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DONE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS GOOD MEETING COMES TO AN END WITH A CAPITAL ATTENDANCE. Sunbonnet Proves an Easy Victress in the Kentucky Oaks, with Diamond Second and Battle Third — Opportunity Wins Secondary Ecature Race. Louisville. Ky.. May 25.- A. K. Mar— iter sue- • •■ -i|a- i in breaking int. i the winning ranks hero, when his Sunbonnet .-: ...mi :■• ! for the forty -third Kentucky • aks in :i maimer thai h ft no room for doubt aa Jo her superiority over tl ther good three yenr- oM fillies that started in the rare. The stakes had a net value to the winner of 88.688. Sunboii net was an outstanding favorite ami her harkera experienced in anxious |M i hid due t the repeated Intel fereare ahe suffered from. It was only after rounding into the stretch aa the eatrea itaide • if tin- oth.rs. that ahe secured a dear course ami res Jed iii reaelate fashion to Jockey Loftuu call Kbe passed the leadera in easy atyle and won hy a eomfortalde margin. Diamond 1. in. led in second place and Battle, which had heea the paceaaaker, took third place, far in advance of Koh-i-Xoor, heading tie- others. Tea atarted, of irhich Avis and Star Maid, the latter rictreaa in the Ashland Oaks at Lexington, repreaeated II. H. Hewitt. C*harchill Downs most aaccesafal meeting term ■ated this afternoon under conditions that rnwld Met he improved on pud la keeping with the proa pereun daya that had genu before. .u immense atteadaare viewed the sport and "get away" Incidents. Finishes were c ..se [n the main ami results formful. Opportunity again di-played his Rood class by winning the ,000 purse race at t hit •• -quarters, which aerred aa a aecoadary tea tare, from mod oppoaitioa, thai lacladed Guy lortiuie and Ten .. the Wave. Be had to stand a t.-rrific drive in the stretch to succeed. Safety lirst opeaed proceedings by a victory over the favorite Sophia UateW I in the initial t ■"•■ Othello followed with a victory in the second. Despite previous defeats, he was installed favorite aad had the race won after rounding into the stretch, Nepe, with Loftua in the saddle, wis -i..| met whelming sappurl in the third and he had little difficulty iii outstaying Uoaolnla, ridden by the inexperienci •! Bimuaon, Uraat Hugh Browae was imonr. the visiter-- from tic cat. lie came to si e his Crepu-aul • run in the Kentucky Oaks. Manager Winn Highly Etatcd Over Results. General Maaager Matt .1. Winn was highly pleased with the results of the pre seal meeting. "The at tendance exceeded on.- expectations aad with the exception of Derby day, showed a twenty five per cent increase over i.i-t year, which was gear rally considered a banner season." said Mr. Winn. "The Derby crowd fell short of ntst year hy about 686, bat the increased admission caused this years Derby day receipts to exceed those of firmer years. It was | l-., probably responsible for the slight foiling oil in attendance. The revenues from .ill sources showed a healthy Increase and the profits will lie aliout on a par witii last year. This is highly satisfactory, in view of the increased operat ing expenses this year over former years." Jockey Bon I. who e;ime to ride Pleasant Dreams in the Kentucky i:il,-. will retara to New fart turn arrow aight II • stated that the BUttags and .lohiisnii horses. Inclnding Oaaar Khayyam, this yens Kentucky Derby winner, would he sold by an lion at r.elmont Park Jane 2. Pleasant Dreams will b-shipped east Immediately, probably when the second consignment of the Beverwyck Stable is shipped in charge of Charles Hughe* ami will also go under the hammer. Trainer Patterson is still in charge of the Billings «V lohnaoa establishment, hut his lime expires with the sale of the horses. Omar Khayyam will make his eastern raclag debut for this year in tin Withers stakes, to be run at Pel aanal Park, Schuyh t I.. Parsons and I. A. Clark, respective owners of Koli ; Soor ami Battle, arrived this morning from New York to view their represent.!-* tives pel forma aces in the Kentucky Oaks. Mr Parsons will return to the metropolis tomorrow. He did not enthuse greatly over the eaatera racing praa-perta for this year, bat hoped that ti atlook would he more eln . ring, beginning with the s.-ason of racing at Betmoat Park. T. C. .McDowell decided at the list minute to withdraw America from the Kentucky Oaks. "Would like to have won it agala," said the major, "hut the filly baa not been doing as well as I would like to have her do. I p to date I have four Kentucky Oaks victories to my credit, having scared successes with Push. Kings Daaghter, BUen u-Dale and Waterhlos-om and I hope to win several more." Beverwyck Stable Shipped East. Trainer Ooorge ZL-glcr took seven of the Pcver-urycfc Stables horses oust today, including Old Koenig, which will he a starter in the Metropolitan Handicap. The remainder of the string will be shipped as soon as a ear is available for their transportation. Jockey Truster, who came to ride Battle in the Kentucky Oaks, will return east tomorrow. W. G. Yanke was among the newcomers. Be arrived from California. Peter Jay, starting in the second race, was claimed I iv G. F. Muller. represented in the race by Max can S.. for ,900. This was an advance of 8868 over the elaiming price that P.. J. P.rannon secured him for in his last start. General Manager Mat Baebaaeister of the Douglas k Park track, stated this afternoon that everything was in thorough readiness for the opening at that plant tomorrow and that he expects a record crowd to witness the decision of the Inaugural Handicap and the six other races carded. The members of the Kentucky State Racing Commission will meet tomorrow morning in the offices of General W. B. Haldeman to pass on matters pertaining to Kentucky racing. J. Kemp Ridgley. prominent in railroad circles. was an arrival today trom New Orleans. He stated that most of the business people regret the recent adverse racing decision and that there will be racing of some sort in the Crescent City next winter. J. Loftus rode two winners during the afternoon, Nepe in the third and Sunbuuuet in the Oaks.
