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LAST LAP AT CHARLESTON PALMETTO PARK MEETING TODAY ENTERS UPON ITS FINAL MONTH. Management Making Effort to Improve Quality of Sport Track in Better Condition Than Previously Leading Money-Winning Owners. Charleston. S. .. February 1. Tomorrow the win-i . race uncling at Paiuicllo liirl; enters lie In.al lap of tile scheduled three iniintlis season, s. veil stakes re-main -to be run in llie final month. -Iii-f .f which is the $:i.000 Palmetto Derby, the first important stake of the year exclusiv -ly !.r niee tear -tints, the steady iiiiprovcuicill that the s, rt has experienced sinee tile first of the year. . eially tht increased attendance daily, has given management high hopes that the last month will ! the best of all and with this end in view an effort will be made to render the daily racing programs more attr:itive than ever. lh:- pa: week was luarKeii Iiy brilliant sport. ?-neeially in the running nf the two stakes, both of wliili ended in thrilling linishes between the first ii:iee horses. In the Aiken .Stakes. .Sir Edgar, as v unbeaten, just barely maoaged to nose out Idi-la. while Electrician was beaten by the same ui.u;Uu lor second iare. In the Citadel Handicap. Sheswood. Czar Michael and Tart- linished in the s.ime way. In alditioa in i.ies;- stirring linishes. a l i 1 heat lw-tween Laura and Kiva marked the I! i;;g of the week. Tin- coming week will witness the lirsi attempts of the I wo-year-olds to go half a mile, and it will also oiaik the jirst selling raees for the juveniles. The alb. tin .Soiling Stakes, which will be run .Saturday, i xpected to bring out the largest two-year-old l.i Id of tln season to date, and many first-time f- arltrs will be given preliminary trials in races daring the early part of ihe week in preparation tov is stake. This titure has a guaranteed cash value f as has the other stake of the we.-k. the t oli iiiin:i Selling .stakes ar one mile ami sevemy nris. for three vear-olds and uiiward. lo be run Wednesday. warm sun-ioikid wonders wi:Ii the .-nurse today 4 an 1 ih- .miners were a busy lot this morning. The lr.ii-k will be faster this week, barring further rain, tli. ti at any previous time. Thus far every tune lid truck has shown improvement, a shower has jiivcu the going a setback. .lames I1. Ross, superintendent of the Kentucky Association traik at Lexington. Ky.. departed for ids home city today, taking with him the stailions M. gazine and Mad River. viii a tie purchased during l is visit here, lie also took back a record number of nominations for the stakes to be run during the s, ring meeting of tlie Kentucky Association. I- ir tlie second time during the meeting. II. C. Rcdwt 11. who leads tlie owners in the matter of purse winnings, failed to win a race during the wesk. The .1. O. Talbott stable, his closest rival, made a substantial gain on him. and is now within striking distance of the .tiOO mark. K. F. Carman also made a lug gain. Jockey Johnny .McTaggart considerably increased his lead over the other riders. Twice during the week lie won half the card. The riding honors, except in McTaggarts ease, have been so widely scattered, that a few of the jockeys have made ihe showing exoected of them. Owners who have won ,000 or more are as follows; II. G. Redwell. 0.78..: .1. . Talbott. ,102; Rcverwvck .Stable. 1914.sh.::M; .1. I.. Holland, .S10; Weber, .0S5: K. I Carman. .0i5: W. Walker, ..2.N50: J. W. Hedrick. ..S5; G. C. Baker. ,205: i W. J. Rissoll. .1S5: I. M. Hedrick. .0tM; W. i Yanke, l.!ii: F. E. Hrown, ,875; J. I. Strode. Si. 700: .. A. Col ton. .,700: L. .Marion. .l,fi."; f I". Shccdv. ,000; J. II. McCarren. ,575: I.. II. Adair. .VM: J. W. Johnson. .:!10; .Mrs. W. II. Trev. ,275: C. A. .Spiet. ,250: F. J. Tons, ,225; .I. C. .MtMire. ,210: .1. M. Ziinmcr, ,175; I". Mdtride. .1S0: C. T. Worthington. ,150; J. M. Geode. ,000; N. I!. Davis, ,025.
