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PAUL WEIDEL BREAKS DOWN Leading Easily When His Tendon Sheath Gave Way Badly Bain Descends Heavily After the theFirst First Latonia Race and Turns Turnsthe the Track to Mud LATONIA Ky June 24 Misfortune that has been attending the Lovrenstein Brothers since their departure from New Orleans last spring continues and they suffered their severest stroke this after ¬ noon when their mainstay the redoubtable Paul Weidel victor in many races last year and con ¬ queror of some noted horses in stakes broke down badly while victory seemingly Avas in his possession His elimination was complete for jockey Stack was forced to pull him up to avoid falling The incident came after the field had traversed fiveeighths of the mile dash in the 2000 handicap which fea ¬ tured the card Paul Weidel at this time was well in front apparently going easily and seemingly a certain winner Suddenly he was seen to relax and his nearest followers passed him in a flash It was thought instantly that he had broken down and this was fully confirmed when Stack vaulted from the saddle With Paul Weidels elimination began a terrific struggle for main honors between Mile Dazie and Jouett the pair looming up as the prin ¬ cipal contenders for the others seemingly were beaten but A Bakers Aphie Dear suddenly came with a terrific rush through the stretch and gain ¬ ing1 steadily drew level with the pair of leaders and ultimately won by a scant half length Mile Dnzie holding on just long enough to land second came a triple victory for an owner during the days racing A Baker was the lucky one to achieve this distinction when his Quince Garden Aphie Dear and Aph scored in the respective races in which they started Quince Garden and Aph were ridden by Pool That rider alsa landed Alverida a winner winnerStorms Storms which had been threatening here for sev ¬ eral days only to blow over and leave the atmos ¬ phere torrid and sultry finally decided to tarry for a while and the copious downpour which de ¬ scended after the first race and continued until after the running of the third race converted the course into an ellipse of mud and upset earlier form deductions mud performers being given over ¬ whelming preference preferencePaul Paul Weidel was with difficulty Uken back to his stable and his injury may result in his retire ¬ ment from active turf duty There were several prospective buyers discussing the horse before his breakdown but his owners held him at S30000 Recently the Lowensteins lost Prince Cliing which developed hastily at New Orleans and for which an offer of 10000 was spurned He died at Churchill Downs soon after reachmng there from the Crescent City CityTA1ENT TA1ENT NOT FAE ASTRAY ASTRAYThe The tu Ion t did not go far astray in their cal ¬ culations Their worst setback aside from the de ¬ feat of Paul Weidel came with the running of the mile and a iuarter dash The lowly Pit proved the duluder here that cost the punters an immense sum sumThe The opener found the eonrse in fine condition and it resulted in a spirited finish witli Orlova just getting up in time to overhaul Twinkle Blue with the favorite Col Taylor in third place placeFirebrand Firebrand found little difficulty in staying in the van of those trying conclusions with him in the second race and he won easily from Blanche Mac and Willow Tree TreeQuince Quince Garden inaugurated the A Baker suc ¬ cesses when he led from the start in the third race and finished well ahead of Adventure and Billy Star The latter would have been closer up but for Garner casing him up when the colt began slipping and sprawling in the last sixteenth sixteenthCapital Capital City accounted for the mile and a quarter dash after Romper had threatened to make i runaway of it by leading at one point by ten lengths lengthsAphie Aphie Dears success was of the sensational kind for she appeared hopelessly out of any chance in the first half mile mileAlveridas Alveridas success was mostly due to Pools skill and persistence for he rode her hard all the wuy and kept her in advance of Atta Gal Miss Crestwood was on her bad post behavior and it con ¬ tributed to her failure failureAphs Aphs victory iu the final race was accomplished easily for she led by a big margin all the way She was claimed by B Friend for 2100 John F Russell which had been a distant whipperin throughout the race serving as the medium by which the claim was accomplished accomplishedNubian Nubian Coquette and Shuttle three of the highly bred twoyearolds that trainer C H Hughes brought here for the Lexington Stable Avere shipped to the Xulapu Farm last night where they will go into retirement and be used for breeding pur poxes next year yearThe The Ten Broock Handicap is to be decided to ¬ morrow and brings to the post half a dozen fairly useful threeyearolds but lacks the presence of Behave Yourself Black Servant and Brother Batch The East will be represented by Our Flag which will carry the silks of Willis Sliarpe Kilmer
