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J. N. CAMDEN COLORS Carried to Victory in Saturdays Features at Lexington. Columbia and Oh Susanna His Successful Standard Bearers Favorites Prove Elusive. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 15. The Kentucky Association was called on to entertain the largest crowd of the present meeting to witness a card of seven races this afternoon, de-cided over a heavy track and with wintry temperature prevailing. The heavy rains of the night changed the racing strip and caused it to favor these starters with a penchant for muddy going. Threatening weather, with an occasional shower, was the rule before noon, but bright sunshine flooded the grounds before race time and the big crowd enjoyed their outing. The Lafayette Hotel Handicap was the principal attraction and it brought together a quartette of fast sprinters to race over the Futurity course for a purse of ,C00. The race preceding it, also over the Futurity course, but exclusively for two-year-olds, held vast interest, as in it were several Breeders Futurity candidates, which are expected to figure largely in the result of the rich prize to be decided on the closing day, next Saturday. Both features were annexed by representatives from former Senator Johnson N. Camdens establishment, Columbia winning the handicap and Oh Susanna leading the youngsters home. Both fillies, daughters of Light Brigade, displayed great speed in the going, being thoroughly at home and taking commanding leads at the outset to hold their opponents safe all the way. THE RUNT CLOSE TJr. Columbia was pressed hard by the redoubtable mud runner, The Runt. He followed Columbia closely and at one period of the contest appeared able to pass into the lead, but the last sixteenth found him weakening and Columbia went on to an easy triumph. The Runt was just as easily better than Marvin May, which held Audacious safe from the start. Oh Susanna displayed a high flight of speed from the start and ran one of the quarters in 22 seconds, a phenominal performance, considering the muddy track. Her high flight of speed carried her into a ten-length lead in the first three-eighths, but the final eighth of the race found her tiring fast and it required Lilleys best riding skill to keep her going long enough to outstay the fast finishing Annihilator. Reputation finished in third place. There was considerable activity in a betting way here for Almadel, but this colt began tardily and he failed to gain much of the lost ground during the last quarter. Backers of favorites again had a disastrous session, choices being bowled over in succession. Their continuous overthrow entailed heavy losses for the majority of those speculatively inclined. lJXDAR TEEL OFFENDER. The worst offender during the afternoon was Pindar Peel. He was in with some supposed mediocre ones in the second race and he ruled a prohibitive favorite. He encouraged his backers by running prominently and in close attendance on Angon and when entering the stretch he seemed to have Angon safe, but the latter, under an energetic ride from Kelsay, held to his task gamely and just lasted to win from the fast coming Corinth, which had closed an immense gap during the stretch run and got up in the last strides to down Pindar Peel for second place. Homing Bird furnished the upset in the opener when she won easily from the maiden fillies that started here. Brownie finished second and Precious One retained third place. Speculative interest was all about Invasion here and that filly showed the way for the first half mile, but then collapsed and finished far in the ruck. Another pronounced offender during the afternoon was Ten-Lec, an outstanding favorite in the sixth race. She finished in third place, beaten by Paul Micou and Dustabout. This race at one mile engaged a band of high-priced platers and Paul Micou, showing a liking for the going, moved into the lead at once and held sway for the entire distance to beat home Dustabout by a head. Ten-Lec raced restrained for three-quarters, but when called on failed to respond. Annie Lyle made a runaway of the third race. She beat home "Wrangler with Huonec following some distance away. Dorius, which in a former start, was a handy winner was expected to lead his five other opponents home, but he showed a dull performance, seemingly being at a loss how to race in the Continued on second page. J. N. CAMDEN COLORS Continued from first page. going and he was out of it soon after the start. Lexington Maids downfall in the concluding race brought the complete eclipse df favorites for the afternoon. Jupiter was the victor, running in his best form but he had to be hustled hard near the end to outstay Ramkin, which had closed an immense gap. Antiquity finished in third place. Lexington Maid was claimed out of the race at a cost of 51,200, J. P. Young, owner of the winner, taking her to his stable. James P. Ross was among the visitors, coming from Havre de Grace. He will remain until the conclusion of the auction sales of yearlings and other offerings next week. Former Senator Johnson N. Camden was among the interested visitors and derived pleasure from witnessing two of his representatives win during the afternoon. Williams Brothers will ship the horses they hae here back to Louisville, where they Avill go into winter quarters. L. V. Bellew will campaign three horses that he intends to ship to Havana after the close of the meeting. Charles Lansdale is receiving considerable encouragement in his quest for horses to race at Havana during the winter.
