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ASHLAND OAKS TO REGALO Good Daughter of Sweep Wins Easily in Heavy Going Changed Track Conditions Bring BringOut Out Substitute Race Squeeler SqueelerWins Wins with Ease LEXINGTON Ky April 29 Mud racing was the order here this afternoon and as a result of the difficult track the original card was sadly depicted y withdrawals The handicap which was intended lo bring out some good sprinters had to be called off and a race for selling platers was substituted to complete the sevenrace offering The showery weather was responsible for a decrease in attendance from former days but a large crowd witnessed thu sport sportThe The stellar race was the old established Ashland Daks to which 000 was added by the association and a handsome piece of plate also went to the win ¬ ner the gift of Thomas C McDowell from whoso farm the stake derived its name It was won by Kalliiher Bros good filly Regalo which triumphed impressively and proved herself easily the superior of those she met today which included some highly regarded ones in Delico and Lillian Shaw Kegalo never left the result in doubt after the rise of the barrier for she took an easy lead at once and increased her advantage with every stride to ul ¬ timately win as jockey Murphy elected The battle for second place was a spirited one with Delico proving the better by a neck margin There were only five starters in the iace Passing Shower l eing withdrawn at the last moment on account of the track conditions The net value of the stake to the winner was 2iOO jva6 TIur racing during the afternoon was perfunctory with the different winners enjoying a good margin over their opponents and the results were fairly well foreshadowed by the time the respective fields reached postThe the last eighth post The sport began with a victory for Saueeler which had no difficulty showing the way throughout and beat Port Light and Vignola Squeeler seems to take on a new lease of life every time he comes to these parts for he won three races in a row over this track last spring springAriola Ariola Park proved an easy winner in the two yearold dash She proved herself thoroughly at home in the difficult going and led all the way Clintonville taking second place and Starview fin ¬ ishing third thirdGOOD GOOD THING GOES FOR NAUGHT NAUGHTLady Lady Fair Play upset a good thing when she led Dancing Spray and Marmite home The latter was accorded confident support but was beaten at all stages stagesThe The substitute race resulted in a hollow victory for the confidently backed Brownie McDawell which won as his rider pleased from Marys Beau and Sam McMeekin The showing of Mountain Rose II in this a supposed factor was far l elov his followerThe best form and he finished a distant follower The sixth race brought in its wake a big upset by the failure of Lucky R to get a place Baby Lynch won the purse after a sharp drive to over ¬ haul Flapper but succeeded in the last sixteenth sixteenthTodays Todays visitors included Jewett House assist ¬ ant secretary of the United States Treasury He presented the handsome silver plate to Gallaher Bros after the running of the Aashland Oaks on behalf of Thomas C McDowell Former United States Senator Joseph W Bailey was also an in ¬ terested spectator of the racing during the after ¬ noon and will be here for some time timeRiver River King had to he destroyed as a result of the injuries he sustained when he broke loose yes ¬ terday and crashed into the iron fence surrounding the paddock paddockGeneral General manager Matt Winn returned this morn ¬ ing from Cincinnati where he had gone briefly to confer with resident manager Harry Breivogel Mr AVinn announced that the purse and stake offering at Latonia this year will amount to a net increase of 82 per cent over any former offering there The increase at Louisville will also amount to 00 per cent centAision Aision was excused from starting by the stew ¬ ards on account of her inability to run well on a muddy track
