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BEST PALS STRIKING RACE Carries Heavy Weight Gallantly and Wins All the Way Veteran Dodge Shows He Still StillKnows Knows How to Win Rain RainSlows Slows Louisville Track LOUISVILLE Ky May 25 Heavy showers be ¬ fore the racing and several intermittent ones that had the crowd scurrying for cover dtiriiiK the after ¬ noon caused a muddy track but the going was not unsultcd to fast track performance as the footing remained firm and exceptionally good time was made in the races where the better grade of starters made the running runningIn In the Jefferson Tost Handicap in honor of the American Legion for which great organization the day was named and its members guests of the association E R Bradleys Host Pal carried the steadying impost of 124 pounds and administered a decisive beating to Midway and Sterling Doubt as to liis ability to race in the going successfully caused an absence of strong support for him though he ruled the favorite over Sterling and Midway He found the footing sufficiently firm to take the lead at once and disposing of Sterling which had fol ¬ lowed him closest in the early racing had little difficulty withstanding the challenge of Midway in the stretch and won by a length and a half halfAnother Another hairline finish a frequent occurrence of the racing here came in the sprint in which some speedy ones took part and it resulted in a surprise when Rising Hock a pronounced nonstayer lasted just long enough to win by inches from Kapid Day with which he had been fighting it out hard all through the last eighth eighthWestyvood Westyvood landed third Uapid Das ihirt West iood were probably tfiebest in their race but Tool und Lunsford their respective riders per ¬ mitted themselves to be badly outgeneraled by the diminutive McGraw on the winner Westwoods defeat was clearly due to his being brought wide into the stretch for had he come through next to the inner rail into the stretch he would have mi red considerable ground as u result of Rising Rock forcing Rapid Day out steadily steadilyThe The Veteran Dodge making his first start in many months ran in his oldtime form in the scVeneighths dash and led a good band from the start and won from Furbelow after a shaking up CHntonvillc headed by IJy Golly the supposed good thing for third place placeFavorites Favorites and second choices figured extensively in the days results Maise John despite his poor race of a former occasion had extensive support in the opener and lie won easily from Kallipolis nffer leading all the way Virgo the favorite landing third thirdH H P Whitneys Aloft an outstanding choice scored impressively in the second from Lady Moth ¬ er with Itobbcd Hair third thirdWm Wm Oldt favored in the sixth race made good hut only after a hard drive to outstay Gam ¬ mer Gurton which followed him closely from the start and was in a fair way to overhaul him at a longer distance distanceThe1 The1 last nice fell to Bygone Days which led from the start and beat the favorite Mary Jane linker home John Arbor following the pair pairCol Col Whilehead of the United States Remount service who is in charge in this section arrived this morning and inspected and Kd seven of the prospective starters iii the Military Handicap to be run Friday FridayJockey Jockey J Francis who is under contract to Wil ¬ liams Bros has boon engaged by Mose Goldblatt to ride for him during the Latonia meeting meetingJockey Jockey Garner who was accused by jockey J D Mooney after yesterdays last race of having grabbed the bridle of Master Hill in the race and that he had further interfered with Master Kill by taking hold of Mooneys knee in the stretch sent word to the track this morning that he was ill and it suspended the investigation by the stewards into Mooneys charge chargeW W Perkins has sold Nonskid on private terms to A Koley KoleyTrack Track superintendent Tom Young li s prepared three utalls for the horses that trainer John F Schorr will bring here tomorrow owned by Edward H McLean Mnjor McLeanMnjor T C McDowell is highly pleased with the youngnters he has at his Ashland Farm near Lex ¬ ington He is especially sweet en the brown colt by Peter Pan Waterblossom and the brown filly by Sweep Alice Wood Another a bay colt by Sweep Star Cat is said to IMJ the star of the band Those sired by The Manager are also a prom ¬ ising appearing band bandDepartures Departures for Latonia began today and several btablcs will be shipped tomorrow
