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LOUISVILLES SECOND DAY Improving Weather and Going Add to Spectators Pleasure, f- - Dresden Takes the Main Race at an Outsiders Price Redmon Achieves and Easy Victory- BY J. L. DEMPSEY. LOUISVILLE. Ky., November 3. Gallaher Bros. three-year-old filly Dresden furnished the. surprise of the racing here this afternoon when she showed the way to ithe finish in the mile handicap; in which -Iwin and Belgian Queen wereher opponents. Dresden was "the outsider, Iwin being given strong preference, and this Bradley representative raced flatteringly until in the: last sixteenth, where Dresden, after seemingly being beaten, came with a rush and, taking command, held Iwin safe. Belgian Queen had been the early pacemaker and had shown the way until reaching the stretch, where Iwin raOd into the van. The trio raced closely all. the way and the time of the race, even though it was out of the chute, marked a good performance. More pleasant conditions attended the sport this afternoon, the weather being just bracing enough to make top wraps a comfortable adjunct. The track had also Improved vastly and became better as the afternoon progressed. The small fields in the various dashes, while causing decreased speculation, resulted in more truly run contests. Several of the finishes were, of the close variety, but most, of the winners had safe margins at the niUjorites-andsecondcholces were mostly- in ithe limelight and carried off, the honors of the afternoon. The Florisant stables Redmon proved an easy victor iii the seven-eighths purse, serving as the "secondary feature, ne led for the entire race and had a good margin before Kinbum at the end. The Gallaher Brothers colors were much In dvi- dence during the afternoon, for in addition with winning witli Dresden and landing second w.itii Klnburn, Serbian landed in second place, being beaten only a slight margin by Sweeping Glance in the opening race. Merrimac, recently acquired by J. S. Ward, won at the first asking for his new owner when lie led a band of youngsters iii the" second race and won after a hard drive from Bygone Days and Tribune. - R. L. Baker continues his success and Fair Orient had little difficulty about winning the mile and a quarter dash, for which he was a pronounced favorite. Honolulu Boy was expected to give him an argumeut, but War Spirit was the runner up. The AVilliams Bros. colors were seen in front when Natural beat Day Lilly by a head in the sixth race, in which Julia N. was a disappointing favorite. Paris Maid had no trouble taking the measure of J. C. Stone in the concluding dash.
