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GRUNDY A STAKE WINNER • First in Speculation Stakes in Exceedingly Fast Time. ■ Brilliant Racing Marks the Opening of Douglas Parks Spring Meeting — Rancher in Form. Louisville. Ky.. May 27. — S. M. Hendersons .Grundy, one of the outsiders, accounted for the Speculation Stakes, worth ,050 net. and which featured the opening days card at Douglas Park from a monetary point of view. Manokin landed in second place and Bribed Voter was third. Grundy displayed a great flight of speed from the start and held sway throughout to ultimately win as his rider pleased in 1:43 and. which equals the track record for a mile and a sixteenth, made by Itanchcr. The winner was entered for S900 and was bid up to ,005 and bought in. The bidding by the seated method was done by II. J. Scideneck. This was the sixtli running of the Speculation Stakes, the brief history of which is as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1913 Gay Bird 4 103 M. Buxton. ,100 1:45 1914 Wing Witch.. 5 114 C. Disunion. 1.820 1:44"--. 1915 Bayhy Candle. .4 Mi W. Median. 1,990 1:17"; MIC Gipsey George. 3 92 1. Louder.. 2.0MI t : 1 7 • - 1917 Money Maker... 5 107 C. Hunt 2,050 1:48% 1918 Grundy 4 102 O. Willis .. 2.050 1:43 and The racing scene shifted this afternoon from Churchill Downs to Douglas Park, where the sport will hold forth for the next fourteen days before its transfer to Latonia, where the final Kentucky races will occur. There was a wonderfully large attendance present exceeding by far the assemblage that witnessed the si ort last spring on the o|M-iiing day. This, too. in spite of intense heat that prevailed for most of the afternoon. The racing throughout the afternoon was extremely fast and bears out the prediction that several records will go by the ixiard liefore the meeting is over. In the big throng were many notables from all walks of life. George M. Hendries Rancher g.iTe a capital performance in the mile and seventy yards ,000 purse, in which he met some of the most highly regarded in these parts. It was his initial appcar-ance under colors this year and there was some doubt as to his thorough fitness. After the race, however, the critics united in placing him among the foremost factors in the decision of the Kentucky Handicap next Saturday. Not alone did he win from Fruit Cake and Arriet in easy style, but he also lowered the former track record by one-fifth of a second, when he covered the distance in 1:12. This is only one-fifth of a second slower than the American record that Cudgel established on Nov. 3. 1917. at Latonia, when lie carried 128 ponnds. Itanchers last mile this afternoon was timed in l-.Zi.. Rancher has been assigned 117 pounds in the Kentucky Handicap and todays victory docs not entail any penalty. Solly again earned brackets in his usual easy fashion, despite his impost of 138 xiunds. He met some s|ieedy ones in the three-ipiarters handicap, but raced into the lead at once and won easily from Believe Me Boys and Prince of Como. His victory today penalizes him five pounds in the Memorial Handicap. K. R. Bradleys P.atter Cake accounted for the first purse run for at the track this s-ason. when by au extra hard effort, she succeeded in getting up in the last stride to win fr.ni Laya, which had moved into a long lead right from the start and appeared the winner after rounding into the short stretch. Batter Cake, however, came fast and got up in the last stride. SEDAN AN EAST VICTOR. Sedan raced right back to his good form shown at Churchill Downs in his last start and won easily from Siiueeler and Bon Trump. Jockey II. Lunsford, will until after the close of the Saratoga meeting, be seen in the colors of E. It. Bradley, that owner having secured second call on the youngsters services from Kay Snence. William Snyder, who went to Toronto to start the field in the Kings Plate, returned this morning and took up his duties in assisting starter Dade. George Reed received advices this afternoon from II. G. Bedwell that Cudgel had been shipped from New York and would arrive here tomorrow night and fill his engagement in the Kentucky Handicap next Saturday. Jockey Lyke will come from New York to ride him. The racing officials for the Douglas Park meeting are almost identical with those who have licen serving at Churchill Dowus. the principal- exception being that apt. T. J. Clay will lie associated with presiding steward Charles F. Price in the stewards stand. The complete list of officials for the meeting follows: Stewards — Charles F. I*rice. and Capt. T. J. Clay. Placing judges — W. II. Shelley and J. B. Campbell. HandicapiHT and racing secretary — J. B. Campbell. Clerk of the scales— W. II. Shelley. Starter— A. B. Dade. Paddock judge — Dr. Henry Harthill. Timer — S. K. Hughes. Patrol judge— W. E. Phillips. 811 liervisor pari-mutuels — J. R. McLaughlin. Track Surgeon — Dr. Lewis Ryans. Manager John Haehmeister was highly elated over the splendid results of the om-ning day and predicted that this meeting would be the liest in the history of Douglas Park. The total of speculation was of satisfactory amount and will increase gradu ally. Matt J. Winn and Charles F. Grainger of Churchill Dowus were among the visitors. Mr. Winn and his assistant. Harry Breivogel. an- at present busily engaged in winding up the affairs of the Churchill Downs meeting and will depart for New York next Friday to prepare for the opening of the Empire City track racing, which will be under the management of Mr. Winn. Part of the extensive band of racers owned by E. B. McLean, in charge of John F. Schorr, were newcomers this afternoon and several of them have been named to start tomorrow. Jockeys Crump and L. Mink returned yesterday from Toronto, when? they had gone to ride in the Kings Plate. The stewards got after several of the riders this afternoon for rough riding and warned them that any efforts in this line would be dealt with sevcrely aiul promptly. Jockey L. Gentry was given a double suspension of five days iu each case by the stewards for rough riding. His first offense was that of interfering with Manicurist in the opening race and he also bothered lUncher in the fourth race.
