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PRINCE I1EEMIS A WINNER DEFEATS STAR JASMINE IN THE FEATURE RACE OF THE DAY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS DOWNSBoots Boots and Saddle Runs a Good Race A Selling SellingRace Race War Breaks Out Weights for the theClark Clark Handicap Announced Louisville Ky May 11 Tho mile and a six ¬ teenth handicap that was run as the fourth race on the card served as the outstanding feature of the afternoon at Churchill Downs and was produc ¬ tive of a rattling finish between Prince Hermis and Star Jasmine The former won l y a neck and G rover Hughes the early pacemaker brought up In third place a length behind the first two Prince Hermis was tin favorite and his victorv was ex ¬ tremely popular No stakes were featured today but the iard of seven races was attractive and despite threatening weather another crowd of gen ¬ erous handOf proportions was on hand Of importance only secondary to that of the handi ¬ cap was the threequarters sprint that preceded it Several good sprinters engaged in it including Emll llcrx Kiniiiyinedc 15oots and Saddle which E It Itradley recently sold to former jockey C II Shil iug was on his good behavior and aided by getting away from the jmst fully In his stride led for VM entire way though at one stage of the race it ap ¬ peared likely that he would go over the outer fence because of his tendency to bolt Neylon got him straightened out however and be won comfort ¬ ably from his former stablemate Belianet with Haiupiet and Runuymede fighting it out for third place placeIn In the maiden race In which fifteen threeyearolds engaged Skilos Knob sometime regarded as a crack and for which an offer of 10000 is said to have been refused before he went amiss last year sproadeagled the others and won in a common can ¬ ter White Crown landing In second place If Skiles Knob continues to train he gives every promise of developing into a useful racer His present owner secured him for 1000 when it appeared that the colt was in a bad way In wayIn the selling handicap sixth on the card Bonan ¬ za showed a form reversal over his Saturdays start and won commandingly Ills owner was forced to pay 305 of the purse money to retain himLJtlchhuldIuglho sanuovst the entered price of JjIlCOO JjIlCOOThe The third runup of the afternoon followed Tlwilghtreaders win when Kmil Hera bid him np from an entered price of 100 to 1000 and se ¬ cured him himW W H Mizells claim for Izzethey was declared invalid by the stewards on account of his failure to deposit the sum required in sntlicient time Mr Mizell evidently thought that the 1210 he en ¬ closed in an envelope was sullicleiit but the sum required was 1310 1310Handlcapper Handlcapper McGinn announced tonight the weights for the Clark Handicap in which weights to sixty horses were assigned Boamer is giveii top weight at 127 pounds Next in order como Luke Mclukc 12 Buckhoru and Short Crass each 124 John Gund 117 Black Toney llli David Craig and Buskin eacii 114 Robert Bradley Bringhtirst Bradleys Choice and Little Nephew eacii 112 Hodge appears favorably weighted with 10S A field of cracks is expected to make the contest SaturdayThe interesting next Saturday The stewards today supplemented the rule that nb withdrawals will be allowed below seven starters by providing that In the event of it being found nec ¬ essary to excuse a hore his owner shall be liable for live per cent of the purse A rule was also is ¬ sued that permission to change equipment would not be granted after 130 p in on the day of the race raceW W It Mizell got into the selling race bidding ac ¬ tivities that promise to continue here when he ad ¬ vanced Billy Joe from an entered price of SGOO to 1400 hut failed to get him himThe The horses owned hv Jefferson Livingston in charge of trainer Herman Brandt anil intended for Canadian racing beginning at Fort Krie have been liberally nominated to all the fixtures to be decided over the Dominion courses this year Jockeys yearJockeys Lapaille and Marco each drew a fivedays suspension from the starter for insubordination at the post in the tirst race raceAfter After investigation the alleged rough riding of jockey Martin yesterday in the Debutante Stakes the stewards held him blameless Pat Dunne the former wellknown owner who is at present engaged in the contracting business in Kansas City Mo will remain for several days longer taking in the racing here hereW W O Tanner departed tonight for Nashville where he will remain some time before going on to Detroit to look after the preliminaries of the Wind ¬ sor race meeting meetingIn In retaliation for Thoughtreaders runup Krhy Martin his owners claimed Buck Keenon for 8r 0 0Louisville Louisville workouts this morning over a fast track were wereBank Bank Bill Mile in 148 148Brick Brick and Mortar Fiveeighths in 103 103Broom Broom Flower Threequarters in 118 Clynta 118Clynta Fiveeighths in 105 f Fidget Half mile in 52 Hawthorn Threeeighths in 37 37Heenan Heenan Mile in 1 47 47Helen Helen Bnrbee Half mile in 49 J JHowdy Howdy Howdy Mile in 141 7 7Impression Impression Iftilf mile in 33 33Investment Investment Half mile iu 49 49Joe Joe Morris Mile in l4i l4iKeymar Keymar Half mile in 52 52Lady 11SLuke Lady Iauchita Threequarters in 11S Luke 318Malabar Threequarters in 318 11775Mallard Malabar Threequarters In 11775 Mallard Half mile in 0 0Nobleman Nobleman Mile in 145 145One One Step Threequarters In 118 118Orange Orange Half mile in 51 51OSullivan OSullivan Threequarters in 118 118Uoamer Uoamer Mile in 142 142Roscoe Roscoe Goose Threequarters in 11S 11SSamuel Samuel II Meyer Mile in 140 140San San Vega Fiveeighths in 1O1 1O1Sun Sun Oueen Half mile in 52 52Type Type Mile iu 145 145Panclla Panclla Threeeighths in 37
