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CHURCHILL DOWNS RESULTS Several Favorites Contrive to Win Despite the Trying Going Angon Defeats Kinnoul in the theMain Main Race Sky Blue Wins Winsfor for Owner Whitney LOlISVILLE KV May 13 Small fields com ¬ posed the starters in all the dashes this afternoon due 1o the trying track conditions The going was thr severest of any day during this meeting meetingA A threequarters sprint handicap with a purse of 1400 added featured and resulted in a driv ¬ ing victory for Augon which Iwnefitiiig by the firmer footing he was traversing got up in the Ist seevnty yards to outstay Kinnoul The lat ¬ ter showed himself to lie a fast beginner but there is doubt as to his staying ability abilityFavorites Favorites captured a fair share of the purses this afternoon and their successes began in the initial race when Lady Luxury won in easy fashion Tom Norris another favorite followed with a vic ¬ tory in the second race and emerged from the maiden division divisionMerchant Merchant furnished an upset when he won in the third Ur Uae was backed with confidence in this Hit Kederis had him in the worst part of the course for the entire race and it was a factor in his defeat defeatHarry Harry Payne Whitneys colors scored their first victory in these parts this season when his Sky Plue won after a spirited contest with Helium HeliumJockey Jockey It Kennedy was again much in favor with his good workTrnd landed three of the afternoons winners He lx gan with I idy Luxury and fol liwed with Meliora and Opportunity in the two rinsing dashes On Opportunity he clearly outrode Stack on Fair Orient OrientLIVINGSTON LIVINGSTON HORSES GO EAST EASTThe The fifteen horses that Jefferson Livingston had here were shipped this afirnooo in charge of Tiiner Ceorge dou to Jamaica where they will begin their eastern campaign Their owner will leave for Chicago Saturday from where after a brief visit he will go on to New York Jockey T Rowan who still retains an apprentice allow rncr in New York under Jockey Club rules ac oii panied Oilom to New York and will ride the Livingston horses horsesFormer Former jockey Cal Shilling was an arrival this morning from Maryland with Commander J K L Koss Koniface which will be a starter in the Clark Handicap to be run Saturday Ite Frank and his stablemates shipped well and lie Frank is aireng those intended to start in Saturdays big feature featureThe The program book covering the seven days racing lo be held at Woodbine Pirk beginning May 22 vas distributed to owners here this morning The slake blanks for the fixtures to be offered by the Niagara Jockey Club at its Fort Erie seven days meeting arrived this morning and received con ¬ siderable attention from the owners The stakes close on June 7 7According According to Cal Shilling Sir Karton is being pre ried with a view to his starting in the rich Kentucky Handicap 1o be run at Churchill Downs next week weekJ J Kolierts who was held in high favor as a riier at Tijuana and is now under contract to Milo Shields is an addition to the riding colony here Shields is said to have paid S5000 for the con ¬ tract tractJohn John T Murphy departed tonight for St Louis oi receipt of a telegram that his mother was dead
