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DAY OF SPARKLING RACING EAST AND WEST j Two Divisions of Walden Stakes at Pimlico and Golden Rod Handicap at Churchill Downs the Big Attractions GLIDE UNEXPECTEDLY Shows Suddenly Improved Form to Win Golden Rod Handicap. Cherry Tree Beats Whiskaway in Secondary Feature Accident in First Race. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 10. The Golden Rod Handicap, with its ,4S0 net to the winner, featuring todays card went to the suddenly improved Glide, owned by Harned Brothers and Jones. Lord Martin was only a neck in back of her and Chilhowee finished third, slightly in advance of Worthmore, making. his initial start in the colors of J. S. Ward. Twelve highly regarded youngsters made the contest Worthmore, showing a high order of speed, moving into the lead soon after the start attended by Chilhowee and Lord Martin. The trio continued in the van with no material change in their running order until straightened out in the stretch, where Glide loomed up and under strong urging passed into the lead and outstayed Lord Martin. Worthmore found the distance a trifle far and he gave way to Chilhowee near the end. Glide was coupled with Sanola in the betting. Sanola was ridden by L. McDermott and she never figured seriously in the running after the first quarter. McDermott, however, came under judicial ban by the stewards for striking J. Pevic, on Dudley, during the race and was fined 0. INDIAN SUMMER PREVAILS. Indian summer was the rule here and as the program was one of the best that has been offered for some time at Churchill Downs during a fall meeting, it served as a magnet to attract an attendance of almost record proportion. The racing was highly enjoyable. Some of the finishes bordering on the thrilling variety. The supplementary feature, a mile and a sixteenth handicap, had half a dozen good ones making the contest, though some disappointment was felt on account of In Me-moriams absence. Mose Goldblatts Cherry Tree won from Whiskaway. The latter did not sulk today and for a time it appeared as if he would lead his opponents for the entire way, but Cherry Tree, going in his best form under an energetic ride, wore him down after going half a mile and was well in hand near the end. Whiskaway stood a drive determinedly in the stretch and outstayed the fast coming Belzoni for second place. EASTER BELLS SURPRISES. Easter Bells furnished the surprise in the third, in which he displayed a high order of speed from the start and led home Great Jaz and Moss Fox II., with such other speedy ones as Miss Muffin and Oui Oui following. Easter Bells moved into a long lead and had his opponents fairly well exhausted before going half a mile. A spirited finish developed in the sixth race, in which fifteen youngsters started. Bourbon Boy, under Pools best ride, just managed to outstay Buck Pond, ridden by Garner. Pest brought up in third place. Two of the starters in the opening race collided after the finish and T. Koerner, rider of the winner, Nancy Langhorne, was badly injured and had to be carried back to the jockeys room. Pool on Gentle Julia, which figured in the collision and was directly responsible, did not get hurt Thero were fifteen starters in the initial dash, with Bona Vera, on the strength of her former good performancs here, an outstanding favorite, but she ran far below her best form and was far out of it from the start Nancy Langhorne moved into a good lead at once and held sway throughout, winning as her rider pleased from Nell Mc-Chord, with Anna Lyle in third place. Bobbie Shea was in a running mood in the second and he beat Westwopd by the narrowest kind of a margin, with Simpleton landing in third place. The field of eleven starting here, at a mile, were closely grouped Continued on twelfth pase. GLIDE UNEXPECTEDLY Continued from first page. from the start. Bosh had the betting call, but Blind allowed her to fall far out of it in the early stages and when she did race into a contending position and was in a fair way to save much ground he took her back and rode wide, with the result that he practicallv eliminated her winning chance. The mile and a half dash, which closed the card, was taken in easy style by Lord Wrack, a winner in a former start. Paris Maid, under hard riding, landed in second place, with Halu just managing to outstay Kimpa-long. The running of this race was almost in darkness. Trainer H. Webb was an arrival this morning with the horses Black Gold and Tuscola. Jockey F. Murphy was among the newcomers and had a mount during the afternoon. Mose Goldblatt and C. H. Knebelkamp were advised today of the arrival of their first consignments in New Orleans in good style. There have been several shipments from Latonia to the Crescent City and the first special for the southern metropolis will leave here Sunday, November 18.
