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KING NADI TRIUMPHS » Partly Makes Amends for Recent Disappointing Races. — i Supremus and Certain Eliminated By Virtually Being Left in Two Principal Contests. LEXINGTON. Ky., May 4.— J. J. Troxlers King Nadi, —hich in former starts at this meeting had raced disappointingly, partly reinstated himself in favor this afternoon in the mile purse bringing to t.ie post some Kentucky Derby eligibles and featuring the card, when on a rough track he raced the distance in 1:40 and beat Son of John after a sharp last eighth drive. Following the pair fifteen lengths came Supremus, the favored one, with the others in the field strung out considerably. The start was a poor one, with King Nadi away fully in his stride and Supremus vir-turally left at the post, partly his own fault i and in a measure the fault of an assistant starter, who failed to release him when the word came to go. Supremus as a result was hopelessly back and his rider, J. A. Mooney, seemed in a quandry whether to go after the others or ease him up. He decided i after a quarter had been traversed to let the horse race and he began overhauling his rivals steadily, but was unable to get near the leading pair. H. Gray, with his advantage at the start, hustled King Nadi into a good lead at once and kept him under restraint while racing up the hill. Son of John made a bold challenge when they were straightened for the stretch and for a brief space it looked as if he would be successful, but King Nadi held on gamely and got to the finish a head in advance. MARRED BY POOR START. The fifth race over the Futurity course, bringing to the post some fast ones and i scheduled as a secondary feature, was also I marred by a poor start. The victim here | I was Certain and on his subsequent showing , he would have figured extensively in the re- | suit but for being virtually left at the post, : j The start found him unprepared, the result of a confusing order to jockey Connelly by one of the assistant starters, which caused him to be unprepared when the barrier was released. Cherokee, the pronounced favorite, and J. G. Denny were the only ones that got away forwardly and J. G. Denny at once took a good lead over Rondelle, which had sprinted into second place in the first quarter. Rondelle displaced J. G. Denny in the stretch, but in turn gave away to Cherokee, when Harvey began riding him hard. Rondell lasted for second place and J. G. Denny managed to outstay Certain, which had closed an immense gap. Improvement in weather following a heavy storm late Sunday afternoon, was responsible for a good attendance to be on hand at the I | Kentucky Association track to witness the i J eighth day of racing. The track was heavy i and it required a sturdy one to navigate it I ] with any degree of success. Favorites again figured extensively as the winners and the public fared well in a speculative way. ASKKY COLORS TO FORE. W. E. Caskeys colors scored their initial I victory of the spring season when his Ramble won from eleven other supposed ordinary i I ones that started in the opening dash. Ram- i ble, under a strong ride by Harvey and away j | prominently, shook off her pursuers in the last sixteenth to win handily from Require, i ! with l,ubeek in third place. Ramble was , transferred to new ownership after the race, | I S. T. Baxter claiming her at a cost of i ,400. Williams Brothers uncovered what is probably a good colt in Sanction, winner of the second race. Sanction displayed a good order of speed, but was challenged in determined style by Nine Sixty for the first half mile. He managed to draw out thereafter, with Nine Sixty just managing to outstay Emma Hoagland for second place. Brown I-ieaf was given considerable consideration but the first eighth found him forced I out of it and he never figured seriously thereafter. Richelieu was in a running mood in the third race and it was little effort for him to show the way for the entire mile and an eighth and win with considerable ease. The light for second place was a good one, with War Mm securing it form Rozanna. Links was well thought of before the race, but any chance he might have had went Klimmering as a result of Vuillemots incompetency. That same rider contributed to the defeat of Iablo in the following race, lablo was | In with eleven other ordinary ones and lie I was held to be best, but Vuillemot kept him in restraint and was unable to help him any in the stretch. Rosa Greener was the winner after she nad a hard time wearing down French Canadian and Ivory. The latter pair d miinated from the start, with the winner wearing them down in the last sev-entry yards.
