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CHARLIE LEYDECKER AGAIN i i i Defeats Good Opponents in the Fair Grounds Feature Race. i a i Arrowhead First in a Finish of Three Noses Apart — Sweet Liberty Disqualified. I 8 KV OIH.KANS. I.a.. January ".— There waa no great thiac* done at the Fair Ureumdi today to ruthase oxer. t at the racing xxas over ■ goad track am: marked by some -piiited finishes. If no mere rain falls to spiiil the gaiag it xvill be faat by Saturday, when the two miles Martin Itehiinan Handicap is to tie decided. As i» customary here, tl ere xvas a !iir throne; out to view the apart, aad all seemed satisfied with the brand of enter t.iinnient provided. A lhree-i|iiarteis sprint for a 81,888 puis. was the chief race of the day in respect to value. It xvas appropriated by the favorite, Charlie Ler-riisker, without any great amounl of trouble. nl-thoagh t i. unship stuck to 1 like ■ leech umii veil within the last eighth. Tiiklish. under the Uncalled far imp. st of ll4 pounds, ran well and outstayed BadiajJ .for third place, but at the weights had no chance against the first tw.. toil;. x . The fifth was really the beat race of the day. It was at tlwee-nuarters for three rear-olds xviih s.im ■ speed.x ones starting, of xviiieh the Whitney fiily Klyini; Witcli was made the favorite. In a bitterly ion tested finish Motoi Cons brother. Ar roxvhead. woo by a nose from Bweet Liberty, which xv:s another nose in advanee of Minute Man. But under the iruidame of -I Bodrignea Sweet I.ib-erry had plainly fouled Minute Man in the stretch drive, for which she xvas disqualified and bet jockey punished by a suspension. This gare Fix in; Witch third place. ]„ viexv of the closeness of the finish it seems more than probable that Minute Man would have won the race but for being Interfered with. The usual three -eighth* dash for two. year-olds opeaed the aioictdtags. c t Bui xvas eorrecttji made ;hi favorite and woa all the way. but only had a length he ti st of Repeat al the finish. Moraiag l.-iee. a fii-t-tiine starter, xxa- b.stily backed and ran a good race in eapturiag third money. None but the three aiaeed ones came in for serious attention in the betting market. INA KAY NOT IN FORM. Ina Kay was an odds-oii favorite for the second race, but did not run like one. She had not been out ia nubile far aooae tiaae and probably needed a race. At any rate lap, which hat been well backed at loag odds, woa by a leagth from fan**; den, with the favorite third. Fit ami goad she could have woa easily. At that liny ran his threi -.|uar-ter* as fas as Charlie bpyuteeker did his. TWO that have been •expected" finished first an 1 -eeond in the third race when Jim Dudley had the best of Charming in a ajaad finish by a half leagth. Triumphant ran pretty xvell here and defeated the favorite Xapthaliaa for third mmiey. Mai Ilirsch. who is traininj the extensive atrial owned by former Coaarr«aaa*aa George W. I.oft. and who has been on a vi-it to his mother in her home in Texas, xvas anions; the visitors today. He xvill ga from here to Lexington to inspect "Some proiiiis.ni; youngster* with a view to their purchase. Ilirsch reports that the crack youngster Oa Watch, aad the others under his care are Wiateriag well and that On Watch xx ill he shipped to Louisville to fill his Kentucky Derby eacagesneat. Ilirsch is ;,is« giviag the jockeys here ekWC scrutiny and may avail himself of the services of jockey Pierce. .1. o. Keene. member of the Kentucky Baciag Commission and owner of the Kei nlaud Stud, return d this atoraiag from his xisit to K. B. Bradley at Calm Beach, Fla.. and will shortly retii;n to Lexington. c. w. Clark ha- bought the veteran Briagkuiat and he xvill race in future in Ids colors. As a result of the interference that Bweet Liberty subjected Minute Man to at tin- three-eighths p. si which brought about sweet Libertys dis-i|tialificatimi. jockey Bodrignea xvas auapetMled by tii- stewards for the remainder of the mcitlag .loi key I.. Keniudy. rider of Kappahannoi k III., xvas also suspended, tint for only six days, by the slexvards for ruttiag ihaiply across in front of the Other* si„,u after the start of tin- third race.
