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LOUISVILLE FORM IS AWfiY A RACING AT CHURCHILL DOWNS IS MARKED BY SERIES OF UPSETS. I Kate K., the Only Favorite to Score Grover j Hughes and Leo Skolny Fail to Race as Ex- i pected in Days Feature and Hocnir Wins. 1 Louisville, Kv., October 1C. Repeated upsets at- 1 tended todays racing at Clmrcliill Downs, only one first choice managing to score. Some o the beaten favorites failed to land any portion of the purse. ; The biggest surprise was furnished in the fourth lace, the Salt House purse at a mile, in which Loo Skolnv and Grover Hushes absorbed nearly all the bettliig attention. The winner turned up in Mrs. J. Shillings Hocnir. Leo Skolny, under luird urging, took second place from Coy Lad. Grover Hughes was soundly beaten after the lirst three-quarters. He was making his lirst start in the interest of his new owners, Uiuensetter and Fink, and made a decidedly poor showing. Jockey Muiphv again scored a triple and his extensive following proilted by it handsomely., He inaugurated Ills success in the opener when he brought W. !. Yankes Oakland home a slight margin in advance of Morristown. Murphy was guilty of sharp practice when on the stretch turn he left the center of the track and pinned Morris-town against the inner rail, keeping him in close quarters until within seventy yards of the finish. As no complaint was made by Smyth, the rider of Morristown the stewards took no action. The Closing dash went to Verena, which made a vastly improved showing and won handily from Mary Ann K., the favorite. A half Interest in Verena and Foxv 5ritr was yesterday acquired by John Hogan, who will do their training in . future. Veiena was entered for 00 and was hid up to ,100 by H. Fink, but Hogan protected the horse with nn advance of . Another run-up followed the second race when Anna Krufer was bid up 05 over ber entered price of 00 and retained by her owner. Kate K., fa-fririle for the -third race, proved much the best and. showing good speed, led all the way. Goldcrest Girl was considered best in the mile race for two-year-olds, tlie first at this distance run this fall in Kentucky, but the diminutive Collins was unequal to task, arid got her Involved in early trouble, from " which she sutfered so extensively trmtvhe- failed to rhls- place. The winner turned up in Raincoat, starting here for the lirst time, which showed a meritorious performance in coming from last place to win handily over Christie and Cominanretta. There was much crowding soon after the start and it was caused by lion Cortez cutting across from an onter position. The Newman representative came out of the mix-up witli a badly severed tendon and it probably will terminate his usefulness as a racer: Trainer Herman Brandt will depart tomorrow morning for Latonla with sixteen racers owned by Jefferson Livingston, which will take part in the racing there. The Klrod special for Latonla will leave tomorrow evening at eight oclock and will convey the advance guard of owners, trainers, jockeys and mu-tuel operators and some of the paraphernalia that will be used at Latonla. Because of the seven races tomorrow, post time for the lirst race will be two oclock sharp. Trainer Charles Bills will ship Chilton King to Lexington to be retired, as that horse went amiss in his last start and will likely not engage In rac-ingagain. John E. Madden contemplates sending a big band of racers here to winter and has spoken for quarters at Clmrcliill . Downs. Kav Spence and C. W. Gasser will ship their stables to Juarez from here. Hodge, one of the Spence string, will be shipped to Latonla and later on will join the others at the Mexican track. .Tockev K. Denny has been released by K. W. Moore. "The latter will send his horses into winter quarters following the close of the Latonla meeting. .Tockevs C. Gross and T. Rice scored for the first time in Kentucky this season when Auna Kruter and Verena won their respective races. Cool, threatening weather continued to keep the attendance down, but the betting was of sur-prlsinglv large volume. Its total being the second largest "of the present meeting. The track was in worst shape than at any previous time since the opening.
