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FAST TIME AT LOUISVILLE Sands of Pleasure Ties the Tracks Mile Record Wadsworths Last Scores Again Coyne Defeats Darjeeling and Sir Thomas Kean LOUISVILLE Ky May 19 The veteran Sands of Pleasure figured this afternoon in the best race of his career when he Avon the mile dash from some highly regarded opponents and covered the distance in l30Vf equaling the track record made by Broom spun on the opening day While his victory was in tlio nature of a surprise it left no room for doubt as to his superiority today and it was decisive lift was benefited by the early fast pace made by Flags to keep in advance of Furbelow and Brookholt and Mooney showed good riding skill in not rushing him off his stride Sands of Pleasure began loom ¬ ing up dangerously after going a half mile at which stage he began moving up steadily and in a twinkling had closed up a gap of six lengths and was level with Jack Hare Jr He continued on with iindiminished stride and gradually overhauling all but Flags set sail after the leader in the stretch and when a sixteenth from tho finish overhauled and passed him Flags had no difficulty in out ¬ staying Furbelow for second place Furbelow ran a fine race for she had unseated her rider while going tojthc post but did not hurt herself by the light qnartormiTe canter she took riderless before being caught Bookholt was a disappointment as lie was expected to figure prominently in tho de ¬ cision of the race raceCoyne Coyne finally ran to the expectations of his con ¬ nections and accounted for the mile dash which shared with the Sands of Pleasure race as the fea ¬ tures of the afternoon Five other highly tried threeyearolds made the race with him but he led from the start and under mild persuasion Avon from Darjeeling placeIn witli Sir Thfinas Kean in third place In addition to winning with Sands of Pleasure owner Goode took another purse with another stand ¬ by of his establishment Wadsworths Last The latter scored in the easiest style of any winner during the afternoon and his success was achieved in the mile and a quarter in which J C Stone was given preference but finished third Wave beating him easily for second place placeMisjudged Misjudged riding on the part of Lunsford played a part in preventing the Florisant Stable from scor ¬ ing a double witli its representatives Troilus and Anglinn Maid Both were beaten by small margins and in each instance Lunsford showed faulty judg ¬ ment Troilus was beaten inches by Lady Rachel in the opener contested by a band of fifteen An glum Maid succumbed to Jeanne Bowdre Had Luns ¬ ford not taken Anglum Maid up at the start causing her to be far back in the early running she would probably have reversed the finish with the winner for she came like a streak through the stretch stretchAfter After many attempts Rob finally ran up to a measure of his private reputation when he won the second race He had to be ridden to his utmost at that to gain the victory for Rockminister dis ¬ puted the purse with him for nearly the entire way Boy From Home had extensive support here but the colt acted green and tried to run out several times timesAnother Another illustration of the best horse beng bren by his rider was manifest in the closing dash vri M Kimpalong suffered defeat nearly entirely thruisi the faulty ride that Pollard save him Troper was the winner here with Honolulu Boy in recuid place and Kimpalong third Whirling Dun the fa ¬ vored one quit in the stretch and Willow Tree an ¬ other that might have figured was away slowly on account of the failure of an assistant starter to release him himChas Chas F Price was absent from the stewards stand today on account of illness illnessJockey Jockey X J Barnes was suspended for five days by the stewards for rough riding in yesterdays last race He figured in the interference Nominee suf ¬ fered ConnellyThe from before he unseated Connelly The latter was resting easily but will be out of the saddle for some time on account of the com ¬ pound fracture of his jaw resulting from a kick by Tugs
