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LAST COIN STILL SPEEDY Wins the Falls City Handicap After a Long Retirement Favorites Treated Roughly Court ¬ ship and Cheer Leader Being the Only Choices to Score Louisville Ky September 30 Carrying the silks of J B Respess his new owner Last Coin the one time highly regarded crack making his initial appearance in racing after almost four years retire ¬ ment staged a successful comeback by triumphing in splendid style over a fair band of sprinters that mustered in the Falls City Handicap having nn added value of 2000 of which 1885 was the win ¬ ners portionPrior net portion Prior to his retirement Last Coin had only started in three races winning them all His success to ¬ day continues his unbroken string of victories He displayed an immense amount of early speed nnd won in such style as to cause belief that he is one of the best sprinters in the country and must be counted a strong factor in the decision of races that lie will start in His early speed carried him out of range of interference from which some of the starters suffered and after being restrained to the last eighth was allowed to move away at his leisure Sedan which had been prominent through ¬ out responded to the hard riding of his jockey and outstayed Ocean Sweep at the erd for second place Ocean Sweep was a sufferer from faulty riding nnd interference interferenceTumbler Tumbler acting badly at the post unseated his rider while there and was knocked out of forward contention at the halfmile ground J ut finished fast Olive Woods poor 8howisr va5 umf inieT failure to leave the barrier with the others and Fruit Cakes retirement in the last quarter was sudden suddenChurchill Churchill Downs inaugural days racing was pro ¬ lific in upsets five of the seven carded dashes bringing in their wake big surprises The over ¬ throws of Gipsy Queen and Madras were par ¬ ticular outstanding in the case of the first named There seemingly existed no excuse for her bail showing but in the ease of Madras her failure was attributed to her bad beginning She suffered badly at the start and Mooncys ride on her was decidedly amateurish and responsible for her landing outside of the placed ones the winner tuniing up in the firsttime starter here Nan Knoehr carrying J W Mays colors War Cap outstayed Jap for sec ¬ ond place placeDragoon Dragoon was the winner in the race that Gipsy Queen started in and it marked the first victory for a long time that John W Schorr has recorded recordedCourtship Courtship and Cheer Leader were the only pair that did not fail the followers of favorites Both were put to a hard drive to succeed and in the case of Courtship it was Hanovers superior riding ability that landed him the winner Night Wind which finished third in the race was best but Smiths riding was faulty Ulster Queen was the offending choice in the inaugural dash She brought up un ¬ placed the purse going to Brimful from the Wai deck Stable after a hard race to dispose of War Memories MemoriesSOLID SOLID ROCKS LTTCKT VICTORY VICTORYThe The third race which brought to the post an ordinary band witnessed the defeat of Trapping Solid Hock scoring a lucky victory over Paula V and Black Broain John W Klein would have made it a double for the Schorr colors had not Pool pulled the horse up when approaching the first turn and by the time he was straightened out again lie was almost last but he closed an immense gap finish ¬ ing fourth and was going fastest at the end endTodays Todays opening was an auspicious one with a good attendance present and betting action iieavy Charles iieavyCharles F Griinger who officiates with Charles F Price in the stewards stand was too ill to be at the track this afternoon and Col Andrew Ven nie officiated in his stead steadGeorge George J Long who is slowly recovering from a serious illness took advantage of the finu weather to pay his first visit to any of the Ken ¬ tucky tracks this fall and was a close observer of the racing this afternoon afternoonAfter After Trappings defeat in the third race he was claimed by Mrs M E Lovell who was represented in the race by Semper Stalwart StalwartJohn John Hachmeister and his assistant Frank J Briien were at the track during the afternoon Both will wind up their Douglas Park work by tomorrow and go to Latonia to begin their Vreliiuiuary w rU preceding the opening of the Latonia meeting meetingThe The victory of Brimful marked the first success of the colors of C B Head on a Kentucky track trackA A L Kirby contemplates shipping his horses to Laurel but may have to be detained on account of eye trouble that is causing him considerable con ¬ cern He is at present undergoing treatment by specialists Jockey F Smith promises to supplant jockey Luns ford in popularity He rides a creditable race ami carried off the riding honors Saturday afternoon afternoonPresiding Presiding steward C F Price announced Saturday that the ruling against the horse J Utiftis belong ¬ ing to A L Kirby whose entry had been ordered refused because of inconsistent running during the spring meeting at Douglas Park track had been ter ¬ minated by the stewards This action restores J Rufus to good standing standingLarry Larry Bogenschutz track superintendent at LT tonia will arrive here Wednesday and employ hi time until Thursday night in assigning stable spmv to owners intending to ship to Latonia LatoniaGeneral General W B Haldeman who has been at Tulsa Oklahoma attending the Confederate Veterans re ¬ union returned this morning and was among tlu visitors at the track trackT T C McDowell has sufficiently improved to per ¬ mit of his presence at the track He is afflicted with a foot ailment that prevents his moving about aboutLast Last Coin prior to being put back in training for racing had been mated with fourteen mares at 1 It Resness farm near Krlanger Ky
