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CYCLONIC DASH WINS Precious Lula Victress in Thrilling and Spirited Duel. Comes from the Rear to Outlast Blanche Mac and Great Luck Dare Say Narrowly. t.oiiikvit.tr, Ky., Nov. 1G. One of the best mid-week day crowds that has gathered at Churchill Downs to witness racing was on hand this afternoon, despite cool, bleak weather. The major portion of the crowd consisted of visitors from afar and adjacent points, the advance guard of the assemblage that will witness tomorrows meeting of Zev and In Memoriam, the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and six other diversified races, bringing out the best in these parts. Todays card catered more to the cheaper class of racers and enabled some of the second and third raters to earn purses. The racing, however, did not suffer for all the contests were strenuously fought and developed rousing finishes. While not the feature from a monetary standpoint, the sixth race was the most spirited dash of the afternoon with Precious Lula the victress in a thrilling duel with Blanche Mac and Great Luck. The trio were so closely grouped at the finish that it was difficult to determine the result until the official placing. Earlier Princess Lula had been far out of it, but the last half mile found her moving along with a cyclonic dash and she outgamed Blanche Mac at the end. ANOTHER FOE EASTER BELLS. Easter Bells which earlier in the year had proven a big disappointment, but is now racing in consistent fashion, added another bracket to his score when he accounted for the feature dash at three-quarters after displaying a high order of speed for the first half mile that carried him so far in front as to almost preclude any chance of his being overhauled. Glyn made a game effort though and finished gamely with Bradleys Tony in third place. The fifth race, in which two-year-olds engaged, was productive of another great finish with Frederick Johnsons Dare Say getting up in the last stride to down Mah Jong and Breakfast Bell heading the others. Dare Say was pounds the best. She was far out of it in last place during the first half mile, hut she mowed down the others in the stretch with determination and caught Mah Jong a stride before the finish. Another instance of a horse coming from last place in the early stages to be the winner, came in the closing test, when Ferguson got up in time to wear down The Leopard and Jtunquoi. Fergusons chances appeared poor at the stretch turn, but he came with a good rush that carried him past The Leopard in the last few strides. FIND AYS ATTEMPT FALLS. Romping Mary, going to her best style and also coming from far back in the last half, wore down her opponents in the third race and beat out Mistress Mary and Paul G. Brown. Finday in this attempted a runaway race of it, but he collapsed in the stretch after having a five lengths lead. Rustem, which has been showing good jepeed in several previous starts, accounted I for the second race after a close finish with Macbeth and Gordon Shaw, i Tho opening attraction found E. R. Brad-leys colors in front and carried by his colt Buck, which beat home Waukulla and La 1 Blanche de Briante and a dozen others. Jockey E. Sande had the mount on Er-ilanger in the third race. He finished far back. It is not likely that Worthmore will be among the startera in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. ; Tho souvenir program of the Zev In Me-Ijnoriam match will contain the complete records of both colts. Jockey McAtce, who will ride Gonfalon in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, will arrive from Maryland tonight, r Dan Burgess, a stable groom In tho employ of S. C. Hildreth, was notified upon his arrlavl with the Zev party that his znother had died suddenly in Baltimore. H. Neusteter, who has been confined in a local hospital in a critical condition for some time, is reported improving and said to be out of danger. George Land will take over some of the horses that J. C. Milam Intends to race in New Orleans during the winter. The consignment will Include Lady Madcap, owned hy Desha Breckinridge.
