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SLIPPERY ELM A FAILURE Beaten Again and Far by the Selling Plater Harvest King Port Light Takes Third Race in Succession Cromwell Makes a Successful Debut HOT SPRINGS Ark April 1 Hackers of favor ¬ ites suffered a disastrous reverse this afternoon wlien five of the choices went down in defeat The only one to reward their confidence was liar of Phoenix winner of the final race raceThe The outstanding incident developed with the feature race in which Slippery Kim was again a pronounced choice and proved a failure Harvest Kiitg on this occasion taking him into camp The iiije was a handicap at a mile and a sixteenth named fyi honor of Col S AV Fordyce a pioneer in these parts and prominent in national politics and financial circles and who in a great measure is responsible for the racing going on now at OifUTawiir Although past eighty years he still shows a fondness for the sport and paid the course a visit this afternoon in company with his son Major John Fordyce and his brother Dr Fordyce FordyceGrey Grey IVtgle which since coming here has de ¬ veloped Symplons of being a crack was in a great measure responsible for Slippery Kims downfall for he forced him along at a fast pace in the early running and the early hard usage he was subjected to mini1 lm a ready victim for Harvest Kings challenge ii the last eighth Reveler ii supposedly dangerous contender in the nice suffered a hcin lUThage before going half a mile land was cased up Iort upIort LigJit scored his third successive victory ninie lK wa claimed by his presenf owner IV A HolUlcL iind in winning the fittli race he led home a good band of sprinters Tack ODowd might have been best lit the race but C Robinson who was making his first appearance in the saddle since his injury at the Fair Grounds showed a timidity that is not promising for his continuance as a riding stijr lack ODowd was guided extremely wide for most of the way Port Liglits owner claimed Blue Innidise out of the race for SlfiQO SlfiQOThe The AValdeck Stables Double Aan furnished the initial surprise when he won the opening race at a long price and well supported by his connections Clear the AAay gave him a game argument iii the stretch but Hobby Allen the favorite never fig iirvtl prominently I W McClelland uncovered a good one in his Plaudit Affect gelding Cromwell a firsttime start ¬ er which showed dazzling speed and leading Scrub l iily and Guy the latter a supposed good thing won with ridiculous ease easeBYRNE BYRNE A SURPRISE SURPRISEByrne Byrne which on numerous occasions has been a dismal failure at shorter distances proved a dis ¬ tinct upset when he led for the entire mile race and won from Harbara Shilling ShillingThe The concluding race proved easy for Har of Phoenix which raced into the lead on the stretch tnhi and came away fast in the stretch stretchJockey Jockey L Sentry was suspended for three days by the judges for rough riding in the second race raceThe The officials today supplemented their ruling against jockey Kirschbaum by denying him all privileges here They also served notice to owners and trainers that the rules applicable in cases of Mtspended persons would be rigidly enforced and that no riders or others would be allowed on the track during racing hours or before or after afterL L A Kirby has sent Miss Declare to be bred to Hallot HallotA A good sized contingent departed yesterday for Maryland to take part in the racing at Howie HowieHoth Hoth Eternnl and The AVanderer were given works f a mile this morning but neither of the Ken ¬ tucky Derby candidates were asked to go at top eed Eternal ran the distance in 1 45 and The AVanderer in 147 The formers fractions were IT 49 11S The latter ran the quarter in the half mile in Til and the threequarters in 118 Hoth pulled up in good condition and coOlyjl quicklyDrnmmond out quickly Drnmmond M Sheas Derby eligible was sent threequarters of u mile in 117 and he was Ktmply cantering Sailor ran a half mile in 49 liard held Kscovar which would not stand training hist year hut which John I we is attempting to get into condition to go in the Derby was sent a fast quarter of a mile in 13 3 and pulled np at threeeighths in 3S 3SK K AV Moore said today that William the Fourth his English horse which started in the fourth race yesterday has probably terminated his racing career He had been on the shelf with a bad foot since last summer and pulled up in a bad way yesterday Jockeys yesterdayJockeys George Molcsworth and Danny Connelly who were in a fail yesterday when Sinai and Aldeh aranwent down canceled their engagements to ¬ day Both are suffering from soreness as a result of the fall but neither is badly hurt
