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RACING IN HEAVY FOG Patrons of Lexington Track Are Treated to Novel Sight. Impossible to Discern Colors With Accuracy for More Than a Sixteenth from Finish. LEXINGTON. Ivy., Nov. 12. Patrons of the Lexington track were treated to novel racing this afternoon. A heavy fog enveloped the course and made it impossible to discern colors with accuracy for a distance more than a sixteenth of a mile. The backstretch was entirely obliterated. The horses, when they could be discerned, appeared like a huge, moving shadow. Eyes and strong glasses were trained on the flitting objects in a vain endeavor to distinguish something of the contest, but it was a hopeless task, and not until a sixteenth from the finish, when they began emerging from the fog bank, was there any recognition of the horses or their positions. It was the first time in the history of racing over this famous old track that a condition like this afternoon prevailed. The change in weather was responsible for a decrease in attendance and a general falling off in speculation. Considering the threatening atmospheric conditions it was remarkable that so many were present In the Spring Station ,000 Purse, which featured, Marvin May was the victor. Emerging from the fog bank in the last sixteenth of the race, he was fighting it out with Crayon, but under steady urging he drew out near the end, to win by a comfortable margin. Crayon, also going well at the end, had no difficulty in outstaying the others for second place. The battle for third place was a spirited one, with Heupel on Corinth outriding Zucchini on Pricemaker. The latter appeared to have gone wide for the entire way at a cost of much ground. NEW GOLD NARROWLY. The mile and seventy yards contest found most favor with the public, the spectators in this race being able to witness the start and the finish. The windup was a spirited duel by New Gold and Mah Jong. The former slipped through a narrow opening in the last sixteenth and outstayed Mah Jong to win by a nose. Mah Jong had appeared the leader for almost the entire way and holding on well when the finish was reached. Nogales was heading the others in third place. The field in the third race appeared to be running compactly when they came to a position where the horses were discernible, when suddenly French Canadian, Sequel, Muldraugh and Royal Dick separated from the others, and during the last sixteenth they fought furiously with French Canadian managing to win by a head from Sequel and Royal Dick and Muldraugh in close proximity. The colors of W. E. Applegate were carried to victory in succession in the opening two races. Hats Up was his representative to pave the way for the double, when he downed Angon seventy yards from the finish to land the opening purse. McCulIoch was his second representative to get home. He shot out of the field in the last sixteenth and outstayed Sari with Homing Bird in third place. There might have been a different result in the race had Fairfax not fallen lame. He was seemingly in the lead when he suddenly began faltering and just before the finish his rider vaulted out of the saddle. PAT DUNNES COLORS. The colors of Pat Dunne, frequently in evidence on many noted racers a decade ago and absent from the turf for a considerable period, scored a success at their first reappearance when his Balboa, recently acquired ; by Dunne, led home a fair band of youngsters that started in the sixth race. Balboa sprinted away from the others in the last sixteenth to win well under restraint, with Benedict "Vow and Silver Slippers fighting it out for the minor portion of the purse. Agnes Call and Fanny -De Coursy, the fa- . vorites here, Avere tiring as they approached tho finish. The closing race produced another rattling finish with My Valet, which had passed into the lead the first time around, just lasting to get home a -nose in advance of Oo La La. The latter came with a tremendous rush near the end and just after passing the finish was in advance. Huonec, an outsider, was third, with Pequot bringing up in last place. The mares Dolly Varden and Bock Gar- den, both in foal to Paul Weidel, have been transferred from Prichards Farm, near this city, to the farm of their owner, H. C. Mar-nan, near Mobile, Ala. Jockey D. McAuliffe, who was unable to ride at the Churchill Downs meeting owing to an injury to one of his legs, resumed his saddle work this afternoon when he had several mounts.
