinted today that he was undecided as to when he would be able to get away to Latonia but that ho probably would have the racers there by the last if next woek Hawthorn is coming on in fine shapo ami fs taking his training splendidly splendidlyThe The Klrod special which left tonight carried a big delegation of Latonhis advance guard All of the mutnel paraphernalia that has been used at this track will he Installed at Latonia and was shipped on the train trainManager Manager Hachmclster staled this afternoon that tlie change booths that have worked so advan ¬ tageously at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park will iKjlnataled at Latonia for tho accommodation of the 2 bettors The relief from making change enables the ticket tellers iu the 2 machines to work almost twice as fast with le s danger of error Mr Ilachmeister will remain over until to ¬ morrow to finish up the odds and ends connected with this meeting and will arrive at Latouia to ¬ morrow night Frank Ilrncn his capable assistant will leave for Latonia tonight and handle the pre ¬ liminary details tomorrow tomorrowAccording According to advices there will be a big attend ¬ ance at Latonia for Mondays opening openingH H S Newman who bought the stable of J F Newman Son including the almost invincible Taurcz sprinter Pan Xareta has been unable to get his charges to the post in their best racing con ¬ dition on the tracks in this section Horsemen attribute this misfortune to the fact that the liorss wore tied up by the flood last spring at Washington Ind Many horsemen keenly regret that Pan Zariti could nothave shown in Kentucky the brilliant form she exhibited last winter at Juarez
