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FIELD DAY FOE W. G. YANKE CALIFORNIA OWNER WINS HALF OF THE CHURCHILL DOWNS CARD. Scores a Triple with Swish, Wilhite and First Cherry Favorites Divide Card with Other Well-Backed Horses. Louisville, Ky., October 0. W. G. Yankes racers were decidedly in the limelight this afternoon at Churchill Downs by accounting for half of the card of six races. His success began when Swish won the second race. Then Wilhite beat a good hand of sprinters in the fourth race and First Cherry put the climax on a successful-day for this astute Horsemen when she romped home an easy winner in the iifth. Owner Yauke is said to have wagered extensively on all three. Another big crowd was on hand to witness the sport today. Speculation was- brisk and of good volume, the total exceeding that of the second day last fall. Favorites won three races and the other winners also had stout supiwrt. Hugh McCarrens recent purchase. Brigs Brother, made good for his new owner at the first asking when he beat Sosius and others in. the opener, with Barbara Lane third. Swish suffered from interference in the second, but eauie away in the stretch to win handily over EITendi and Sir Catesby. Prince Ilermis had to be much the best to win the third, for he was caught iu a bad jam in going to the first turn and nearly thrown. Grosvenor gave him a stout argument for the purse. After Presumption and The Widow Moon had exhausted themselves in pacemaking for the first half of the fourth. Wilhite picked them up with ease and won commaudlngly. Just Y., the favorite of the fifth, seemed the likely winner just before rounding into the stretch, but weakened badly when challenged bv First Cherry and later was beaten by Trans Miller for second placu. Donne Chance had to be ridden out in the closing dash to overhaul Coppertown. The latter might have won but for trying to run out on the first two turns. The running of the Kentucky Endurance Stakes and its attending results was a favorite topic among the horsemen today. The general consensus was that the fixture did nut eouie up to expectations nnd that it will not until trainers come to a realization that they must prepare their charges In more thorough fashion. 1andorina seemed to be the only one of the contestants thoroughly fitted to go four miles and her performance loft nothiiig to enthuse over. Flora Finn, which called for the sympathy of the big crowd, first by her gameness in struggling-on after seeming to be hopelessly beaten and later when she fell in a heap fifty yards after the finish as a result of her exhaustive elTort, was reported in good shape today excepting for a filled ankle. Prince Eugene came out of the race in such bad shape that it will be some time before ho can completely recover. I.eautifuls racing career terminated In the race, for she broke down hopelessly. Some owners and trainers favor a change in the distance of the race to two and a quarter miles the generally accepted cup route. The public, however, indicate by their generous patronage that they want to witness a race at four -miles. Trainer Matt Feakes. who prepared Pandorina and Sotemia for their Endurance Stakes victories, left today for Washington. D. C. Pandorina was shipped tonight to Benning, where she will be kept in training for the Dowie Stakes, two miles, at Pimlico. .Mrs. L. A. Livingston, owner of Pandorina. returned last night to hex home in Jobstown. N. J. Before departing she stated that she would again send a representative here next season to try for the rich prize and coveted gold cup. General .Manager Matt J. Winn will leave tomorrow morning for Laurel to remain for the remainder of the racing there. Harry F. Breivogel, his capable assistant, will have charge of the management of Churchill Downs until the close of the meeting. There will be seven races carded on Saturday, the extra one being an advance selling fund purse, at one mile and a sixteenth, for three-year-olds and upward. Francis J. Pons announced today his intention of ireducing his racing establishment considerably and will sell at private terms a dozen of the horses he has in training here. In the lot are several useful racers. Blanks for the stakes to be run at Norfolk were distributed to owners today by representative-; of the Jamestown Jockey Club. Many of the owners seen today contemplate racing at Norfolk after the close of Latonia. Frank J. Bruen. who Is looking after the interest of the Charleston stakes, roorts a surprisingly largs number of owners making entries that include some of the best racers hereabouts. Jefferson Livingston, owner of Iron Mask. Prince Eugene and others, departed tonight for Chicago, where he will remain a short while before departing for his home in New York. The following were among the work-outs at Churchill Downs this morning: Anion Seven-eighths in 1:32. Dac Five-eighths in 1:01. Dob Ilensley Five-eighths in 1:05. Bradlevs Choice Three-quarters in 1:18. Donerail Mile in 1:53. Edith W. Half mile in 51. Galley Slave Five-eighths in 1:04. Great Britain Three-quarters in 1:24. Helios Five-eighths in 1:01. James Dockery Three-quarters in 1:1. Margaret Lowry Half mile in 53. Mike Cohen Three-quarters in 1:10. Nash Three-quarters in 1:10. O Tis True Half mile in 51. Princeton Five-eighths in 1:04. Rash Three-quarters in 1:20. Requiram Five-eighths in 1:03. Roval Amber Five-eighths in 1:00. Silk Day Half mile in 51. Wryneck Three-quarters in 1:10.
