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LEOCHARES NARROW ESCAPE At 1 to 10 Barely Manages to Win by a Short Head Miss Jemima Euns Away from Her Opponents in New Record Time Nominee Buns Out o IiATONIA Ky June 6 The veteran Ie ocharcs supported to the exclusion of the others starting in the fourth race and paying the shortest price of any winner since the installa ¬ tion of mutucl wagering almost gave the army of his supporters heart disease when he failed to head Herald until in the last strides of the threequarters and his success only came after one of the most trying efforts of his career His margin at thu finish was only a head Herald taking second plate in easy style from Hcndric a recent comer from the east and currying the blue and glod of Frank Weir The race was not especially fast consider ¬ ing the lightning fast track and it seemed the general opinion that the sturdy veteran which bar raced in and out of season for seven years is on the down grade gradeThe The sensational Miss Jemima owned by the Otto StiefelCharlie Rowe confederacy again demon ¬ strated her superb quality when she won in the easiest manner imaginable from a fairly good band of twoyearolds and established a new American record for four and a half furlongs by running the distance in 52 Formerly the record was held jointly by Joe Morris which ran the distance in 52 ut Churchill Downs carrying 103 pounds on May 8 1909 and by Floral Park which carried 107 pounds and rail it in the same time as Joe Morris at Salt Lake City on July 9 1912 Miss Jemima weight this afternoon was 115 and she never gave it the semblance of a race for she sprinted into a good lead right at the outset and increased her advantage with every stride ulti ¬ mately winning in a canter from Pop Eyes ami Talisman It has been a long time since the west has produced a filly speedier than the daughter of Black Toney It is generally believed that there is nothing In the cast of her sex and age that wears racing plates that has a chance to take her measure measureNOMINEE NOMINEE A DISAPPOINTMENT DISAPPOINTMENTThe The 2000 purse at a mile and a sixteenth proved n disappointing affair due to the defeat of Nominee in the fashion he was for he wan clearly best in the race and only the fact that he ran out for nearly the entire race brought about his undoing Harry Burgoyne turned up as the winner after having led for the entire way with Gibby landing in second place and Nominee third thirdThe The opening race was also productive of an inter ¬ esting finish witli the first four noses apart Bul ¬ lion under a strenuous drive and masterly riding on the part of Kederis winning in the last stride from W W Hastings Archie Alexander and Joa Stahr following noses apart The Poison connections uncovered Horace Lerrh in the second race and he had sin easy time in beating the supposed good thing Paiil Weidel which had lieen installed the favorite favoriteA A number of owners here left tonight for Lex ¬ ington to attend the funeral of Garret D Wilson which will be held tomorrow afternoon afternoonJames James McClelland has decided to send The Wan ¬ derer to Lexington to be rested there until fall Hi will ship Eternal back east after the running of the Lutonia Derby DerbyDaytime Daytime has been bought by H Neusteter NeusteterCharles Charles F Grainger manager of the Churchill Downs track was among todays visitors and will remain until after the running of the Lutonia Derby DerbySun Sun God had to be withdrawn from the fifth race on account of being ineligible to start in it itUnlike Unlike at Churchill Downs where the entire grand ¬ stand was reserved on Derby day only the usual section comprising 270 seats of the Latonia grand ¬ stand will be reserved for Derby day All the early arrivals will have plenty of opportunity to procure choice vantage points in the grandstand tomorrow tomorrowIiit Iiit Dunne acting for M Quinn claimed Joe Stahr from the first race for the transfer price of 2000
