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IMPROVING AT LEXINGTON TRACK STILL SLOW AND DIFFICULT BUT DRYING WITH GOOD WEATHER. Star Jasmine a Disappointment Once More Billy Joo in a Canter Elizabeth Thompson Wins and Gains a New Owner. "Lexington, Ky., September 15. Todays racing Man devoid of any great interest, due mainly to the difficult track conditions that prevailed. The winners in most of the races were well foreshadowed after they had rounded into the stretch, netting was again one sided, one particular horse in several of the dashes being at an outstanding price and in most instances scoring in easy fashion. Constant work on the course by a big force of harrow men and their implements improved the going steadily and a drying-out surface blanketed the track long before the concluding race was decided. The attendance was of large proportions, the ideal weather being a big factor in this. The outstanding disappointment of the afternoon came with the running of the feature race, when T. C. McDowells Star Jasmine again proved a dismal failure and finished in third place. Hob Honsley and Yenghee headed her for every foot, of the mile dash. Bob Ilensley won by virtue of the capable riding Goose gave him. The public began in auspicious fashion when Billy Toe raced home to win as his rider pleased. The second race enabled Elizabeth Thompson to graduate from the maiden class and "incidentally it brought about her transfer to Walter II. Pearce. who acquired her on his bid of 800, which was 300 more than she was entered for. Jockey W. W. Taylor, who had the mount on Renu in this race, sustained a fractured collarbone when his mount fell soon after the start. The closest finish of the afternoon came in the fourth race when Jack ODowd got up in the last lew strides to overhaul Pockiehoo. The others in the race were far back. Midway found no contention alter rounding into the stretch and won with his rider turned, to view the struggle for second place between J. ltufus and Piatt. Basil, an expected contender in this race, wound up far in the rear. John W. Schorrs horses were shipped to I-ouisville this afternoon and that owner went to the Falls City by automobile. The horses trained by Louis Timber for Jefferson Livingston were shipped to Louisville this afternoon. The horses owned by Williams Bros, will be shipped to Douglas Park tomorrow. The Elrod special, which will leave tomorrow night, will take to Louisville most of the racing crowd, including all of the mutuel crew that worked here. E. B. Elkins bought from W. L. Lewis the filly Diamond after her race this afternoon. Ii. I. Brown was among this afternoons visitors ut the course and in discussing winter racing plans, particularly those of New Orleans, said: "Racing will begin at New Orleans on November 30, Thanksgiving day. I do not know if City Park will be the scene of tiie opening or the Fair Grounds. That depends entirely upon clianee and the otlier fellow. 1 saw .Mayor Bchrman. of New Orleans, in Chicago recently and we had a talk concerning the situation. I told him then, and 1 am still of the same mind, that I was willing to toss a coin to see who should open the ball, the loser this year to start the snort next year. Also I am willing to race alternate weeks with the Fair Grounds or make any other equitable arrangement. Mayor Behrmnn assures me. however, that there positively will be a division of dates and he is in a position to control the situation. The season will end February 20. which will allow for a period of seventy-one racing days. Mr. Bchrman expressed himself as satisfied with the stand I have taken and said that he could not conceive of unv fairer proposal than that." "As to Havana, we will open there on December 7 and will race three days a week until Christmas. This is simply to give the early owners at Oriental Park a chance to earn feed "money, until the real season begins, that being Christmas day. There will be seven days of racing each week during the holiday season and after that six days each week until the close of racing on March IS. We will give no purse of less than 100 at Havana and there will be 000 and 700 handicaps at least once a week and oftcner. if possible, there will be a ,000 handicap." Mr. Brown will remain here until tomorrow night.
