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GHISCAS IDLE HOUR STAKES Wins Easily with Sam Freedman Running an Indifferent Race High Cost Wins in Fast Time with withPrince Prince of Como Unplaced Track Notes LEXINGTON Ky May The Idle Hour Stakes for twoyearolds having a m t value of 500 was the carded feature this afternoon and it brought to the post some of the Stars in the juvenile division here including the much heralded Sam Freedmsin It resulted in a victory for Chisca owned by W Shropshire and trained by W J Young over Mickey Moore coupled with Friz as the Perkins Moore entry Westwood Inndiiii in third place The race proved no test of the real merits of the youngsters for most of them were in a jumble from the rise of the barrier the winner and sec ¬ ond liorse being particularly lucky in escaping the mixup and behig in the clear all the way Chisca showed fine speed and held on well to win easily Mickey Moore being his closest follower Westwood wan caught in a jam soon after the start and later lost ground by racing wide but finished well under hard riding as did Pyx and Maudalay which left the post somewhat tardily Sam Freedman in addition to suffering from interference was green but lie did not impress any ¬ one as being out of the ordinary by what he did this afternoon In addition to the stake money the owner received a handsome silver trophy the gift of E It Bradley for whose Idle Hour Farm the stake is named namedA A threatened downpour caused a decreased attend ¬ ance this afternoon butjen joyablejacing was the orderrmany 6ftm iite trtrbeingprodflctlve of spirited finishes The steady drizzle was expected to dull the course but the contrary held true for the best time of the meeting came with the running of some of the dashes dashesThe The handicap for sprinters was run in 112 by High Cost The victory of that racer incidentally was attended by severe losses on the part of tlr backers of Prince of Cijmo and Tacola which vrerr thought to have the race between them Prince of Comos showing in view of his good performance in the race which lie won lifter a high display of sjieed was puzzling and he retired from contention after going threeeighths It is probable that lie is fainthearted and advancing age is not im ¬ proving him High Cost led at high speed from the start and won easily Tacola being just as easily second with Sewcll Combs coining from far back in the stretch to land third place placeSTARVIEWS STARVIEWS GOOD PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCEStarview Starview showed a splendid performance in the second race and beat Ituby after a hard drive in which she displayed rare gameness She ran the four and a half furlongs in 51 one second slower than the track record recordJockey Jockey AVarrington who served in France and only recently was mustered out of army service was today granted a temporary license Warring ton rode his last race when he piloted Viva America to victory in the Kentucky Oaks last year He will ride for Joe Umeiisetter UmeiisetterThe The horses of E It Bradley will be shipped in two divisions the first consignment will be trans ¬ ferred AVednesday and the remainder will follow on the succeeding day dayII II Saladiu who luid the mount on Miss Manage iu the opener is a newcomer to the riding brigade it being his maiden effort He Is under contract to C T Worthington WorthingtonThe The twoyearold filly Diana owned by Lucas Coombs vcas severely injured this morning by a collision with a pony owned by J UmetiKottcr UmetiKottcrJockey Jockey E Pool had his automobile stolen in town this morning and the officials released him from his earlier engagements to enable him to get trace of the car He returned to the track unsuccessful unsuccessfulItegalo Itegalo will be given a mile trial only next Thursday over the Louisville track as her final preparation for her Derby start startEmil Emil Herz who laid against her was swamped with wagers this afternoon and wiis forced to re ¬ duce her price to 10 to 1 straight
