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DUQTJESNE WINS FEATUKE FAVORED BY HEAVY GOING, WILLIAM WALKERS HORSE SCORES AT CHARLESTON. The Turk Takes Another Purse for R. F. Carman Attempt at Killing on Elfall Fails Jefferson Livingston Buys Ncylons Contract. Chnrlc.-fon, S. l. January 20. Rig fields ami a j heavy track prevailed at Ialinitto I "ark today. but ; good sport resulted. The mild weather again cot:- ; irihutcd to a big attendance. A selling handicap at oi:c mile was the outstanding feature and In it liiuesne. a superlative mud runner, scored an im- . pressive victory. The winner held sway for the entire trip aud was well in hand at the lini-h. feather Duster, the favorite, showed a smart pv-f jrmauce. hut was not good enough. i An attempt at an old-fashioned clean-up developed in the opener, with Elfall serving as the mediiiiii. lie was hacked with rare confidence hy those who c:i giiicered the coup and his odd:; of 101 to 1 were reduced to 10 to 1 at p:ist time. He ran Mattering!- for the first half and might have lieen a factor at tin end. hut for Martin timidity in the stretch. R. I. Iarnians The Turk scored his second victory when lie took the fifth race after a brilliant stretch sprint. Mycenae, at l.mg odds. being the con tender. liefere departing this atteriuon for Kl Iaso. where he goes to witness on Sunday nexi at Juarez the , attempt of his crack racer Iron Mask to lower S:il-va tors American mile record. Jefferson Livingsto.i o ik billed negotiations with John W. Schorr over the long distance telephone for the contract on j ickcy a. Neylous services. Neylon is at present att.ichd to the I.i vinir--tnii establishment at Juarez, but has been under contract to .Mi. Schorr. Mr. Livingston had previously been unsuccessful in his efforts to secure the contract and had about con eluded to sign up .1. McTaggart. .Mr. Schorr, however, s.ihmittcd a proposition this morning that appealed to Mr. Livingston and the negotiations for the transfer of the contract were concluded. Mr. Schorr, by the terms, retains second call on Neylon for this season. The price paiil by Mr. Livingston was well up in live figures, but I lie contract runs until November. 1017. Mr. Livingston is sanguine that under favorable conditions Iron Mask will i duee Salvators time. The norsc will he assisted y twi speedy pacemakers in his trial. Catosby Woodf-ird. president of the Kentucky Association and a wtil-kunwii breeder, arrived today from Lexington and will remain some time to witness the racing h-re. Mr. Woodford stated that the open wilter in the blue grass section is responsible for tin forwardness of many of the racers hat have been wintered at Lexington and Louisville. Ueeent good bleaks in favor of the layers enabled most of them to retrieve in part the losses sustained in the early part of the meeting. Tom Shaw at one ti had a deficit of close to $:iI.O0O. but in the past two weeks has managed to reduce his original losses by half. A few more breaks in his favor this week probably willlind him even. W. It. Ehg-strom, the "Sphinx" of the ring, also begun disastrously and was over $::o.K0 behind before the tide turn-d in Ids favor. He lias regained most of il during the last ten days. I.ast Monday be led the ring in winnings, being over 1914.sh,000 to the good on the afternoons operations. Johnny Lewis, another big operator, was fortunate in being an absent -e during the period that the layers were losing so heavily. He arrived from Juarez about the time that the breaks began favoring the layers and is winner of a sum said to be well up in live figures. Steve LHoniincdicu is at present a slight loser. L I iomniedieu probably will be one of the winners at the end of the meeting, for he depends strictly iimiii legitimate bookmaking operations. Sam Brad-ley and Henry Hanf are two others that have fared well in putting prices since their advent here. Al Hanf. however, has been singularly unfortunate and is among the big losers. William Beverley is a winner. He was also lucky enough to recover tli- .St. Hill abstracted from his holel lock Imx by a bold tiller. W. G. Yanke is the biggest loser here to date. JIN hooking venture, coupled with losing commissions on horses from his own stable, cost him. according to authentic report, over $.".0,000. He is said to have dropped 0,000 on Monday of last week by the failure of Korfhage and Old lien, lie has decided to refrain from booking for a while. 1 :it will likely be back on the tiring lines next wi-ek. A 1914.sh.0!l loss in booking during the first week caused Charlie EHbons return to the ground, and his shrewt:iess in picking winners has yielded him a return of his bookmaking losses and a handsome nd-diliinal sum. Like Johnny Lewis, be is one or the biggest winners here. T. F. Buckley, usually a high roller, is a winner, but his operations have been rather limited. Other well-known ring operators who are active daily and who are picking winners consistently include Henry Weimhoff, Jake Marklein and Charles Lansdale. T. J Brown made an addition to his stable today by the purchase of Booth and The Parson. Stake blanks for the fixtures to be run during the Lexington meeting were distributed to horsemen this afternoon bv Frank J. Brueii. The horses that Willie Shields trained for P. Gallagher have been turned over to J. OBrien, win will handle them in the future. W. Dalzell has succeeded James Bluto as trainer Tor Miss A. M. Marrotie. lllute has gone to New York. Tidays arrivals included Colonel Watson of West Virginia.- Issv Howard of New- Orleans. Colonel Young of Philadelphia and Lysander Thompson of Vicksburg. Miss. Howard joined the ranks of the la vers here this afternoon. While romping about in a paddock adjoining the track this morning, the marc Ella Crane ran into a post and indicted an ugly f-ash on her shoulder. Her injuries will keep her from the races for a couple of weeks at least. Ladv Lightning has been thrown out or training and will be rested until the latter part or the Charleston meeting-. ti. E. Itidge purchased at private sale this afternoon Golden Prince. The heavv condition of the track militated against anvthing like fust work at Palmetto Park this morning, when the following work-outs took place: Blue Mouse Throv-quartcrs in 1 :23. Dangerous March Three-quarters in 1:22. Dick Dead wood Half mile in 31. Dicks Pet Three-quarters in 1 : J-if.- Karl of Savoy Three-quarters in 1 :2F. Front Koval Three-quarters in 1:20 f,. Hedge Rose Three-quarters in 1:24. N 1 1 II 1 Stream Half mile in 33. Jack Kellogg Three-eighths in .VS. Kettledrum Three-quarters In. l:22-;3. Kiva -Three-quarters in 1:22. I.aird o Kirkcaldv Three-quarters in 1:21. Little Ep Three-quarters in .1:22. lieger Cordon Three-quarters In --- . Sliaekleton Three-quarters in 1:20,; Sleeth Three-quarters in 1:2.1. Wilhite Half mile in 32.
