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KING G0R1N IN GOOD FORM ♦ Game First in the Main Contest at Churchill Downs. * Jap Wins Owner Hewitt His First Race of the Meeting — Liberator in Front Once More. ♦ — I.-uisvillo. K.v.. May 21.— Tin- ,000 li.iiulic.-ip at a mile .-iiul seventy wards, which featured todays line- hill HmRM racing. dovclo| od an interesting rnaenat, with King Gorin the winner from Buford awl Green J lies. Changed track conditions, as u result of a heavy rain this morning. rMMBi Hie with • ■ i :i w .1 1 of Hollister. leaving only four to make t lie €-ontest. In tl arly ruauing. J. J. Murdoek Ml out is if he would make a runaway of it. Iwt his Ions load dwindled quickly after going three quarters and be was a distant foIowor ;.t the finish. King i.-ri.is vielory may have lieen a lucky one. as Cm-n J.iiis w*s poorly ridden and was going fastest of all al the finish. Todays racing offering was devoid of any s|icci.-il features, but the big assemblage was well repaid by siime interesting sport. After Japs victory in the opener, which also marked the first scored liy II. II. Hewitt at this niccing. favorites in the next pair of MM were tfMnM in easy style, the offenders being Sir Edgar and Silent Kid. I.ilierator won in the second after a hard drive to outstay Leicester and his victory was considerably aided liy the tri-kii|oss of Nando, who caused Lei-••ester to race wide and persisted in shaking his whip before him. but not striking him. Judge Price gave the rid r a sharp talking to after the finish. John Churchill was the surprise of the third race. He di -played high speed from the start and held the nadf struggling Silent Bid safe in the fina drive. A. L. Kirbys connections reaped a rieli benefit Alien Itlackie Daw finished in the van ef a good hand of sprinters. Counterblast landing ill second place and Taoola heading the others. The Williams colors were again doomed to land in second place and on this occasion their success was denied thronrh faulty riding that J. Howard gave Kling. which was b. aten by Chick Barkley in the sixth ran-. L. Calm liought on private terms this morning from M. C. Moore, the useful racer Brownie McDawcll. for a private consideration. MANAGER WINNS PLEASING ANNOUNCEMENT. Manager Matt J. Winn announced this aftertax n that, beginning with the next term of racing at tliurchill Downs, the management would assume ail forfeits and pay to owners the full values of the t takes won by their horses. All outstanding for feits will l»e collected by the association and. in case an owner shows a dilatory disposition about settling his forfeits, the association may reject that MM rs entries. If agreeable to General Hale, commander of .imp Taylor. John Ilachuiejster, general manager of Douglas Iark. wiil continue the custom of allowing Hie soldiers to ■fUstaa the racing without -ost. en Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tliese days will lie MM »« military dajs at Douglas Park, the MM as at Churchill Downs. Manager Hachmeister has also designated Wednesday. May 28. as Indies day. when the ladies will In- guests of the Douglas Iark management. The program liook of the Douglas Iark lacing was distributed to owners this afternoon. 1 mined iately after the running of the fourth lace, IVWolf Hopper, the well known theatrical Mar. assumed the role of auctioneer and disposed of boxes and choice seats for the performance "Over There." which will be presented by an all-star cast at one of the local theaters for the benefit of the Red Cross. O. Johnson, represented in the sixt4i race by Iarrish. claimed kling for ,300. Itlackie Daw was severely kicked on the right front leg while .,t the |Mist and it remind several stitches to st.p tie- flow of blood. W. W. Lyb-. the well-known racing official, was among todays visitors. C. W. Wiggins. f..r rly in the employ of Gar- rett Wilson, has — ctri ded Harry Shannon as manager at the Idle Hour Kami owned by K. K. Bradley. •Tuless some uiiforseen accident liap|M-us. Kenneth D. Alexanders Kscoba will lie a starter in the La tonia Ifcrby." said trainer J. S. Ward this morning. •You may regard the Ijitoina Derby as good as won by Escoba." continued the trainer, "and my only coiK-orti at present is that War Cloud is among the starters. 1 here will be no mistakes as to which of the l»air is the ix-st horse."
