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GKOYEU HUGHES ONCE MORE SPEEDY VETERAN ACCOUNTS FOR LEXINGTONS MAIN RACE IN A CLOSE FINISH. Imperator Fails Again — Dimitri Wins in a Canter — Howard Oots Returns from England After a Successful Trip to Buy Yearlings. I.t ingtnn. Ky., Bepti niU-r 15. — The Lb a— ri Hotel 1 landii ap at ■ null ami :i sixteenth today produced MM of tlh lust finishes over seen at the Kentucky Association course, the seven starters filing to tin- tinisli so close together that less Mian iwii length* separated the winner from the last hor-e. At "lie lime in tin- stretch, ah lit an eighth out. they wire in cavalry alignment. Qrover Hughes stood tin tinal drive in game fashion and managed to win l.y a nose. Hank Ollay following, a like margin before Grevllle, with heads separating Slat .lasniine .mil BiagUng. Solar Star and John Uuod, Which Were prominent contenders to the last sixteenth, lired right at the end. Hank ODay and Star Jasmine wire probably the hest in the race hut the former was cut off soon after the stall and foreed to close a big gap in the lirst half. Star Jasmine wa- well up on Hie 1 wer turn, where she raim- wide, at count nig for lier big loss "I ground. Isaperntor again proved a sad disappointment to a host ol hackers wnen In- again failed to take any poition of the purse i:i the opener, for which he was an outstanding favorite, Urectnn winning over Lack rose, with I nch Hart third. .1. J. Murdock repeated a former victory when he galloped in ahead of the three others engaged ill be second race. Little Sister, making her first start since her retirement at Louisville because cf illness, landed in -eoo.id place and John Jr. was third. The latter stombled at the start, which pre vented hlui lroin being closer up. Dimitri. an overwhelming favorite, made sport of his opposition in the third race and won as his rider pleased. Hot weather was again the order and the track lightning fast. speculation was of the former good proportions, lut the failure of several of the liesl hacked ones i 1 1 asioiied extensive losses lor the majority of the | cculatols. After Broom Flowers victory in the tilth race she was advance,! from an entered price of 00 to .7o5 and iHiughl in. J. I. Milam, owner of libra Star, doing liie Iddding. led iy"s runup til l.vo. iii Flower raised the alliance fund considerably and the management announced thai for the live Helling r.-tces to be run on Friday and Saturday SILT, will be added to each of the original parse* from the c e*-s fund. T. . McDowell today concluded the transfer of Manager Waite from the J. B. Haggin estate and the colt hen after will race in his name and lots. Ilowai 1 lots, who left Aiigu-I 121 for England to buy yearlings, returned yesterday and was at i lit- track this afternoon. He slated that he was sik eessful in securing fourteen youngsters that he thinks on looks and bleeding, should prove highly nervlreahle. Tiny will arrive in this country next month and will he given their early racing les sons under Mr. I M«t supervision. The only other American trainer now in Bagland in aawat of rear-I ngs is . T. Patterson, who will remain until the lose of tin- late sales. J. H. stamper, Jr.. has turned Kthel May and Impression out at Thomas Piatts farm for the year. I in l i- -ssion will have tin- tiring irons applied to his legs. Lexington work-oat* this morning on a fast track were: Holy Hill—Mile in 1:80. Coiinlcrpai i Fire-eighth* in 1:04%. Dr. Samuel — Mile in 1:42. Embroidery -Seven-eighths in 1:31. Expectation Mile ami a hall in 2:38%. Il.rmuda Five-eighths in 1:05. Illnminator Half mile in BO. Justice loehel -Five-eighths in 141%. I.adv Errant Mile in , :47. I.adv lane tJrey Half mile in BO. Money Maker Three-quarters in 1:15%. Prune Eugene .Mile in 1:4.".--.. Heptemlier Morn Hall mile in 48%. Stanley S. Mile in I :40%. Transport -Mile in 1 :43%.
