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MORE MUDDY TRACK RACING Churchill Downs Visited by More Rain Affecting Attendance W V Thraves Takes Two Races Raceswith with Mile Dazie and Rafferty Converse Wins Again LOUISVILLE KV May IS Additional rain of tlis morning and a continuance of threatening wiather again resulted in a diminished attendance nif mud racing in which small fields took part Fiatnres were lacking but the well matched start cs provided interesting sport in most of the dashes dashesThe The W V Thraves colors were carried to a tloii 1ie victory and on another occasion they went Hiconil at the finish His sucessftil starters were Mile Dazie and Rafferty and Miss Fontaine was placed The latter was lieaten by former Senator J hnsou X Caradcns Iekoe which ran an excel ¬ lent race today and won with case caseThe The consistent Converse again figured and land ¬ ed his third successive piirse in as many starts at this meeting He was opposed by some speedy oies including K It McLeans Flying Welshman biit disposed of the latter with ease in the stretch stretchJim Jim Heffering making his first start over the track this year found conditions to his liking and won in runaway style in the last race raceJohn John S Reardon scored his second purse of tlio meeting and incidentally showed superior mud run ¬ ning abilily by the easy manner in which he dis ji fadof thoe starting in the third race Hiding honors for the afternoon went to F Wil ¬ son who was astride both the Thraves winners winnersA A J Stallings prominent in New Orleans finan ¬ cial circles chairman of the Business Mens Racing Association board of appeals and honorary steward during the Fair Grounds meeting was an arrival this morning to witness tin racing here for several days daysCharles Charles W Clark owner of the good colt United Verde Sway Pictor and others was among the arrivals and will remain until the close of the Churchill Downs meeting II is accompanied by Sidney Clove who at one time was extensively in ¬ terested in racing and owned some good horses horsesJ J C Milam sold on private terms this morning Spicebusli and Imline to II Nensteter NensteterThe The horses that were raced here in the colors of ofGeorge George M llendrie H S Koppin II Tullet I IW W II 1lant were shipped this morning to Toronto wlere they will engage in the Woodbine Park meeting which begins May Several other racing stables intend to ship there tomorrow
