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UNPLEASANT AT LOUISVILLE Torrential Rain Makes Things Sloppy and Uncomfortable. Five of the Favorites Beaten, Including the Odds -On Korbly and King Gorin. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 31. The severest weather of the present racing season prevailed this afternoon. A .steady, hard rain fell throughout the afternoon, making it discomfortable for those who had braved the elements to witness the sport. Tho attendance was made up exclusively of regulars, and they were of a goodly number. Wagering kept up to a surprising total, but tho talent fared badly, as five of the most pronounced choices met defeat. All the winners, however, came in for more or less support, and there were no sensationally long-priced ones in the band of winners. The rain came down in torrents in several instances, and the contests were decided in blinding ;torms. The haze and rain contributed to obscure the colors, and tho silks were hardly distinguishable. This applied particularly in the final race, where it required an extra well trained eye to . follow the fields and separate the starters. The worst upset came with the running of the fifth nice, which was considered the feature. King Gorin icrc was thought to hold tho others safe and had extensive backing, but he was taken into camp in easy style by the newly acquired Sway that C. W. Clark bought this morning. Tho colt showed himself to bo thoroughly at home in the sloppy going and showed a high flight of speed from the start. Ho was easing up through the last sixteenth. -.The. spirited - ridinpwjljel -between -Boyle and Robinson to carry off honors for this meeting shared interest with the racing. Botli were tied with eight victories each this morning, but Robinson secured the lead when he landed Wickford a winner in the second race. Then Hoylc overtook him when he won on St. Germain and drew into the lead by piloting Mistress Polly to success in the closing milo and a half dash. The Louisville Cup of 5,000 added, at two miles, which will feature tho getaway card of the Kentucky season, has a field of eight entered, confined to horses owned exclusively in these parts, none of the easterners sending representation to start for the valuable race. Of the eight named to start, six are looked upon as sure to go. These with their riders and probable odds, follow: Mid-Way, 123. IT. Thurber. 2 to 1; Raider. 112, L. Lyke, 3-1; Manager Waite, 10S, J. Howard, 4-1; Stockwell. 111. C. Van Dusen, 5-1; Regalo, 103. C. Robinson, 9-1; Legal. 104. II. Lunsford, 20-1. El Rey and Minto II., doubtful. H. D. SHOWN AMONG VISITORS. IT. D. Brown, general manager of the Havana track, was an arrival this morning and spoke glowingly of the prospects in Cuba for racing next winter. He is here to assist in the shipment of horses to Cuba and the twenty-five cars of horses he has booked to engage in the Oriental Park racing will probably be shipped by special next Tuesday. Mr. Brown confirmed his sale of the magnificent racing property and his intended retirement from race track management next year. "I have worked hard all my life and I have money enough now to keep mo and mine comfortably. There is no sense, I have concluded, in making additional dollars that I could not spend and I propose to take matters easy hereafter. I intend to build my home in California, where I have a tract of land of 110 acres near Los Angeles, and I am to keep active in beautifying this acreage. My stock raising property near Jacksonville, Fla.. will bo retained and will also give me something to do." Charles W. Clark, the Montana sportsman and financier, bought Sway this morning at private terms and the colt raced in his interest this afternoon. Trainer James McCormick announced that he would sever his connections with tho Jefferson Livingston stable. The owner came down from Chicago this morning and will contract with some good horseman to look after his extensive racing establishment before returning to Chicago. H. Tullet, the owner-trainer-jockey who has been active this season claiming horses, added another by the same route this afternoon when he secured Our Birthday for ,000 in the fourth race in which Tullet had the mount on Little Sandy, owned by him. C. E. Rowe sent Miss Jemima into winter retirement this morning at the AValdcck Farm near Louisville. W. F. Knebelkamys horses will be wintered at Churchill Downs instead of being raced next winter. The horses formerly trained by il. Perkins, which included George Starr. AVostwood and ten others, have been taken over by Ed Trotter, who will ship them with his own to New Orleans to be raced next winter.
