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SOME RAIN AT LOUISVILLE : : Light Showers Affect the Going, but Not Seriously. High Cloud Wins Feature Race in Beaverkill Figures In-gloriously Long Shot Day. : BY J. L. DEMPSEY. "LOUISVILLE. Ky., November 9. Showery weather, a deceptive track and ordinary starters in the different dashes were a combination tha,t militated against the sport today and the racing was marked by many upsets as well as surprises in the way of long-priced winners, notably the success of Columbia Tenn in the opening dash and Sandalwoods in the fourth race. At that there was no reason for lack of support for the last named, in view of his good showing in a recent previous race. The going, moist in places, firm in others and cuppy in spots, worked to a disadvantage against most of the starters, but on the whole the racing was spirited and finishes interesting. The only race that had a semblance of being a feature was the mile and a sixteenth dash, in which Beaverkill ruled favorite, but mainly through the fact that; there was doubt as to High Clouds ability to race in; the going successfully. Under Lykes energetic riding he found little difficulty in doing so" and led for the entire race, to win by a safe margin, with Dresden just getting up in the last strides to head Fair Orient for second place. Buel, on Beaverkill, managed to get himself forced wide on the first turn and- afterward seemed to be at a loss, how tgguide Beaverkill with .the resultthat the Henderson favorite never f igur"ea"serlously asa dqngirpus contender. Golden "Quince and J. C. Stone, the latter at odds-on, were, the only successful choices of the afternoon. Both had to be ridden out to the finish in front of their respective opponents. In the introductory .scramble Bufus Riley had the caU anl he might have beaten Columbion Tenn but for being brought extremely wide into the. stretch. Connellys good ride was a factor in Golden Quinces graduation from the maiden ranks. She Was hard pressed by Blanche Mac and Corilla. Julia X., a frequent disappointment this fall, was again, an offender when she failed to get a part of the purse in the fourth race, Avon by Sandalwood. The favorite had no mishaps. Jim Daisy iu this, which finished third, was claimed for ,700 by G. Denny. Military Girl and Lancelot were backed to the exclusion of the others in the sixth nice, but nqither figured in the result, Blaise winning from Currency by virtue of the energetic finish Connelly gave him; Then Newel W. brought joy to a few who manifested it in hilarious whooping when lie galloped home at the big return of 70.20 for each invested on his chance. The backers of Stevenson at odds-on did not whoop. He fell badly lame in the race.
