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SAN UTAR TRIUMPHS Carries the J W Corrigan Silks to Victory in Clark Handicap Secondary Attraction to Captain CaptainHal Hal Big Crowd for Churchill ChurchillDowns Downs Opening Day LOUISVILLE Ky May 8 James W Cor ¬ rigan Cleveland sportsman and patron of racing made an auspicious start for this year when his noted Red Blue Sash and Cap carried by his crack San Utar led j hand of thirteen others past the finish in toe old established Clark Handicap worth this year 513750 net to the victor Following him closest at the end came Moonraker which overhauled Roycrofter in the last seventy yards for second place Buckwheat Cake was directly in the wake of Roycrofter with Guest of Honor following and the others farly close up upJockey Jockey M Garner rode San Utar faultlessly He got him off forwardly from an outer post position and immediately hustled him into the lead and kept him under restraint He was at all times master of the situation and had no difficulty stalling off the deter ¬ mined challenges by Buck Roycrofter Buck ¬ wheat Cake and Moonraker in succession Moonraker came in the last eighth and his rush carried him past Roycrofter The latter had been fighting it out with Buck ¬ wheat Cake during the stretch and both tired from their effort to overhaul the steady going leader Buckwheat Cake additionally suf fereu some interference and crowding Buck Koycrofters stable companion seemed to be responsible for the interference interferenceIt It was a splendid attendance that wit ¬ nessed the running of the Clark Handicap and also the opening of the racing season in Louisville LouisvilleIn In the great concourse of spectators were miny notable persons from all sections of the country They will remain here at least until the decision of the fiftysecond Kentucky Derby running next Saturday SaturdaySpectacular Spectacular sport was the order all during the afternoon most of the finishes being i hard fought and closely contested contestedA A band of fifteen outstanding sprinters In the plater division began the racing and they furnished a spectacular contest with Banter the ultimate winner after a hard drive by a nose Dry Moon being the same Continued on sixteenth pace SAN UTAR TRIUMPHS Continued from first page margin before Moms Boy with Happy Top also following closely The finish was a spirited one with the leaders driving hard hardThe The Kindergarten Purse in which fourteen twoyearolds contended resulted in a spir ¬ ited duel between Ethel Dear an outsider and Floranada well supported The pair fought it strenuously all during the stretch the Cooper filly holding on gamely to her task and succeeding in leading the McLean filly to the finish by a margin of a neck Following the pair and coming strong was Krick which downed Aloma for third place placeAnother Another close finish resulted in the mile and a sixteenth race when Broomster in the L T Cooper colors made it a double for that owner by beating out Norseland after a spirited drive Broad Axe finishing in third place Nogalcs one of the highly regarded ones suffered an injury during the running of the first quarter causing his rider to pull him up Margate another favored one had scant chance under the incompetent ride he got by J Ryan He was atken all over the track Starter Hamilton suspended Ryan for five days for misbehavior at the post Broomster raced in good from closing a big gap after a slow start and held on gamely Avhen urged hard hardCaptain Captain Hal gave a sparkling display of speed in the Kentucky Hotel Handicap which served as the secondary feature and brought out some crack sprinters Captain Hal won with ridiculous ease hard held after showing the way throughout Energy under strong urging landed in second place just beating the poorly ridden and much suffering Little Visitor She came witli a rattle when clear and was going gamely T S Jordan was oxpected to cut an extensive figure in the race but Legcre got his foot out of the stirrup and confined his attention for a greater part of the race to getting back into the iron again This race introduced the Californian Sandy Man He closed a big gap after a Blow banning
