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AMERICAN ACE A FAST ONE Defeats Bradleys Choice in the Oaklawn Main Contest Close Finishes and a Great Crowd in Attendance Features of the Second Day HOT SPRINGS Ark Marcli 17 The St Patricks Purse it fiveeighths designed to bring out the best in these parts uncovered what might be u champion in E Cebrians American Ace ft utiirdylooking son of Von Tromp Ilosegal which displayed an excellent order of speed in getting up in the last stride to beat Bradleys choice with Top o th Morning following the pair a nose away What made the colts performance the more out ¬ standing was the fact that at the start he suffered from interference ami it caused him to be away in a tangle and likewise made him race wide for the entire distance lie showed rare gameness in the last eighth to gain steadily on the leaders and win in the last stride The result might have been different had Bradleys Choice not fallen lame at a critical point and that racer returned to the stand limping perceptibly Another incident in the race was the fall of Sherman A which wenttlownas a result of crowding that came in the first quarter Barrett his rider escaped injury = Todays attendance exceeded that of its opening day by far and while the card was not of a holiday order features being lacking still it furnished in ¬ teresting racing the finishes being particularly close and the early action keen A continuous rain during Sunday gave the course a heavy drenching but little trace of the moisture was visible this afternoon though tiie going was somewhat slow With no more rainJue course wilt fie in excellent condition f fir ir Tomorrows racing racingThe The arrivals from New Orleans yesterday and tills morning augmented the already extensive racing contingent here to the crowding stage and increased the amount of ring activities to a record The limit number of layers fortyfour quoted prices and a dozen were unable to draw in Favor ¬ ites fared well and layers were hard hit by their success successTantalus Tantalus began proceedings by landing the initial race and starting off the backers in good style styleBRADLEYS BRADLEYS CHOICE DISAPPOINTMENT DISAPPOINTMENTTheir Their initial success was duplicated in the next race when Milda got home in advance Barbara Shilling furnished the upset when slip outstayed Onwa in the third but Trusty made amends by gal ¬ loping home in front in the fourth Bradleys Choice was an outstanding disappointment but American Ace had an extensive following and the layers did not profit to any great exteut by the Bradleys Choice failure The final race found Grumpy and Honolulu Boy fighting out the issue and Grumpy managing to win in the last stride strideC C Bruce Head who is associated witnJ O and G H Keene in the ownership of the Wsildeck Stable was an arrival from Louisville He will re ¬ main for the rest of the meeting E W Moore who holds the contract on jockey C Robinson said today that the boys arm which was broken in a fall at the Fair Grounds several weeks ago had healed sufficiently for him to re ¬ sume riding in a short while at this meeting Captain W II May of Lexington father of J W May got in from Lexington Ky today Several carloads of monitors of the racing colony who left New Orleans Sunday are marooned south of Memphis due to a washout on the railroad A telegram from one of them said that they expect to reach here tomorrow Kternal J W McClelland Kentucky Derby candidate galloped i quarter of a mile through the stretch this morning in muddy going in a shade under twentyfour seconds secondsHonolulu Honolulu Boy was claimed in the last race by Solomon Jarnion for 1000 R J Mackenzie was among the visitors and will remain daysK here several days K It Bradleys horses in charge of W Hurley were the latest comers from New Orleans Pre ¬ vious to shipping Hurley disposed of Bubbling Louder to F P Lettellier LettellierSeveral Several prominent Canadians who are visiting here express the opinion that racing in the Domin ¬ ion will be resumed about the middle of May Jockey MayJockey Wakoffs license is being held up pending inquiry as to his New Orleans status
