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KINGS CHAMPION IS BEATEN i ■ ♦ Supposed Derby Colt Runs Third to Miss Brummel and Friz. » Voorin Wins the First Half Mile Race, for Two-Year-Olds — i Langden Takes a Purse. i M.W OltLF.AXS. La., F binary 98.— -Bar the first lime this year t In- two -yeai -olds wen- asked to show i what thc.v coald do :it : half mil . This muM off in i in- first race .u Jefferson Park this after-ii-H.ii. Lengthening the distance evoked lively in-terest sad li-il td much diversity at mjWm. Twu uf the yahagatera were friendless la tin- money market, bat each of the other five had .-i stood following, with Natalie wind lag ap tin- post favorite. Tin- raee was ■ ii |y scurry, bat the beat horse iiiil nut aria. Vooria waa awajr first, .-mil raahiag ■ across in front of the others raced oat into ■ long lead aad kept it. kart was tiriag badly .-it the finish, in the meantime Maekdaaiae was kaached I 1 about .-mil impeded at the start. Imt finally secured I I a Hear coarse, aad ffadahiag with great speed I I v. .i- only beaten a length, if away well he woaU I ! surely have won. No Pooling ran well anil landed 1 I third, bat Natalie ami Bnageorge fooled their - backer- sadly. - was beflttiag in the cane of ■ rail sappoaed 1 I to ponnmna Derby credentials KJnga Champion was inaiii- a bat favorite for the third race, a daah of r ihrec-«iaarters for three-year-olds, bat he ran like • .1 n.vt hiuir imt a Derby batse aad waa beatea by both Lady Braatawri aad Friz. Lady Brammri took the lead away from Friz before tiny had gone far. mid in a wcii r ni tested fialsh beal liini by a head. • I i: z was three length* before the favorite ami will I probably be beaefited by the ran-, bis rirat -f this • year. Blags Champion has raa soase excellent 1 i ices aad a number of pour ones, liis record being » milked by inconsistency. Frank F. ran fairly well. Lnngdcn eaptared the secoad raee in a reusing finish, in which be was first by a aeeft aader a 1 well Judged ride by Tharber. followed ia order by Barrys Pet. General aad Valerie V«-t bead* apart. • BRADLEYS FIRST VICTORY. The fifth was the featare race of the day and l IjCgotal was made I 4 to ."■ favorite, bat Iwin was s i: rood form today ami. in a sharply coatested finish, won K. K. Bradley his fir-i raee of the meeting. - Lagetal set a great pace far the first half ■ mile, bat begaa to shorten her stride la the stretch n drive and lwin had a half length the beat of her at t the -nil. Osgood eame fast in the stretch and fin ished a goad third. Both ilie first and secoad fillies were bred la California by A. B. BpreekehJ • and an- spudy thincs. Philistine was away luckily la the third race, while Trkaaphaal was away slowly, and the foraser had no great difficalty in leadias all the way aad i wiuuiug from the bitter bj a leagth and a half, with the hate priced Fair Priace third. Little , sn ins; mad.- up mark gruaud lata ■ clooe up foarth, and on hi- showiat here ha- a ehanee to win a parse far hi- owaer before the meeting ends. c. r- -on was tin- favorite aad ran well to the stretch. Hadriaa i- ■ asefal plater in good form and il accounted for Ihe sixth raee in a iiveiv straggle ■ s-ith Nepperhan ami Beeurgemaa, and aader a i vigorous ride bj Lyke outstayed Goarasaad bj ■ I half length in the la-t race of the afternoon. Inability to serum riders tor Blae siar and Hack-anioi-e - caused them to he scratched from tin- secoad d raee. Ornery was boaght by A. L. Kirhy at private " terms in he aaed for breediag parpoaea after the 8 racing here close*. .!. 1". Smith, who came under the han at the Fair UrouasW, mad- aaother appeal to Stewards Murphy, • i ,:,, .!„■!! and Nelson to he re-lored to full good -i mdiag that woaM give him tie- privilege of the " course, bal the stewards denied the request. His s stain- i- that it i- discretionary with any association to gire him privileges. John W. Schorrs boraes will he shipped to Louisville a- -••on a- a tar is available for their trunsportal ion. Jockey Wid.i was abHeal from tin- saddle this - afteraaaa on an oaal of an injury in- sastained j estorday. William E. Murphy, national secretary of the llo!-- Pubticlt A— oeiatii n of America, u.i- .1111011-:. * lays i-itor-. ill- i- hen- to pn-eni argaateata for raciag and the horse in general. I *. 1
