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j , • • . t a a t i £ j t r d . . . _ ,. a j, » -] r $ t to _ e - I t a t v of t. Q . o of h y i d j p b 8 *• g h in h r a a a I s s o of • bo McMillan wins Scores Impressively in Taking Blue Grass Stakes. » , Displays Superior Mud Running Ability in Closing Day Feature of Lexington Meeting. LEXTNGTON. Ky.. May 9.— If superiority among the three-year-olds here is to be awarded, then honors should go to T. J. Pendergasts Bo McMillan, which triumphed this afternoon in the Blue Grass Stakes at mile and an eighth and worth ,120 net to the winner. Anna M. Humphrey finished in second place and Aspiration was third a good margin before Chittagong, with Ever-hart last. The race was run over a stiff track, one to test thoroughly the mud running ability of any horse. Bo McMillan showed himself thoroughly at home in the difficult going, for he followed the speedy Anna M. Humphrey closely and responded to urging wore her down steadily during the last eighth, ultimately to win by half a length. Anna M. Humphrey, with no Blossom Time to race her into exhaustion, had matters her own way for the first seven-eighths, but began tiring thereafter and is seemingly not formidable over a long route. Aspirations showing was an improvement over his former essay, but he is still a bit off from his best form. It is expected that he will improve from this race. Chittagong was a disappointment. He was thought to like a muddy track, but did not indicate it and was far back for the entire race. NASSAU AX ABSEXTEE. Bo McMillan in a previous start scored in hollow fashion over the three-year-olds in these parts, with the exception of Nassau. The latter was an absentee from todays race, having been sent by van to Louisville during the afternoon. The Blue Grass Stakes usually is expected prove an index to the Kentucky Derby result. This year no true guide has been obtained through it. because of the absence of eastern three-year-olds from the race. Bo McMillan measures up with other Kentucky-trained Derby contenders and probably heads them. He has still to meet In Memoriam and Prince K., however. Nassau beat him in their only meeting this year, but Bo McMillan on that occasion was given a blundering ride. The Kentucky Associations ten-day period racing for this spring terminated today with cold threatening weather prevailing at the outset, but it moderated and cleared perceptibly as the afternoon progressed. The bad track was responsible for the absence of the better grade of racers, three the dashes being contested by ordinary horses. There was the usual pair of two-year-old dashes carded. JOHN FINX IN GREAT FIXISH. The secondary feature, a dash at three-quarters, brought about the best finish of the afternoon, John Finn just succeeding in downing Sweetheart. This race introduced Audacious, but the best he could do was to land in third place and that portion of the purse went to him because of Braedalbanes inability to run through the muddy going. Sweetheart and John Finn fought it out all through the stretch and the latter proved the gamer at the end. Hal Price Headleys Digit won from Sarah Elizabeth and Welcome in the sixth. Ballot Brush took the second from some highly regarded ones he met. In the opener The Swimmer scored his first purse of the year, beating Ten Sixty the last strides. Corenne furnished a surprise in the third race when she won iti a romp from Monsoon and Sure. Blemished, the favorite, showed dull performance. Most of the racing followers will leave for Louisville tonight on the Elrod special. A shortage of express cars has developed suddenly, which will necessitate pressing into service many frienght cars to transport most the horses over the short haul to Louisville. »
