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NASSAU A SURPRISE ... 4 - - — Leads Home Crack Band of Fast Horses in Mile Handicap. Sir Peter Beats Glenister II. in Secondary Feature — Goodly Crowd Braves Wintry Blasts. • — LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 25.— S. N. Hol-mans Nassau furnished an upset when he i finished in advance of the crack band that I started in the mile handicap, featuring i Churchill Downs card this afternoon. Cy- | clops finished in second place and Letter Luck third. Seven started, with Starbeck developing most betting strength. He finished far back. Waiting tactics by most of the jockeys enabled Nassau to wrest the lead in the first half mile and thereafter he i showed the way under restraint and won as his rider pleased. Cyclops began moving up ; strongly in the stretch, but at no time did he threaten the winner. i I Many expected Letter Luck to give the . winner a stout tussle during the last eighth, ! but he gave way steadily in the stretch and ; j barely saved third place from Phidias. Star-beck showed a poor performance, though he suffered by interference. Lob Cahill was away poorly and raced into prominence in the first half mile, only to quit badly in the stretch. Sweep Park was making her first start of the year but, after going half a mile prominently, she dropped completely out of it. i BAD DVT FOR FAVORITES. Cold weather, almost of the winter variety, - prevailed here this afternoon, but it did not j affect the patronage to any appreciable extent. The backers of favorites met disappointment, for most of the choices were downed steadily. The winners, however, found extensive support in most instances. I The secondary attraction, at seven-eighths, brought about another duel by Sir Peter and Glenister II.. with the former again triumphing. The added distance that the pair raced this afternoon was expected to favor Glenister II.. but Sir Peter beat him decisively and in addition came from behind to do It. Glenister II. was kicked while at the barrier, but showed no symptons of injury in the race or on his return to the judges stand. The ten starters in the race composed some good sprinters, Sandhurst finishing in third place. j The sixth race brought a big surpris" by the success of the first time starter. Bubbling Over. Uhinoek landed in second place and Percentage third. The closing race resulted in a victory for Pillager, another lightly regarded one, mainly because of a doubt of his ability to go distance. McCoy, who substituted for D. Jones, got him away forwardly and rushing him into the lead in the first eighth, held sway throughout and won well in hand, over My Dream. JOCKEYS LEG FRACTURED. Jockey D. Jones, astride Laddiego, sustained a fracture of the leg when his mount, acting badly, unseated him at the post in the second race. The mishap necessitated the substitution of J. Heupel and occasioned a long post delay. Valence was the victress over the fourteen other maidens that started here. The Headley filly was much the lest and had to be as she was taken shaply back when her rider anticipated getting blocked. She closed a fine gap In the stretch and wore down Ritter, with Mieux just lasting for third place to nose out Bar Light. Ritter changed ownership, G. F. Croissant securing him at a cost of ,000. The third race was productive of a close finish, with Blue Stone the winner over Untried, with Warfare In third place. In the early stages Blue Stone did not seem promising, for he began slowly and was a considerably distance in the rear. He came fast and steadily in the last eighth and managed to outstay Cntried in the last seventy yards. Goldfield, the early leader, finished fourth. He was claimed by W. Perkins at a cost of ,800. It marked the second starter of the afternoon that Williams Bros, lost via the claiming route. The opening race furnished an outstanding surprise of the afternoons racing by the dismal showing of Auntie May. a pronoun--, d favorite and winner in her last start. She was r.-irarded as having thoaa she met at her mercy, but she was outrun from the start and finished far back. Stump Jr.. entirely neglected, came with a great rush through the stretch, where Tie s.iw-d .m-sidcrable ground and HI up in the last strides in beat Kager, with Banner Bearer in third place.
