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■ I I I I . i I E. R. BRADLEYS BUCK 1 Outlasts Rothermel in Spirited and Hard Fought Finish. 1 Blue Warbler Again Fails Igno;n- inously in Secondary Attraction of Fridays Program. 1 LATONIA. Ky.. June 12.— K. R. Bradleys Buck was victor in the main race here, a mile and a sixteenth purse valued at ,800. His margin of victory was a short half length over Rothermel. with the latter finishing gamer at the end and the probable victress in a few more strides. Lathrop finished third, a considerable distance in advance of Glenister II.. the only other starter. Glenlster II. s recent victory In track record time brought him attention In todays race, but the form students gave Buck the call on account of the switch In weight. In favor of Buck. They were lucky In their deduction for Rothermel nearly caused an upset in their calculations. Glenister II. raced below his previous showing for he quit badly after going three-quarters. Up to his retirement he led Buck but only by a short margin and he gave way readily when the latter moved by him. Buck seemed an easy winner when he reached the stretch, but Rothermel suddenly finished with great speed and responding gamely almost overhauled Buck. Another Bradley representative figured extensively In the afternoons racing as a result of her failure. The offender was the crack Blue Warbler, which only recently was held to be the outstanding filly in the country, if not the best three-year-old. Her lustre began dimming when she failed badly in the Kentucky Oaks. She was held to be the best of the band she met at three-quarters that served as the second feature of the card, but again she failed ignominously. MEETS 3IFCII INTERFERENCE. Her defeat and failure to get a portion of the purse could be charged to the interference that she suffered, being almost thrown in the first quarter and forced from a con-t ending position to last place. Kitty Pat with a clear course at the time benefitted for she moved to the non-staying Cross Village with case before half a mile . was reached and she won thereafter as her rider pleased. The battle for second place was a spirited one with Slow and TCasy getting the verdict from Cream Puff. The latter showed a fine performance and hut for racing wide in the stretch would have been second. Blue Warbler closed a good gap to land in fourth place. The J. N. Camden colors were conspicuous during the afternoon, for In addition to Kitty Pats victory. Spices made it a double and nothcrme! finished in second place and Dark rtrantom third. The sixth race e ran tod added incident when Helens Babe fell heavily at the post as a result of her fractiousness and Frances Louise unseated Fronk. Both riders remounted and rode in the race. Helens Babe put up a sparkling effort considering her actions at the post and she battled out strenuously during the stretch with Florence Mills hut failed by a neck of winning. There was considerable activity for Indianapolis in this race and she might have been a factor but for Connellys act of taking hack sharply when she was in contending p sition. The rider seemingly tried to anticipate that he would be cut off by Taylor on Helens Babe, FIELD HORSES IN FnONT. The third race brought out an ordinary band to race at a mile and three-sixteenths and it furnished an upset by the victory of Mary Agnes grouped with the ohers in the field. Mary Acnes beat out Wong Bok with Junier in third place. The closing race brought eleven platers to the post to race a mile and seventy yards and it furnished I .ad r Mine opportunity to land a purse. He beat home Fight Sixty with Warfare heading the others. I„ad o Mine was ridden by D. Mergler. it being his third winning mount of the afternoon. I«id o Mine raced in his best style and he was aided at the post by b-Ing taken to the extreme outside. He raced restrained until reaching the stretch where he moved Into the lead with ease and won with much to spare from the gamely going Fight Sixty. Warfare came from far back and as usual finished well. Kuhlal Khan. Cup Bearer and Pillager which lead during the early stag, s nil fell back badly ulien the stretch was r. a. tied. Bh wing an improved performance over her last start, luisty Mary wis able to take the opener after a spirited battle with S.m Silk. She was lucky at that to score for Ami. s Call, ulii li filially brought up in third pi u i . raced as if the best and only for a big loss of ground that she suffer. .1 when I., finite Id. subs ituting for H. Harvey, took her back at the str» tcb turn from an inner rail pant position to go around caused her to I..-,. the purse. San Silk and Fanny I y Cmrsy were the leaders in the early stages, the latter giving way just before tho stretch was Continued on sixteenth paie.l E. R. BRADLEYS BUCK fCnn tinned from first pnge. reached, hut San Silk fought it out gamely and was only beaten by Dusty Mary in the last few strides. IVti * and Waterflag, two highly regarded ones in the race, closed a big gap from slow beginnings In tiba stretch. J. X. Camdens Spices graduated from the maiden ranks in thf* second race when she beat eleven other maiden fillies that s;art.d with her. She raced as if much the b. st fur she had to come from a long way bat k during the last nuartr and won handily at the end. St-lla King, which had shown the most early speed, retained second place witli Goldrn Mary larding third. Jessie Lm an 1 T elro Light Vtn l.een factors in thii CftCC thought failing to g. t a part of the pisse.
