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FORTUNE FROWNS NO MORE Owner Bradley Takes a Race After a Long Interval. lj r i Asia and Orlova Take Two Races for George J. Long Garner Does Some Good Riding. TATONIA. Kj, October 5. After repeated failures since July 12 and during that period, with victory at times almost in his grasp, E. R. Bradley at Inst succeeded in shaking off the "jinx" aid his sterling filly Bit of White contributed the first purse of the present fall Kentucky campaign when she beat the speedy Lady Madcap by a short margin in the dash that began this afternoons racing, which brought to the post the best field that contested in any of the dashes during the day. Numerous times Bradley representatives have been beaten by small margins for the principal part of t he money, beginning when Grey Lug beat Black Servant by a nose in the 0,000 Devonshire International Stakes. Their campaign at Saratoga was particularly disastrous for their owner and an accumulation of accidents befell the establishment Blnce itB return here. Behave Yourself went amiss j in a stake race here when he seemed assured of the victory; Black Servant, another stalwart in the stable had to go into retirement for the year, having well deserved his rest after a strenuous campaign, in which he gave stubborn battle to all the cracks; Best" Pal, also a contributor to the stables handsome total of winnings for this year, had to be let up because of a temporary ailment. Most of the - two-year-olds were forced -to undergo-temporary repairs because of repeated ailments. But in the fa on of all; this jnisfortuue owner Bradley remained urbane arid continued sanguine that there would be a break in his luck and that his representatives would be returned to the same form that marked their racing last spring. Bit of Whites snccess was loudly acclaimed, though she triumphed over another popular filly. Lady Madcap, which, additionally, was a pronounced favorite. Snccess also came during the afternoon to George J. Long, one of the most popular of Kentucky owners. His silks figured in a winning double, the first victory achieved by bis representatives was that of Asia, a half-sister to the one-time queenly Kathleen. Asia met maiden fillies of her own age and resolutely wore the leaders down under Kcderis punishing drive to win from Reliability and Our Betsy. Orlova, in the fourth race, was the second contributor of a purse to the Long coffers and she ran a highly creditable race in outstaying Clintonville and Columbia Tenn after a hard drive that brought her from, far back in the last quarter. Asia and Orlova Were both at good odds and followers of the Long establishment profited handsomely by its success. SPIRITED FINISHES MARK RACING. Spirited finishes marked the racing throughout the afternoon, but again backers of favorites met disappointment, for the choices were downed steadily, the exception being Georgette, which took the mile dash that brought two-year-olds to the post. Garner, who had just finished a five-day suspension, rode Georgette and his good riding was a contributing factor to his success. Garners superior skill made it also possible for Repeater to win the closing dash. A combination of early speed that Repeater possessed and Garners ability enabled him to secure a big advantage on the first turn, where some of the others became involved in a jam. He held on long enough to beat the well intended Cheer Leader home, which just managed to beat Xelle Yorke. Black Tackle in this, which had been prominent in the early running, ran out when he reached the stretch and settled his chances. The frequently offending Ace again figured in a failure. He was made a big favorite in the sixth race, but the best he could do was to land in third place, Cimarron enabling the Gifford A. Cochran stable to earn its first purse of the meeting. Excellent weather and track conditions were again present this afternoon and restored normal conditions in the matter of attendance and betting. Allen and Hall secured Black Hackle at a cost of ,100 from the final race, via the claiming process. C. C. Van Meter has sold privately to Mose Gold-blatt the two-year-old Demos. The horsos owned by "Bud" Fisher, including Sporting Blood, were shipped to Louisville tonight. Frank J. Kclley, who is racing a good string and who has been here for the major part of the meeting, departed tonight for Louisville on a tour of inspection of the two-year-olds he has at Douglas Fark and later on will go to Lexington, where he has some highly rated brood mares. He will then go to California, where he will put in the winter. Several of the Kelley-owned horses will be raced at the Fair Grounds, New Orleans, next winter.
