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BETTER FIELDS FOR MINERAL SPRINGS Horses on Way from Kentucky to Engage in Racing Yesterdays Patronage Disappointing Saturdays attendance at Mineral Springs was not as numerous as the track folks hoped for It was better than on the opening day but not so good as that of Friday Still It was all that could reasonably have been expected in view of the scanty lields of low class racers presented An Im ¬ portant amendment is promised forthwith iu the way of a big contingent of horses from Latonia some of which were entered by telegraph from there for Mondays races These will be sullicleut to double the number of horses at the track and will enable the Mineral Springs otlieials to present fairly attractive cards featured by recognized good race horses With some more to come from Canada the meeting will now do well in the way of horses to racingA furnish good racing A heavy rainstorm accompanied by a bombard ¬ ment of hail struck the track about 3 a m and it was spotty while the racing was in progress But it needed the wetting down badly and was im ¬ proved by It Tin slxtli race as originally closed was declared off because scratching away from Higher Ip but under amended conditions the same four horses were entered again with Higher Up carrying 120 pounds instead of 10S as in the race declared off Then they beat her Hie races were usually well contested The finish of the second race between Ivan Gardner Tempest and Miss Barn Harbor being particularly close and exciting Tem ¬ pest was a 1 to favorite favoriteIt It was posted on the bulletin board that hereafter ladles will be admitted free of charge on Mondays and Fridays FridaysHarry Harry White was a visitor stopping over en route from St Louis to Windsor Ills mission to St Louis had been the sad one of attending the funeral cf his venerable mother who died last Tuesday at the advanced age of 7 years
