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BAYBERRY CANDLE FIRST TAKES THE BEN BRUSH HANDICAP AT THE DOWNS WITH BRYNLIMAH SECOND. Track Still Unfavorable to Good Racing, but Favorites Score in Most of the Races — Roamer to Come West. Louisville, Kj, May 16.— The Ken Brush Ilandi-cnp. at one mil. ami an eighth, with ,000 added, was the outstanding offering of todays card at Churchill Downs and resulted in victory for May and. Oreeners Raylierry Candle, which scored over Krynlimah. bee Kay and Lady Kotha. The winner was kept in front from the start and, under good riding, held Krynlimah safe for the entire race. Murphy, who had the mount on Krynlimah, complained to the stewards that Martin had impeded him. Track conditions were still bad. favoring pronounced mud runners, l»ut the weather was fine ami another generous crowd saw some excellent sport. Favorites fared well, the majority of the purses going to their credit. The Raker-Ooose combination started out as if to make a clean score in all the races in which they had representation. but after winning the first two with Hot Toddy and Sleeth. they sustained a set back through the defeat of Green Jones, which they regarded with more favor than any of their other representatives. Oreen Jones was l eaten out by Norumlioga which has woi. three purees since becoming .. . Milams property. Jreen Jones was licst in the race, but an outside posit in 1 at the post forced him to travel further than the winner and she just managed to last long enough. The doughty Hard Kali, which has been started three times ip as many days, accounted for the fifth race in handy style over Killows. with J -ssie Ixuise following Ihe pair. Conflagration might have been the winner but for the slipping of his saddle and it took jockey Coopers best effort to keep from falling off. lie fore departing for the east this afternoon Andrew Miller, owner of the great Koiner. announced that he would sii:p that gelding here to run in the rich Kentucky Handicap, which will feature the oirnin of the Douglas P.uk minting. The horse may be started in the Kings County Handicap at lamaica on Saturday next. Other notable ci: toners win departed during the dav mi lud »d II. K. Knapp. Schuyler L. Parsons. . Perkins, William Street. ¥. K. Hitchcock. P. J. Dwyer and Chcf I.ally. They will return to witness the running ef the Kentucky Handicap. W. T. Martins Ralko had to be destroyed this morning, as a result of an injury sustained at Douglas lark while at exercise. He collided with another horse and had his shoulder fractured. Messrs. Garret Wilson. William H. Shelley and Captain Thomas .1. Clay, who were in the stand at Ix-xington gave K. T. Colton a hearing this morning on the charges preferred by jockey V. Andrews and dropped the matter with a warning to Colton. The charges of Andress lacked corroboration. Jockey T. Henry was yesterday suspended for five days by the stewards for his interference with Samuel K. Meyer during the last sixteenth of the thi.d race.
