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MISS MUFFINS FINE SPEED SPEEDi i Runs Away from Her Opponents Opponentsin in a Fast Race i iGinger Ginger Outstays The Leopard in a Close Finish Money Vin ¬ dicates His Name RY J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYLATOXIA LATOXIA KV June 17 Unusually cold weather prevailed this afternoon ind the combination of straw hats and overtouts was something out of the ordinary here for this season of the year How ¬ ever the bleik weather and a prospect of a drench ¬ ing did not scare the nicegoing public which wiis out in full force AAhile 10 outstanding features were provided the racing was wholesome and in ¬ teresting some of the finishes being of the closest viriety virietyThe The crack Miss Muffins furnished the outstand ¬ ing racing feature and iiilified handsomely for her start in the Clipsetta Stakes to be decided next Saturday She displayed extreme speed from the start in leading her opponents by a good margin and finished the fiveeighths in 59 which is threefifths of a second slower than the track record made jointly by Oovernor Gray and Fred ¬ erick L It was the first appearance of Miss Muf ¬ fins since her defeat by Bit of AVhite and consid ¬ erable interest is attached to the return meeting of the pair for the Louisville race left a doubt as to the comparative form of the fillies Roth are expected to lie starters Saturday and the question will probable be settled for the winner will no jUuJn tw itrsiinlort1 i tIlK o ion if h T TJdrvislon Jdrvislon at least in these parts Lyke had the mount on Miss Muffins this afternoon and sent her into a good lead at once with Jossip Avenue her closest attendant from the start and there was no change between the pair Aphie Dear coining with a rush at the end landed in third place placeThe The mile and a sixteenth purse of 2000 which was run as the fifth race was the best money offering and it resulted in a victory for Ginger which outstayed The Leopard at the end with Raigneur following Kinburn was the favored one here but after showing the most sjRed for three quarters he shortened his stride and dropped back backThe The opener fell to Money which showed the most speed from the start and led the others for the en ¬ tire race winning easily from Clean Up UpCamouflage Camouflage had little trouble in beating the poor band he met in the second and Konrbon Lad fur ¬ nished a surprise in beating Quito by the smallest kind of a margin Woodtrap showed decidedly im ¬ proved form in winning the sixth race as easily as he did didJOCKEYS JOCKEYS ARE SUSPENDED SUSPENDEDJockeys Jockeys Ornber and Meehan were each suspended for three days by the starter for disobedience at the post in the second race raceFormer Former Senator Johnson N Camden chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission departed last night for San Francisco to attend the Demo ¬ cratic presidential convention Mr Camden was recently made national committeeman from Ken ¬ tucky and he is also a delegate at large The Kentuckians like the Ohio men will support Gov ¬ ernor James M Cox for the presidential nomination nominationJockey Jockey Ruell regarded as a promising riding prospect and who showed considerable ability dur ¬ ing the brief period that he rode at Tijuana during the recent meeting will hereafter ride for Hender ¬ son Lester the contract for his services having been transferred this morning for a good figure figureNew New York police officials iiad extended interviews this morning with trainer Lloyd Gentry and others in the hope of securing a clew to the mysterious death of J 15 KIwell Gentry could not furnish any information that would aid the detectives in their quest for means of solving the death of his late employer 71 O Keene member of the Kentucky State Racing Commission and owner of Kcenland Stud was among the visitors and reported that he had ten youngsters at his farm sired by Luke McLuke from noted matrons Five of the youngsters are colts and an equal number are fillies Txvo of the colts are brothers of Harry Kelly and Papp and one of the fillies is a sister to Lnnetta LnnettaJ J O Keene is contenipliting a division of the Fletcher Keene stable in the near future sending iart to Canada where they will be raced The re ¬ maining band will be sent to Saratoga He will liave supervision over the Saratoga band and O II Keene will have charge of the Canadian division but will take charge of the Saratoga string when the racing opens there thereStake Stake blanks for the three fixtures offered by the Devonshire track were distributed to owners here this afternoon The stakes are the Porder Cities Stakes with SIJOOO added for twoyearolds De ¬ troit Stakes with 3000 added for threeyearolds and Prince Kdxvard Hotel Handicap with 5000 added for threeyearolds and over The entries to these events close June 24 24Harry Harry Morrissey who started at Tijuana during the recent meeting there came over from his Kemp land Farm near Lexington and witnessed the rac ¬ ing He stilted that he had been advised that the Tijuana management is planning extensively for the coming winter racing season and that it will shortly announce a good stake list in addition to a liberal purse increase It contemplates opening the next meeting on or l efore Thanksgiving day dayAccording According to advices said to have come from Frank J Hriien general manager of the Havana track John Ilachmeister has been engaged to serve as presiding steward at the Cuban course Mr Ilachmeister who was at the track this afternoon confirmed the report reportCongressman Congressman Arthur Rruse was among todays visitors from AVashington D C
