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RICH KENTUCKY HANDICAP Falls a Prey to the Speed and Stamina of Midway Beaverkill Buns Second and Ex ¬ terminator Is Third Despite His Crushing Impost LOUISVILLE KV May 24 After repeated fail ¬ ures Kentucky finally triumphed over the invaders that have annually come here and garnered most ot tlie rich Kentucky turf plums when Midway owned by 7 W Parrish of Midway Kentucky trained by J S Ward of Lexington and ridden by H Thur ber took tlie winners net portion of 11300 in tltj Kentucky Handicap with Iteaverkill just lasting to take second place and its 1500 from Extermina ¬ tor whose share was 800 with The Porter earn ¬ ing 400 when he landed in fourth place St Bernard Royce Rools and Vulcanite followed followedThe The winners margin at the end was n scant length with a nose saparating Beaverkill and Exterminator The race furnished many thrills to the big throng particularly during tlie stretch drive where the four leaders at the finish alternated in front and gave their backers and partisans high encouragement Midway proved the stur ¬ dier at the end and his timely rush in the last sixteenth prevailed The early running except for the brief period that St Bernard was in tlu van was dominated by The Porter and Extermi ¬ nator natorThis This pair sprinted out from the others anil tvero well in advance When the stretch was reached Exterminator was in front by a slight distance and his many adherents gave vent to their jubilation only to be forced to subdue their enthusiasm when The Porter toot command He in turn succumbed to Beaverkill which seemed a certain winner in the last eighth until Midway coming steadily and fast from far back overhauled the now hard driv ¬ ing trio and drew out in the last twenty yards Al ¬ though apparently done in the last eighth Extermi ¬ nator continued on gamely and was fast wearing Beaverkill down at the end The Porter tired in the last eighth as many expected he would do for it marked his first race this year and this con ¬ sidered his performance was a grand one and the general opinion prevailed that over a fast track le might have won wonThe The disappointment of the race was Royce Roolf which shared favoritism with Exterminator lie seemingly could not run freely in the going and was far back from the start startThe The Kentucky Handicap which ranks as the best offering for horses three years old and over hu attained the importance of almost Derby interest and an attendance that taxed the spacious Churchill Downs braved a possible drenchng to witness the decision of the race The heavy storm of last night again put the course in bad order and the going was held to be against the crack Cudgel causing his temporary trainer Carroll Shilling to advise and seek permission from trainer Bedwell now in New York to withdraw him Freecutter was an ¬ other to be scratched because of track conditions Cudgels absence from the race was a keen disap ¬ pointment to many who had come in expectation of witnessing lim repeat his triumph of last year in the same race raceThe The horse is so fresh and good said Shilling that I would hate to see him knocked out by the going and for that reason I advised against him being a starter starterTRACK TRACK DRIED OUT CONSIDERABLY CONSIDERABLYThe The track dried out considerably during the afternoon but it continued heavy as shown by the mile and a quarter time in the big race of 210 Surrounding the feature race were several dashes of stake caliber that furnished excellent enter ¬ tainment for the big throng There also were a number of disappointments in store for them as a result of many failures of favorites to score H Neusteter repeated his double of several days ago when his same pair Atta Boy II and Mistress Polly accounted for their respective races Mistress Polly was at a ridiculously lohtf price but Atta Boy II was an outstanding favorite favoriteThe The sport opened with a threequarters sprint in which Top Coat proved the right one but he had his troubles in getting away with it the veteran Skiles Knob pressing him so hard at the finish Unit he only triumphed by a nock another oldtimer Squeelcr finishing a good third thirdWilliams Williams Bros captured the next race by the aid of their twoyearold Mighty Man This colt won by eight lengths from Lord Hamilton and American Soldier and showed himself to be a particularlj good mud runner If it develops that he is equally good on a fast track he is vested with the pos ¬ sibility of becoming one of the years stars starsCudgel Cudgel Exterminator and Royce Rools will be shipped tomorrow to New York Milkmaid which came with Cudgel will be left here and start in tlie Kentucky Oaks which has its running nevt Saturday the closing day of tlie meeting Carroll Shilling and jockey Sande will stay over until the running of the Oaks Shilling may take her on to Latonia to await the arrival of Sir Barton and War Pennant which are intended starters in the La tonia Derby Tlie Derby eligibles are expected to be shipped by trainer Bedwell to Latonia about Tuesday
