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| ; I I j i CHANGED CONDITIONS Disagreeable Weather Mars Racing at Lexington Track. Bullet Proof Scores in Closest Finish of Day — Another Victory for J. N. Camden. ♦ LEXINGTON. Ky., April 28.— Disagreeable weather marred the racing at the Kentucky Association course this afternoon and kept the attendance down perceptibly. A hard rain during the night, accompanied by cold weather, gave the sport a winter tinge and it was instrumental In causing an absence of the better grade of performers. The heavy track was responsible for one of the original races being declared off and a new contest to complete the seven-race offering had to be hurriedly substituted. Considering the adverse conditions some of the races were exceedingly spectacular and many of the finishes hard fought and close. Those speculatively inclined fared well and they succeeded in picking most of the win- ners. No particular feature was offered, but the | starters in the various contests contained starters of even quality and they raced for most of the way in close alignment. The closest finish came with the running of the fourth race, in which ten fairly well regarded platers accepted, and it resulted in victory for the one-time crack Bullet Proof, which managed to beat home Pogo. with Tippity Witehet In third place. The leading pair fought it out in strenuous fashion all during the last eighth, and Bullet Proofs margin of victory was of the smallest. Bullet Proof and Pogo were both extreme outsiders. GIBBONS MAKES GOOD. J. C. Milam furnished the winner of the fifth race, in which some good ones met. He was represented by Gibbons, heretofore a nonwinner, but considered among the top-notchers. He took kindly to the muddy going and led Tinamou and the others by a wide margin from the start, ultimately winning as his rider, W. Pool, pleased. J. N. Camdens colors were again victorious when Devon, a former winner at this | meeting, scored in impressive fashion from a j fairly good band. Harry Payne Whitneys colors were carried to victory for the first time this year on a Kentucky track when his Sandhurst, ridden by EL Meyer, succeeded in downing, T. C. Bradleys Garr for the purse. The | latter showed fine speed and led the others from the start, but found himself giving way j when Sandhurst challenged determinedly. Statler just managed to last for third place. , F. M. Jrabner uncovered in the second, race what is regarded as one of the crack colts here in Renbarg and he justified the I confidence reposed in him by a splendid I victory. Massillon, carrying J. N. Camdens colors, finished in second place and Sandy Man, owned by EL P. Headley, finished third. JOCKEY GARNER SUSPENDED. There were eight starters in the race and shortly after the start Garner, on Massillon, came sharply over, impeding several of the others. It gave Massillon a big advantage, but Renbarg easily overhauled him in the last eighth. After the finish the stewards announced thtv suspension of jockey Garner for the remaiiJder of the meeting, excepting In stakes. A band of juveniles contested the running of the sixth race. Devon was a pronounced choice, the shortest of the present meeting and he won in commanding style, j Belle, lirst tinier from J. C. Milams stable, finished in second place and lied Heart was best of the others. In the substitute contest. Hoy, a victor in his former start, was again successful, but he had to be ridden hard and stand a drive gamely through the stretch to dispose of Madam Vetinie. The latter looked a winner an eighth out but was weakly ridden near the end which enabled Hoy to score by a short half length. Kinburn, the early pacemaker, finished third. ♦
