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CHURCHILL DOWNS RACING Going Still Favorable to the Chances of Mud Runners Paul Weiclel Defeats Atta Boy II IIand and Patches in Feature FeatureRace Race LOUISVILLE Ky May 20 No stake race lent weight to the card at Churchill Downs today bnt tl ere was good racing nevertheless and a big crowd in attendance to witness it The track was heavy but that is a condition racing people are used to this spring so there was a goodnatured disposition t put nil with it in the hope of better treatment from the weather man presently presentlyDuke Duke of Devonshire put the backers of favorites on good terms with themselves in the first race He was heavily supported and won without a bit of trouble with Thorn Itloom his closest pursuer Afterward there were reverses but Itedmnn and Helium also stood by the form backers backersThe The main race of the day was the fifth for which Atta Hoy II and Patches were the favored oi cs but Iaul Weidel kept up his recent good work by beating Atta Hoy II by a half length while Patches found his weight too much for him in such going and ran unplaced unplacedA A miscellaneous shipment of horses consigned by smaller owners left for Montreal this morning to be raced at the different tracks there thereJack Jack and George Phillips wor arrivals this morn ¬ ing from Tijuana with six hoives hoivesJockey Jockey Warrington who had the mount on Clin tonville in the lifth race was in a sore frame of mind after the linish and struck the fillv over the head with the butt end of his whip The stewards suspended him for tive days for his action
