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FINAL DAYS RACING" j Dade Park Meeting Comes to End With Big Crowd Present. Lord Granite Successful in Governor Morrow Handicap Manoevre by Inches. HENDERSON. Ky., November IS. Dade , Park, where racing under the auspices of j the Green River Jockey Club had its inau-sural meeting of ten days, terminated this . afternoon. Fine weather, following a stormy night, prevailed, and it was responsible for an immense attendance being on hand to view the closing days racing and attending incidents. The track and approaches to the plant were a quagmire as a result of last nights heavy downpour and the difficult going was responsible for the calling off of -the intended , feature, a handicap bringing together some of the good ones. There was substituted a claiming race to complete the seven races on the card. The experimental meeting, though unprofitable, was satisfactory to the management Bradley Wilson, the general manager, expressed satisfaction with the results achieved, Lee Basket, who owns the majority of the stock and really financed the proposition, also expressed satisfaction. There still remains much to be done to put tho plant in good racing order. Defects in construction are numerous and will have to be remedied. EVANSYILLE PAYORS RACING. The meeting which just closed has disclosed that the citizens of Evansville were outstandingly in favor of the racing. Everyone in that thriving city is a booster for the sport. They went out of their way to make the horsemen and turf followers welcome. The meeting wili probably show a deficit of 5,000, but the managers are sanguine that this money was well expended in educational purposes and that future meetings will be sustaining. Todays volume of betting was of record amount here and even exceeded the expectations of the management. The Louchheim colors were also successful for the feature race, the Governor Morrow Handicap, and won in such impressive fashion that he looms up as a likely prospect. Belle Amie was his closest follower at the finish, with Taylor Hay outstaying the tiring Kitty "Williams for third place. In the earlier stages Kitty Williams ran as if she would be an easy winner, but she tired perceptibly during the last eighth. The Louchcim colors were also successful t in the initial dash in which Blue Stone beat home Macbeth. The latter was favorite and had no excuses ; simply was not good enough. Ruby duplicated her rormer good victory when she finisned in the van of the others in the second race, with Elmer K. landing in second place and Uncle Sonny third. A2fOTHEIl FOR LORD WRACK. The first mile and a half dash ran over the course fell to Lord Wrack, also a winner in his previous start. He was much the best of the others. Owens got him- away in a tangle and far back, but he closed an immense gap and outstayed Honolulu Boy and Buckboard. Manoevre, a pronounced favorite, gave his backers an anxious period, when it required an extra hard effort on the part of jockey McDermott to make him outstay Beg Pardon. The latter held on gamely and did not succumb until the last few strides. This was by far the most spectacular contest of the afternoon. In the, substitute race Golden Floss beat Hekab, and .Delhimar. Golden Floss was claimed for ,200 by Sanford and Cain. Delhimar was claimed for the same amount by W. Perkins. Horsemen and mutuel co-workers gave Bradley Wilson a handsome traveling bag this afternoon. The presentation was made by Miller Henderson. Trainer J. I. Smith will take the E E Hewitt horses to Lexington, where they will be wintered. - The J. H. Louchheim horses will bo wintered at Louisville. The special train intended for departure tomorrow has been delayed until Monday. It will leave Dade Park at noon and arrive in New Orleans the following morning. Most of the turfmen, excepting those directly concerned in the shipment of horses tomorrow and the day following, departed tonight for Louisville. A big party went to New Orleans. Sam C. Nuckols, who served an one of the stewards here, intends a visit to Martinsville, Ky., for a stay there in an effort to be relieved of his iheumatism.
