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MUD RACING AT LEXINGTON Changed Track Conditions Cause Abandonment of Main Race Owner Macomber Wins with War WarStories Stories Aztec First at a Long LongPrice Price Favorites Beaten Lexington Ky September 16 Track conditions underwent a change as a result of last nights rain nnd the going was favorable to mud runners or taose underpinningBecause horses with suspicious underpinning Because of Arriets injury and the absence of Pif Jr the original third race in which l otli were carded was deprived of much interest and was declared off a nev race of threequarters bring substituted Considering it was Monday threatening overhead and nothing particularly at ¬ tractive to the program a surprisingly good attend ¬ ance witnessed the sport The betting was again of satisfactory amount amountIn In the absence of any other feature the three Otiarters sprint in which Korbly and Bon Tromp fur ¬ nished a duel aroused most interest Bon Tromp enjoyed the most following and was made a slight favorite over the Williams representative but when it came to the running Korbly held sway through ¬ out although to win he had to be ridden to his utmost but ultimately he won by a length Ama lette and Honolulu the other starters were beaten off but had Donohue given Amalette a more ener ¬ getic ride that foreignbred filly would have shown to advantageA much more advantage A K Macombers colors were carried to victory in the second nice his War Stories triumphing decisively over eleven other maiden youngsters that tried conclusions in it War Stories was the best backed and was fnvoretl at the start by her inner rail position which enabled her from a fast be ginulnjrto escai e interference and go into a biff lead which she retained throughout Lance being her closest follower and Lady D Tarnefte grouped with others in the field furnishing the surprise by landing in third place after running an excellent race raceBackers Backers of favorites did not fare as well as they did on the opening day and most of their fancies were bowled over The defeat of Ilocnir in the final race was particularly costly to them themThe The bigccst surprise of the afternoon developed with the running of the fifth race in which Aztec and Ague fought out the finish the former winning Ague cut sharply across the others soon after the start and was responsible for the jam that followed most of the contenders being sufferers Ague as a result of the mixup managed to secure a good lead but in the stretch when challenged by Aztec Davies was of little help to his mount and Aztec raced by him rather easily in the last seventy yards yardsKAMA KAMA WINS SUBSTITUTE HACE HACEIn In the substituted race a dozen fairly useful platers started and it resulted in a victory for Kama He might linvc been beaten but for an ad ¬ vantage at the start over Dr Carmen and Brownie McDawell The latter pair were caught iu a wedge I at the start but they continued on in game style and succeeded in securing the minor portions of the purse purseGinger Ginger which proved a disappointment in her many starts at the last Saratoga meeting showed vastly different form in her race this afternoon when she led home a good band of youngsters in the sixth race and won decisively from Iwiniwin and War Cap CapYorkville Yorkville was given the call in the opening dash and Lunsford succeeded in getting away from the barrier fast and had him in front for the firs half mile but then Rillie B took the lead and won quite easily Yorkville under a hard drive out ¬ staying Lucky R RThe The filial race found Chick Barkley showing the most speed and after heading Hocnir in the first quarter led thereafter unextended Baby Lynch outstaying Ilocnir for second place Threatening weather Sunday morning did not pre ¬ vent many persons from going to the Kentucky Association track to witness work trials by the horses quartered there Interest in the thoroughbred and racing is not lacking here Throughout the day visitors from towu afoot and in horsedrawn vehicles were at the stables In accordance with the wishes of the government to conserve gasoline the auto ¬ mobile was wholly out of commission commissionJudged Judged by the well filled barns and the numbers entered so far in the races there will be no short ¬ age iu Kentucky of material for any carded nice the secretaries of the track may elect to program this fall The handicap material particularly seems to he plentiful tind this should insure daily features by the better grade horses horsesSaturdays Saturdays auspicious opening was highly pleasing to the management of this track and it is expected that the patronage will show an increase during several of the days this week The banner day of the meeting will be next Saturday when the Breeders Futurity will have its decision
