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COLD, RAIN AND HAIL Racing at Lexington Under Adverse Conditions. Graeme Beats Hopeless in Main Race — Bullet Proof and Peggy Bledsoe Again Win. • LEXINGTON, Ky.. April 29.— Extremely cold and threatening- weather prevailed here early this afternoon following another downpour during the night. With the start of the third race came a terrific hail storm and it continued for some time after the horses had finished, then followed sunshine. Considering the adverse conditions a sur- j prisingly large attendance was on hand and interest in the sport on a par with former days though there was nothing particularly outstanding in the way of a special racing offering. Several of the finishes were again close, all the contests hard fought and favorites again figured in the limelight in a majority of the races. The outstanding contest was a mile and a sixteenth purse and it brought to the post six fairly good ones including J. N. Cam-dens I I Graeme, and Hal Price Headleys Hopeless. The pair found most favor and I they fought it out hard all during the stretch with Graeme winning in the last sixteenth. Hopeless displayed the most early speed and came to the stretch considerably in advance but he began tiring thereafter and Graeme passed him with ease. "Bridesmaid, favored by a light impost, took kindly to the going but finished in third place. Mary Ellen O., under a poor ride by D. Jones, was taken up sharply at the first turn and she raced far out of it thereafter until the last eighth where she passed Breakfast Bell and Captain Donan with great speed but too late to be of any avail. SECOND FOR BULLET PROOF. Bullet Proof, which had won in a preceding start, again scored handily when he beat home a band of fairly good sprinters over the Futurity course. Pablo was closest to him at the finish, with Hughes Graham in j I third place. Hughes Graham showed fine j speed for half a mile, but he tired fast during the stretch. Colonel G. made a runaway of ! j three-quarters before the start and was | cased up during the running. Peggy Bledsoe, a former winner at the I meeting, again carried the Desha Breckin- | I ridge colors to victory when she finished in advance cf Massey and Valence in the sixth race. Peggy Bledsoe was a pronounced ! ! choice, but her victory was seriously in , jeopardy by the poor riding she had. She ! ] j came away in the last eighth, but was ; pressed hard by Massey. The start for the race was a poor one, with Delco Light virtually left. The racing began with a victory for the ! local ly-owned Homing Bird, which won the : , I opener rather easily after having to drive hard in the early stages to down Gloria j i Quayle, The latter beat Ethel K. The trio of placed ones practically dominated the race : from the start, Ethel K. being the early leader, succeeded by Gloria Quayle and both 1 giving way in the last sixteenth to the winners rush. MARGATE PROVIDES SURPRISE. The juvenile race that followed furnished I an upset by the victory of Margate, which i slipped through next the inner rail when Jane C. bolted and carried out the poorly ridden I I Queen Clara, Jane C. and Oueen Mara had 1 1 raced a clear distance in advance of others I and came to the stretch almost on even terms half a dozen lengths before the others. At t this juncture Jane C. took a bolt and W. * Pool on Queen Clara allowed his mount to go out also. He rode weakly thereafter and 1 ceased to be a factor. Cameo finished second ■ here with Banderole third. Bed Seth seemed to be frightened by the s terrific hailstorm that prevailed during the * running of the third race for he ran 1 away from the others in the first quarter and continued to increase his advantage 5 thereafter winning hard held from Rosa * Greener, which managed to stagger home before - the fast coming Fusileer. The closing dash brought the outstanding y upset by the defeat of the incompetently f ridden Trapnet, which failed to get a portion of the purse. The finish here was the 8 closest of the afternoon, with IL Meyer just t managing to bring up Jupiter to finish a 1 few inches in advance of Annie Lyle, ridden ; by the veteran J, Howard. Jupiter, after bolting at the start, seemed to Le hopelessly r out of it, but he gained steadily on the i; others and under hard riding near the end I got up in time to land the purse. Jockey Harry Stutts had been engaged i several months ago to ride Kentucky Cardinal - In the Kentucky Derby, but the recent t sale of the colt automatically released him r» from the obligation. Stutts, however, will II not be lacking for a Derby mount, for there e axe several owners now seeking his services. i. Among these are Max Hirscta and Frederick It Johnson, owner of Quatrain,
