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COLD AT LOUISVILLE" Difficult Track Conditions Result in Small Fields. c - Make Up Beats Donges in Best t Finish of Day Glides De- i feat Disappointing. - LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 8. Cold weather 1 and a difficult but improving track was instrumental in bringing out small fields to furnish the contests in six of the dashes 5 carded for decision at the Churchill Downs trade 1 Mud performers were much in demand and I they raced to their best as the going was : soft, bordering on heavy in spots, but also contained a firmer strip next the inner rail, j which was a favorite objective for most of , the jockeys to guide their mounts. Early j speed was essential for it gave an advantage. i The best finish was furnished in the Seel- bach Hotel Purse, in which Make Up, start- ing for the first time for his new owner, ; j. p. Marnier, got up in the last strides to j take the measure of Donges on which J. Wallace rode faultily and was in a large , measure attributable for the Ward repre- : sentatives failure. Make Up, after having been far in the wake of the others for half j a mile, moved up determinedly and caught Donges ten yards from the finish to beat him heme bv a head. Jimmie Daw, which ap- peared "the winner in the last eighth, tired : badly during the last sixteenth. Considering the track conditions Make Ups performance from a time standpoint was exceptionally good. I An outstanding disappointment of the af- : tcrnoon came with the running of the fifth ; race in which the locally owned Glide was beaten home by Muldraugh, which recently graduated from the maiden ranks. Garner outgeneraled and outrode McDermott when it came to the finish. Glide was probably best, but McDermott rode timidly and took her back in the early part and lost ground by going wide into the stretch. She responded well in the stretch drive, but Muldraugh continued half a length in advance when the finish was reached. TTO LOTTGER A MAID EH". A field of fifteen maidens made up the field in the opener and it enabled Medina, carrying the colors of T. P. Hayes, to graduate into the winning ranks. She led from the start and beat home Bona Vera, with Baldine following. There was extensive support in the race for Exit, but she quit after going promisingly for half a mile. Kindred made a runaway race of the second after staying far back to the last quarter, when she came with a big rush and moved away from the others as if they were standing still. Larchmont finished second, with Glenconoko third. Lugs was the winner in the third race. He beat home the badly ridden AVestwood. Riders reversed, the Trotter owned horse would have won. He was far out of it with his rider repeatedly taking back in the first half mile and came with a rush when called on but could not overhaul the winner. Lloyd Gentry won his first purse of the meeting when his Lord Wrack spreadeagled his opponents in the sixth, a mile and a quarter dash. He moved into the lead after going three-quarters and won as his rider pleased. Oo La La, under hard urging, outstayed " Handel for second place. Jockey Garner, by good riding, landed Nulli Secundus the victor in the closing dash, with Little Hope In second place and Er-langer heading the others in third place. Todays attendance, considering the un-propitious conditions, was of generous proportions. The amount of wagering was also of satisfactory volume, but the days proceedings entailed a loss to the association. A deficit on the meeting is expected by the Kentucky Jockey Club in the fall here.
