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SECOND DAY AT LEXINGTON Pleasant Weather and Good Racing Attract a Large Crowd. Sway Wins the Principal Race of the Afternoon Jack Hare Jr. Scores in Fast Time. LEXIXGTOX. Ky.. September in. The .,000 mile :inil :i sixteenth purse was the outstanding nice on todays program, and it resulted in a victory for .Sway over Regnlo, with Legal landing in third place. The winner was probably best, but many in the throng differed and regarded Icgal as the best, and his fa iliac due to the misjudged riding that Mack earner gave him. Sway, on the other hand, was rushed into a good lead at once and kept, close to the inner rail for the entire race. Regalo made a menacing challenge on the stretch turn, but tired a trifle near the end. Jack Hare Jr. made a successful comeback following Ids recent operation for throat affliction and beat a good .band of racers that met at a sprinting distance in the third race, winning with considerable to spare from King Gorin. another essaying a comeback after a period of idleness and a season in the stud. The latter, like Jack H.iro Jr.. gave an excellent, exhibition and closed an immense gap from a slow beginning. Ocean Sweep finished in third place. Jockey T. Murray and trainer Kay Spence werp much in the limelight during the afternoon, the rider piloting three winners that the trainer sent to the post. Two of the. winners, Lady Sweep and Mile. Dazie. which accounted for the two-year-old rat-es, are W. V. Thravcs owned, and Jack Hare Jr.. another in the care -of trainer Syence :uid riddejtJOi Murray, carried the. colors of AV. Ev Applegate. It was the first opportunity that the jockey has had to display his riding skill since his unprofitable Saratoga experience. Todays good offering, coupled with the pleasant weather, was again responsible for a big attendance being on hand to view the sport. The racing was again interesting and. while surprises were numerous, the majority of those speculatively inclined fared well, as they msniaged to land on several of the winners. Trainer William Garth, in charge of Blazes and Hulls-eye, owned by apt. Hal Parr, were arrivals this morning from Maryland. The colts will start in the Breeders Futurity, to be run for on the closing day. Blazes was given a quarter mile gallop during the afternoon at a slow pace. Capt. larr has arranged to bring a party of friends here in his private car to witness the race. Jockey Loftus has been engaged to ride one of the colts. McVex, in Iat Dunnes stable, died yesterday from intestine trouble, to re-enter racing as an owner. Sandman II. is in retirement as a result of ailing legs and will probably not bo started again tiiis year. The horses of Jefferson Livingston, which have been rested all summer, are back in fine fettle again and will at the close of the Kentucky racing engage in a winter campaign. Little Blossom was badly kicked while at the post in the first race and will probably b? out of racing for some time as a result of the injuries sustained.
