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DOUGLAS PARKS WET START Rain Affects the Attendance but the Racing Is Goad Baybcrry Candles Stake Race Louisville Ky May 22 The change in the racing scene from Churchill Downs to Douglas Iark was attended bv the severest weather that has been ex ¬ perienced during the Louisville season of racing A hard rain began in the night and continued un ¬ interruptedly until post time for the first race The downfall ceased then but It had deterred thousands irom attending Who otherwise would have been on ha ml to witness the opening of the thlrteendays term of the sport at this beautiful and complete plant It was a great tribute to Manager John ilachmeister and the Douglas Park track that in view of the unpropitious weather such a large patron ¬ age should have been on hand handThe The track as a result of the copious drenching it received was in a bad way and there were many withdrawals The third race suffered most in this respect and had to be declared oil A substitute at one mile and a sixteenth was provided to complete the card of seven races racesThe The Speculation Stakes under selling conditions and carrying a net value pf liM to the winner featured the days racing and resulted in a close and hard fought victory for Bayberry Candle over Little String and Hingliug with the favorite Goldcrest ISoy far back Jhe winner was entered for 1000 and her former owners from whom J W May claimed her bid her up to fl001 but she was re ¬ tained with the customary advance of 55 55The The Speculation Stakes lias only been run three times and its condensed history is as follows Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time TimerU rU Gay Bird 103 M Buxton 2100 IMS IMS1JI14 1JI14 Winning Witch 114 C Disunion 1820 144 1115 Bayb Candle 4 KB W Median 10 147 147Some Some of the finishes were exceptionally close and hard fought The public and form followers fared well as most of their choices scored scoredConsiderable Considerable interest attached to the introduc ¬ tion of the new mutiiel machines which affords one the opportunity of making combination l cts straight place and show in the same booth In stead of going to three tooths as required under the oldstyle machines Only three of these ma ¬ chines were in use and they immediately became popular popularAll All the prominent personages identified with the turf In these parts were In attendance togethei with sonic from other parts of the country Jef fersoir Livingston and a party came from Chicago for the opening He stated that his eolt Royal II would l e a starter in the KentucRy Handicap to be run next Saturday and later 01 would start in the Latonia Derby Thc Covinigtort delegation was especially strong and was headed by former I Mayor John J Craig CraigTrack Track superintendent John Keegan of the La touia track was among the visitors Jle reports that many Improvements at the Mlldale course are well under way and when finished will transform the plant in wonderful fashion fashionSecretary Secretary Samuel C Nnckols Jr of the Ken ¬ tucky State Racing Commission distributed today the new rules in book form Officials and several of the newspaper men were given copies with their names inscribed on the book covers coversThe The removal of the judges stand seventy yards hoyond the former finishing line has made a great improvement and enables the horses to have a longer stretch run 1 Following Bonanzas victory Einil Hera bid him tip from an entered price of 1000 to 2005 but failed to get him himGeneral General Manager John Ilachmeister was well pleased with the days results and said Consid ¬ ering the heavy downpour until almost post time it was remarkable that such a large crowd was on hand I feel highly elated for it augurs a gener ¬ ous patronage throughout the meeting and makes mo feel that our efforts to maintain a high standard of sport are appreciated Training appreciatedTraining gallops over a muddy track this morning were wereAlmeda Almeda Lawrence Mile in 152 152Aunt Aunt Sal Half mile in IS i Badinage Mile in 133 Blonde Fiveeighths in l077r l077rHooker Hooker mil Threequarters In 119 119Hurkhorn Hurkhorn Mile in 1 0 i Capitan Bravo Fiveeighths in 103 Ynniiig Tower Half mile In SI SIEmerson Emerson Cochran Mile in 153 153Oalirlo Oalirlo Half mile in 1fc 1fcGrumpy Grumpy Threequarters in 118 118Irish Irish Gentlemen Fiveeighths in 108 108Kate Kate Powers Fiveeighths in 107 107Lady Lady Errant Half mile in 51 51Luzzl Luzzl Mile in 145 145Manassih Manassih Mile In 153 153Onota Onota Half mile in 51 51Retainer Retainer Mile and a quarter in 211 211Sun Sun Quen Threequarters in 11S 11STctan Tctan Mile in 14 14Vogue Vogue Thr quarters in 118 118Wilhito Wilhito Half mile in 55
