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KING GORIN II. WINNER ♦ — Scores Nose Victory Over Laveen in Majestic Purse. ♦ Smacker Races in Best Form and Captures Sixth Race from Panola. ■ — * LOUISVILLE. Ky„ May 21.— King Gorln II., carrying P. Coynes colors and ridden by M. Garner, was the victor in the mile and seventy yards race that featured Churchill Downs racing today. His margin of victory was of i he shortest and he was lucky to earn his success, for Laveen was seemingly the best and only faulty judgment on the part of J. A. Mooney, her rider, in allowing her to be a distant follower, for the first half mile caused her defeat. Laveen came like a shot through the stretch, and closing a big gap was going by far swifter than her opponents at the finish. King Gorin was a starter yesterday in the race won by King Kadi and finished last on that occasion, Kxcuse for this poor performance was found fn Garners action in not persevering with him after the horse had stumbled. Garner took him back and saved him after he had got away in front. This enabled Bob Cahill to race into a long lead with Phidias his closest follower. There was no material change in the order of running for the first half mile. Bob Cahill continuing to lead under gentle restraint Just before the stretch was reached there was a general shifting of position. The laggards moving forwardly and displacing some of the con- tenders. Bob Cahill continued in the lead until passing into the last eighth, where King Gorin II., began wearing him down and in the last seventy yards appeared an easy winner, but suddenly Laveen came with a terrific rush and just missed getting up, but would have been the winner in another stride. Bob Cahill, though tiring, held Phidias safe. SECONDARY TO BUTTIN IX. E. R. Bradleys Buttin In, made amends for Bob Cahills defeat, when he won the secondary feature at six and a half furlongs, j in which Lathrop was an overwhelming fa-! vorite, and a dismal failure. Sandhurst was the runner up with Sporty McGee in third place. Buttin In, from a slow beginning; moved up rapidly in the stretch and succeeded in overhauling Sandhurst in the last i strides to win by a head. Sandhurst, after passing Martha Martin in the stretch ap-] peared the winner, but was not equal to ! withstanding the rush of Buttin In. Lily M. and Rosa Greener furnished a! spirited duel in the third race, with Lily M. I the winner, due mostly to the superior skill ! of H. Meyer over G. Noel. Rosa Greener ! was probably best in the race, but she suffered at the start when Lily M. interfered with her and again did she suffer en the back stretch when some of the leaders came i over. She got clear in the stretch and made a valiant effort to down Lily M. The latter just lasted to win by a nose. Helen Carter, I after showing much speed, finished in third place. Harry Payne Whitneys Orator furnished a surprise in the second race when he won with great ease from Harry Carroll, with Bob Spalding and Turner following. The! latter trio were noses apart. Harry Carroll and Bob Spalding had been showing the way to the others until Orator came with his rush in the last eighth to win drawing away. Smacker, winner of the Tijuana Futurity, but a disappointment in several recent races here, raced true to her best form in the sixth race, resulting in an easy victory over Panola with Bride o the Wind in third place. Cameo was the favored one in the race, but she was away poorly and Garner eased her up in the stretch. The race was always between tne first three. They moved away fast from the others and alternated in the lead, Panola ; showing the way at the outset, with Bride o the Wind displacing her, to be in turn succeeded by the winner. Bride o the Wind would have been second but for swerving in the last sixteenth. ACCIDENT IX FIRST RACE. An accident to jockey E. Pool that may terminate seriously came with the running of the first race, in which fourteen starters went to the post, but only eleven finished, the other three. Rose Thorn, Charcoal and Afris, ridden respectively by R. Zucchini. H. J. Burke and K. Pool, going down in a heap. The superficial examination made by the doc-tore in the -tracks emergency hospital, showed Pool to have sustained a number of fractured ribs and other grave Injuries. He w:ls rushed j with all sp mt to a near by hospital where he was given every medical attention possi-! ble. Jockey Zucchini had a sprained wrist and numerous contusions but was otherwise not hurt. H. J. Burke escaped with a shaking up. The accident came just as the field was about to round into the stretch. There was a sudden jam and Rose Thorn went down followed in quick succession by Afris and ContiDtied oo ■lxteentb Date. I KING C0R1N 11. WINNER Continued from first page. Charcoal. The horses were closely grouped at the time and it was lucky that more did not fall. Queen of the Forest, carrying the colors of J. O. and G. H. Keene, was the winner. It was the initial victory for the stable. She won from Cross Village, with Muldoon in third place. The placed trio were free of interference and dominated the running from practically the start. Coyne was an easy winner of the last race. He led the bad band that started here from the start. Lew Pope was closest in pursuit and outstayed Contact. Kellerman refused to go with the others and was left at the post. Another big attendance braved the threatening weather to be on hand this afternoon and was rewarded by witnessing some of the closest finishes of the meeting.
