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NOREASTER TO FORE ♦ Scores Decisively in Winchester Purse at Lexington. Home First With Good Margin Over Bradley Pair, Birley M. C. and Clonaslee. ♦ LEXINGTON, Ky.. April 25— .Tohonson N. Camdens three-year-old Noreaster took a pood band into camp in the Winchester Purse that served as the feature at the Kentucky Association course Monday. He was home a good margin in advance of the Idle Hour Stock Farm Stable pair, Birley M. C. and Clonaslee, both engaging in a spectacular tilt for the middle portion of the purse after Noreaster had left them decisively in the last sixteenth. • The race was over the Futurity Course and called for an engagement by three-year-olds and more matured ones. The Camden representative was the favored one but the Bradley pair and Girl Scout were not lacking in supporters. The race was always between the placed trio, Noreaster having command from the start, albeit it was by a short margin in the early stages, Birley M. C. pressing him closely at times. Noreaster, however, raced well in hand, and when beginning the last sixteenth he rushed away when called on as if Birley M. C. was at a standstill. Near the finish Clonaslee came with a rush, and it required Goldie Johnsons best skill to get him home in advance of his stablemate to earn the middle part of the purse. FULL STRENGTH OUT. Todays improved weather gave opportunity for the full racing strength in these parts to witness their favorite sport, resulting in a big attendance that filled the plant to the crowding stages. The racing was spectacular, with close finishes affording ample thrills for the big crowds. Well seasoned horses, recent comers from the Crescent City, accounted for a majority of the contests, the first four winners having l»een campaigned at the New Orleans Fair Grounds and Jefferson Bark. Two of these winners. Golden Racket and Respond, were ridden by D. Froggatte, who displayed considerable more energy than he did on previous occasions. Two-year-old maiden colts and geldings met in the half mile of the second race. The winner turning up in R. E. Leichleiters Golden Racket, with Da Vinci second and Martie Flynn third. The winner led his nine opponents the entire distance, winning by a good length and a half and with something in reserve. In the first quarter D. Froggatte sent the victor into a commanding bad. which permitted him to race somewhat under restraint in the concluding eighth. Da Vinci and Martie Klynn were forward factors after the first quarter of a mile and. but for the latters being forced to race extremely wide, he might have played a more prominent part. H - was beaten five lengths for second. CONSISTENT VALLEY LIGHT. The consistent Valley Light accounted for the opening dash, which attracted a dozen sprinters from among the platers and had decision over the Futurity ourse. After closely following the pace of Sieg Margon. the winner, raced into the lead upon reaching the stretch and drew away in the closing yards to defeat J. G. Denny by a length and a half. J. G. Denny raced prominently from the start, but was beginning to tire at the finish, after making a game attempt to get to the winner. Third fell to Palm Court, which gave a steady performance, after being rushed into contention, following a slow beginning. Sieg Margon opened up a considerable advantage over his rivals in the first three-eighths, but was done after reaching the stretch. The race resulted fatally for Indian Light. Hm property of J. A. McEntee, which broke his right foreleg in the first quarter mile. The colors of H. P. Headley were carried to victory over the mile and seventy yards of the third ra« e. in which the local sportsmans Brown Silk was returned winner by a length and a half over Yachtsman, with Aregal third. The race was given over exclusively to three-year-olds under claiming conditions an i the winner prevailed as a popular choice. Yachtsman dominated the running most of the route, but the winners rush through the stretch was too much for the T. M. Botts colt and he could not keep pace over the final eighth. Aragal nave an even effort the full distance and was going gamely at the finish. Brumfie!ds chances wire greatly reduced at the start, where he broke to the Inside and had to be taken up to avoid crashing into the inner rail. He could not gain a contending iwsition at any time during the numing. R spond, an erratic one at the barrier but away forwardly. completed a double for jockey D. Froggatte and trainer A. Thomas in the fourth race. This was another dash f r two-year-olds, the nine acceptances coming together under claiming conditions. The winner was the leader practically the entire half mile and had to stand a long hard drive to outstay Scotland Girl by a head. The lat-tcr was with the leaden from the start and saved much ground all the way. A few strides from the finish she began to tire after apivaring capable of overtaking the winner. Bun. which raced on the outside all the way. began tiring in the stretch after I. earing the Lad and was barely able to outstay juick.-n for third. ■
