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KING GORINS BIG VICTORi Wins the Kentucky Handicap for the Second Time in His Career Boniface Unlucky and Runs a aGreat Great Race Under His Big BigWeight Weight Ben Valet Wins LOriSYILLK KV May 22 King Ooriu r frying tin colors f R L Ilakcr of Ijx iigton accounted for the Kentucky Handicap AVI r tli 1237 net to the winner iinl by doing sn duplicated i victory Unit In hnil scored in the Kamc fixture in 1017 when the nice was run over tli Douglas Park track Drastic an outsider linded in second place and Minto II which had been tin leader for tin greater part of the way outstayed the top weighted Ponifaco through the last eighth Ponifaec despite his heavy impost was held in most favor and he ran a great race ut was unequal to the severe task of overcoming much interference Jlie obstacles he encountered vvvre mainly due to Sandes poor judgment in atltmpting to rush him into the lead when passing the half mile ground Miuto II was the leader at this point and Robinson anticipating Sandes move took his mount over next to the Inner rail and Lvke at Hie same lime ranged King Oorin along ride of Itoniface effecting a perfect pocket Poni face continued in close quarters ind in tin last ighth was forced back when Lyke on King Oorin r v c Minta II home Tin trio won under a hard drive at the time and the last interference emibled King Oorin to draw out but he had to bo shakon up to outstay the fast coming Drastic which closed an immense sap in the last quarter King Oorin ran as if best at the weights and would have won even had no interference taken place Minto II might have been second but for being wedged in in the last eighth and Ponifaee probably would have fought it out for third place with Drastic There were no protests made and the stewards did not deem the interference suf ¬ ficient to warrant any action actionThe The throng that witnessed the decision of the eighth running of the Kentucky Handicap was of immense size and displayed interest in its outcome almost to tho Derby standard King Oorins suc ¬ cess was loudly acclaimed after tho finish and it was gratifying to Kentuckians to keep the big prize at home for few of the rich plums have been retained in these parts during recent years yearsPerfect Perfect conditions ruled today and capital sport was the order over a fast track The milu handi ¬ cap which served as a secondary feature fur rished i big upset in the victory of lack Stuart vlich beat Iastoiireau in easy style with Leocliarcs leading the others The acrobatic show ¬ ing of Jack Stuart in his racing here resulted in the stewards after investigation of his incon ¬ sistency directing the secretary to refuse the further entry of the horse horseSunie Sunie of the best colts in these parts started in the twoyearold dash but the inevitable crowd ¬ ing that comes in nearly all these dashes was gain a factor in sailing the race and it fur ¬ nished a distinct upset in the success scored by ISiii Valet in it He was lucky to escape inter ¬ ference and taking a good lead showed the way throughout North Klkhoru after being one of the clief sufferers managed to land in second place outstaying Runzaf RunzafA A I Kirby uncovered his War Oarden making his first start since the Jefferson Park meeting Mul he won easily from the suddenly improved Marie Maxim Roberts rode her in superior style styleHarry Harry Payne Whitneys Servitor showed a fine performance in the second race in which he met fmrtcen others and led for tho entire race Ixml Wrack being his closest pursuer from the start startItlaise Itlaise had to be roused ip hard in the third race to win but he succeeded in wearing Louis A dcwn in the last sixteenth sixteenthMint Mint at carrying R P McLeans colors gave n sparkling exhibition to win the mile and an eighth dash that concluded the sport in the fast time of 1 2 Mint Cat at one one time appeared hopelessly hcalen but he picked up his opponents steadily and took command in the last sixteenth sixteenthScarcity Scarcity of cars is prevent iug the shipment of tne Codiran and Jefford horses and it may IK SI mo time before their transfer to Xew York YorkCarroll Carroll Shilling was advised by telegram today to ship lioniface immediately sifter the Kentucky 1 ndicap to Toronto to run in the Toronto Cup Slay 27 but present indications are that he will IMS unable to fill this engagement because of the cir scarcity 0 M Oarrison came from New York to witness the performance of iiis good colt le Frank in the Kentucky Handicap and returned east tonight tonightJockey Jockey 1 Callahau one of the few riders in these Piits that rode where Dick Divvcr started secured a subscription of 200 among the jockeys for the Pick Dwyer fund and turned it over to Charles F Price custodian of the fund fundDoeod Doeod was claimed from the first race by T X liolts represented by Caraway The claiming price was 2r 00 00Happy Happy Valley also changed ownership via the claiming route Orubcr Gorman securing him for 1800 1800Jack Jack Stuarts improved showing caused an imme ¬ diate investigation by the stewards and jockey CVlIahau and owner William Martin were inter ifgated at length to explain his poor running in several previous starts lien prior to his race of today
