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1 1 a , J I J ! , I l j j ! J J - • i 1 VIOLET BONNIES VICTORY ♦ Defeats Viva America in Thrilling Stretch Struggle. t Valor Runs Away with His Race — Old Broom First in a Hard Drive. ♦ Louisville. Ky.. May 16. — Violet Bonnies record for this year continues untarnished and she added another victory to her credit this afternoon, probably the most brilliant she has achieved in her career, when she took the measure of Viva America, after one of the most gruelling contests witnessed at this track. At one stage of the race, a critical part of the stretch drive. Viva America had the Kirby representative apparently beaten, but t.vn-try rallied Violet Bonnie and she. responding in game style, got up again to win in the last stride. Two lengths away came Rahu. with Gipsy Jin cii following and the rest of the field strung out bully. The meeting of the crack three-year-old fillies was regarded as in the nature of a preliminary to the Kentucky Oaks running, to which nearly all that ran this afternoon are among the eligibles. Gipsy Queens performance in the race was equally as good as that of the leading pair, for Steams, her rider, made several blunders, resulting in Gipsy Queen being far back in the early running and she. likewise, lost much ground by being taken wide on the turns. She closed an immense gup in the stretch and was going fastest of all at the end. Her race this afternoon entitles her to consideration for honors in the Oaks. The absence of any outstanding features was offset by the good quality of starters that furnished todavs contests. M the races, with the ex -eptiou. _,_ -«f --fn* *tniH.fmi-on MhlR!#".~1iaa ifiuong the sfaiteis several highly regarded ones and by their running contributed extensively towards the interesting si»ort that resulted. The attendance was again of generous proportions and conditions for the sport could not be improved on. In the ,000 handicap. Valor was returned the winner iu somewhat easier style than he should have won and it was due to the badly judged riding that Connelly gave Reaverkill. He persisted in keeping him back in the early running and made an unnecessarily wide turn into the stretch. Inder hard riding he then finished resolutely and just missed overhauling Opportunity for second place. Valor took the lead at the half mile ground and won with ease. The talent suffered extensively from the running of the fourth race, when Norma T. and Batter Cake, both strongly favored, were beaten by Carrie Moore and Iwin. a first-time starter here. Norma T.s showing was especially bad and she ran out on the stretch turn. Old Broom showed his best form this afternoon and was held in high esteem by his connections. His victory, liowever, was hard earned and he only succeeded in beating High Horse in the last few strides. INTERESTING DUEL IN SECOND RACE. Clean Iu and Billie B. furnished an interesting duel in the second race. Clean lp just succeeding under a powerful effort on the part of Connelly to win in the last stride. Sennings Park furnished a big disappointment in the opening race when he brought up in the rear division, mostly due to his bad post behavior and getting caught iu a jam and later running out on the turn, which caused him to be pulled up. Members of the Kentucky State Racing Commission will meet Saturday at the Churchill Downs truck and take up several matters pertaining to the sport. Ed Howard, which at one time ranked with the l est sprinter:; i:i these parts, had to l e destroyed this morning as a result of an injury to an ankle while at exercise over the Douglas Park lra k. Stockwell. the highly -regarded Ballot— Janice colt in J. S. Hawkins stable, was kicked this morning while being schooled at the barrier, which mishap, his trainer said, might keep him from being started until th" Latonia meeting. Jockey A. Johnson, who was injured by a fall at Lexington and later had to be taken to a hospital for treatment for an infection that develoiied as a result of the wound received ill the fall, was at the track this afternoon and will resume riding next week. Program books of the Douglas lark meeting will lie distributed to horsemen by Secretary J. B. Campbell next Monday. J. H. Rosseters horses, in charge of George Strate. will lie shipped to Belmont Park at the conclusion of the meeting here. Jockey Johnson will aci-om-pauy the stable and second call on his services will continue for A. K. Macombers stable in the east. C. B. Head, owner of Warsaw, was fined a nominal sum for his failure to report a rider as the rules here require, in time to lie programed. Jot-key Loftus will leave Baltimore tonight and have the mount on Hollister in the Clark Handicap, to lie run Saturday. John Coleman, well known in California racing when the sjiort flourished in that state, was among todays visitors. Ed White was an arrival from Toronto this afternoon. He will take over Springsides and saddle him in the Kings Plate to be run at the Woodbine track May M. Jockey Goose arrived today from the hospital in Lexington and went to his home. He is progressing favorably and. unless nnforseen complications set in. will resume his saddle work during the Latonia meeting. A
