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WOE FOR PLUR1BUS BACKERS OBrien Candidate Not to Run in the Kentucky Derby Lexington Track Turned Into IntoMuddy Muddy Going Again but butFavorites Favorites Fare Well LEXINGTON Ky May 2 Cold and rainy weather prevailed here today and it caused a de ¬ crease in attendance for the eighth day of the Kentucky Jockey Clubs racing The downfall changed the track gradually and it turned from fast to slow the final two races being run over a course having a thin coating of mud mudThe The card was somewhat below that of recent days the feature consisting of n threequarters handicap and a mile dash In the latter T C Mc ¬ Dowells Distinction was making her debut for this year and came in for a lot of attention hut the going was held to be against her and the experts gave the preference to Ginger GingerThey They were correct in their estimate for he was thoroughly at home in the going and after follow ¬ ing Distinction for threequarters raced Into the lead and won eased up to a canter Flags which was on his best behavior engaged In a spirited duel with Distinction for second place and beat her out by a slight margin in the last few strides Distinctions showing considering her inaptness for muddy going was a good one and she displayed an abundance of speed for threequarters before giving war warMinute Minute Man which in his previous race scored a victory over practically the same horses he met this afternoon duplicated it by leading Brookholt throughout the threequarters in the handicap and won with ease Brookholt outstaying the firsttime starter here this spring High Cloud for second place The disappointment of the race was Clinton vine which was far back for the entire race raceFavorites Favorites were more successful this afternoon than on any previous day They inaugurated their success when Sikhim won the opener and Bright Trash followed in the second dash dashIrospector Irospector was the favored one in the third but he was beaten by Colonel Lit LitSister Sister Vincena was another choice that failed Omnipotent winning this easily from Megan which yas grouped with others in the field fieldMinute Minute Man and Ginger were succeeding success ¬ ful favorites favoritesMr Mr and Mrs Walter M Jeffords were among the visitors today and they will remain in Kentucky for part of the Churchill Downs meeting meetingMr Mr and Mrs II D Riddle arrived from Phila ¬ delphia tonight and will be here for some time They will inspect their superhorse Man o War at II ina tu Farm tomorrow and will leave Friday for Louisville to witness the running of the Kentucky Derby DerbyTrainer Trainer T J Shannon today announced the with ¬ drawal of riuribus from the Kentucky Derby His absence from the big race to be run next Saturday is due to an injury he received on his right fore ¬ leg in his initial race here It has failed to re ¬ spond to treatment in satisfactory style and it was deemed best to refrain starting him Trainer Shannon feels confident that the colt will soon be all right again and it is intended to have him a starter in the Preakness Stakes StakesUpon Upon receipt of official rulings from Tijuana today the stewards withdrew the trainers license of H E Crist the latters license having been revoked by the Tijuana officials on a charge of running horses in his name which belonged to a dis ¬ qualified horseman horsemanJockey Jockey O Willis license as a jockey was also withheld his name appearing on the list of official suspensions at Tijuana TijuanaSikhim Sikhim winner of the first race was claimed for 3000 by J A Brause represented by Zainer Sikhim was claimed by L Erb for 3600 in Maryland last fall fallJockey Jockey X Barrett had to cancel all his riding engagements for the day on account of sudden illness illnessJockey Jockey E Sande who will have the mount on Grey Lag passed through here en route to Louisville
