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PURSE DAY AT LOUISVILLE ♦ No Stake On the Card, but Racing Proves Excellent. • Green Jones First in an Exciting Finish — Buford Easy Winner — Marys Beau Again. — -♦ Louis.-ille. Ky.. May 14.— While no outstanding feature was carded, todays racing did not suffer, for evenly matched fields met in the different dashes and furnished a brand of sport, that easily api»ealed to the big throng again on hand to view the sport. The track, though bono dry. showed traces of dullness and fast time was absent. In the Cantonment Burse, at three-quarters, iu which some highly regarded sprinters met, Ireen Jones and Counterblast staked a duel that had the big crowd in a frenay. tin-en Jones succeeded in downing his opponent in the last stride. At the outset of the race the s| eeily King Belle took a lead that threatened to spreadeagle the others, but he tired steadily, ultimately winding up in last place. The other three-u.uarters purse, also of lK value, enabled Buford to win easily from Seren.-st. carrying the colors of J. H. Bossrter. Buford ran like a really good horse and has broken himself of his bad p.«it habits apparently, for he began with the others, remained in a forward position during tin-earlier part of the race and drew out in the stretch to win with ease. Lack of alertness on the part of jockey tientry was responsible for Jefferson Livingston losing a race that he should have won off with Jago, which finished second iu the sixth race, beaten a nose by Napan. carrying the colors of A. S. Spreck-els. Jago snowed the most speed, with Krogtowu his near attendant and both raced away from the others in the first quarter. During the stretch racing. tJentry devoted all his attention to watching Frogtown and. believing him beaten in the last sixteenth, took matters somewhat easy, with the result that he failed to note Napan. which was coming with a terrific rush on the inside and the latter succeeded in getting up in the last stride. Merchants victory in the fourth race marked an improvement in that racers running since his Lexington start. He held Diversion safe in the stretch. Douglass S. in the same race showed a dull performance. Marys Beau continues winning, but his success today was aided considerably by Simpsons action iu taking Brownie McDnwell Iwck at the start, which caused him to be far out of contention ami subjected his mount to much hard Usage in an effort to close the intervening gap. In the stref-h drive he barely failed to get up !o win. Redmond proved best of the dozen maidens which tried conclusions in the opening race and won with ease from J. Walker and Iehi Ban. TZE-LSI HUNS DULL RACE. Little Bigger was liest in the final race and won us her rider pleased after getting away slowly. Tae-Lsi. the favored one. ran a dull race and never figured seriously. Barbara Shilling taking second place and Kathryn tiray third. Jockey Crump lias contracted to ride one of the Seagram starters in the Kings Plate, to !*• run at Woodbine May 24. and will leave for Toronto next week to fill the engagement, returning here immediately after the running of the race. Dodger, a foreign bred two year-old owned by Shannon and MHJinnis. had to be destroyed this morning, as a result of injuries he sustained in a fall this morning while at exercise. C. T. Worthington announced today that Viva Americas next engagement would lie in the Ken tack? Daks, iu which she will meet Violet Bonnie and Gipsy Queen, among others that will contest the nice. A new feature iu the musical program was introduced during the afternoon, when several singers rendered impular airs between the races. Arrangements have been completed whereby the contingent of 10.00A soldiers from Camp Taylor to lie in attendance at the track tomorrow will have us; of the space in the infield directly op|iosite the grandstand. Major General Hale will lie among the officers present at the track. W. K. Aiiplegate. owner of Jack Han1 Jr.. was advised today by trainer Frank Weir that the Iinilico maiiag-mcnt is arranging to run the ri.-li Ircakness Stakes in two sections, due to the numerous probable starters. The association was seeking consent of those owners having probable starters in the race to the contemplated arrangements. Owner Applegate sent word to Mr. Weir to use his own judgment in the matter. The first transfer via the claiming route cam" iu tlie fourth race, when Merchant went to II. J. Seideneeks stable for S1.S00. Seideneck was represented in the race by Tureo. Louis Lee Haggin, who is with the medical- corps and shortly expects to go "overseas." was among the interested spectators during the afternoon.
