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SECOND DEAD HEAT OF WEEK Judges Unable to Separate Best Pal and Captain Mac in Feature Paul Weidel Meets Defeat After AfterFive Five Straight Victories Centimeter Winner BY J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYLATONIA LATONIA Ky June IS For the second time i this week a dead heat featured the racing at Latonia when the judges were unable to separate Best Pal and Captain Mac at the finish of the Foun ¬ tain Square Purse that served as the principal at ¬ traction of todays sport Incidentally this race marked the first defeat of the pood colt Paul AAeidel after five straight victories Post timo found Prince Pal the choice over Paul Weidel The favorite was outrun in tiie early part of the race but was gaining fast at the end and outstayed Paul Weidel for the shout end of the purse Best Pal under Lykes energetic riding drew away into the lead from the start and held on gamely to the end although Captain Mac drew abreast of him in the final strides and was going best at the end endCentimeter Centimeter a Texasbred colt by Meelick Regea ran a good race to beat North Elkhorn in the Boone County Purse for twoyearolds Tlie stewards will pass on a claim made for Frank AV in the last race by J McPherson the clerk of the course holding that there is irregu ¬ larity in the claim claimKeen Keen disappointmijrt w5 felt iver the absence of JUt of White from the Clipsetta Stakes E R Bradley electing to name Believe Idle Hour as his representative Ever since Hit of Whites triumph over Miss Muffins at Louisville there has been much discussion as to the relative merits of tlie pair and both owners have expressed a willingness to test their fillies speed under equal conditions for money marbles or chalk Horsemen here were anxious for the return meeting of the pair and up to a few dayfi ago it seemed certain that the wish would be gratified A slight lameness is said to be the cause of 15it of AVhites absence and she will be returned to Idle Hour Farm where she will be rested restedRight Right Over Might was the first to carry the late J B Elwells colors to victory at this meeting It was the colts first start since last fall Jockey Ridenour who rode him was suspended for five days for rough riding Several of the jockeys cor ¬ roborated the patrol judges report that Ridenour had impeded them in this running runningJockey Jockey C Bnell will not be allowed to take mounts here until the Kentucky State Racing Com ¬ mission pusses on the contract obtained for his serv ¬ ices by Henderson and Lester The stewards hero claim irregularity in the contract The contention is over his age There is a rule here that minors under sixteen years shall not be allowed to take mounts on any of the Kentucky tracks tracksMarshall Marshall Bros shipped their horses to Jamaica this afternoon and the string will be campaigned in the East until the fall Kentucky racing comes on onJockey Jockey Stack was struck in the eye by a clod of dirt and begged to be relieved from filling his other engagements for the afternoon Jockey Gar ¬ ner was substituted for him on Runmic and Paul Weidel
