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SPECTACULAR CONTEST B ♦ Three Kentucky Derby Candidates in Grand Exhibition. • ii Hydromel, Rolled Stocking and Buddy Bauer Display Great Speed and Gameness. ■ for LEXINGTON. Ky., April 2S.— A trio of P leading Kentucky Derby aspirants here were ■ given their initial opportunity to display the " their wares at the Kentucky Association H course and they gave an exhibition of fleet- p ness and gameness that had the big crowd in an ecstacy of delight. The trio to stage the spirited struggle consisted of J. N. Cam- as a dens Hydromel. J. W. Parrishs Rolled " Stocking and the Idle Hour Farms Buddy s Bauer. J"i It was the three-year-old debut for each of T the colts and they each displayed Derby d timber. Hydromel triumphed by a short margin but it would not be surprising if the n decision was reversed at the next meeting * of the colts. The margin that separated them C at the finish was so slight that the partisans n of each were doubtful of the result until the c: trio had terminated the race. c The early stages found Buddy Bauer the a leader, closely attended by Rolled Stocking. r with Hydromel close up and benefited by the fast pace that the leaders were forcing. 1 E. Additionally they served as a perfect wind t to break for bim. Buddy Bauer held to his ■ task gallantly until well along in the last r eighth, where he began to shorten his stride b some as if a trifle short and it enabled fl Rolled Stocking to first pass him and the b latter in turn was headed in the last twenty I yards by Hydromel. which came steadily all during the stretch to ultimately win by C a neck. The same margin separated Rolled I Stocking from Buddy Bauer. The race had b been fast from the start and there was i f little surprise when the time. 1 :42. was dis- r played. This reduced the former track rec- r ord for the distance — a mile and seventy t yards— by one-fifth of a second. lima and r Jane Straith were the joint holders of the • t former record. Buddy Bauer and Hydromel were worked out additionally, the former negotiating a mile and an eighth in 1 :51Mi I and Hydromel being eased up to cover a mile and a quarter in 2 4C%. the mile and an eighth being consummated in equal time with Buddy Bauer. CONNECTIONS WELL PLEASED. The respective connections of the trio of colts and their partisans were highly elated over their showings. Kxcuses could easily be offered for the beaten ones and improvement of Buddy Bauer is not hard to visualize. Rolled Stocking conceded his opponents three pounds this afternoon and he looms up as a good colt. , After the race there was general belief that the eastern colts will not have a walk- over in the Derby. The trio that engaged | this afternoon over this track will be worthy opponents. Summerlike weather was the order and the track was in most perfect condition, accounting for fast time in most of the numbers and the small fields that engaged in most of the races brought about interesting sport and close finishes. The public was in good form, for they managed to land on the winners in most instances, favorites and second choices accounting for almost all the races. In addition to landing the feature number, J N. Camden also made it a double for the afternoon, wh.-n his »h Susanna registered in M«y fashion in the secondary feature, that brought out a band of speedy ones to race over the Futurity Course. Oh Susanna, with her display - f high spe -d from the start, kept in ttie .m of the others and she finished in the fast time of 1 sM, which is only one fifth of a Meoai trmm the best time for the dis-tanc. Stuyv.sant Peabodys T. S. Jordan, hard urged, managed to stall off Klorida Gold for second place. T. S. Jordan had followed »h Susanna the closest during the entire race. The start here was a bad one, with Blue pencil and Longworth being the chief suffer.rs. WILD ROSE FAKM STABLE. The Wild Rose Farm Stable furnished its first winner of the meeting when Gossoon sprinted to victory over J. G. Denny. Hats lp and five nihil platers in the opening number at the futurity distance. Well ridden by L. Craver. the winner raced into the lead with a rush on the inside in the la:;t eighth :uid, While J. G. Denny closed with good speed, Go-soon obtained too much of an advantage when "raver set him down for J. G. Denny to overhaul him at the finish. The latter was far back the first three-eighths and ran a Winning race. Hats lp. on which J. Howard had the mount, got to the front an eighth out, but faltered in the final sixteenth and. while MMtty ! e t of the others, could not stall off J. ; I eniiy. which beat him a neck for second. .1 : Kenny was the favorite. Finishing with a rush, after reaching the Stretch. J. S. Taylors Scotland Girl easily dis|H»sed of Ferseth. which set the pace from Continued on twentieth page. SPECTACULARCONTEST Continued from first page the start, to account for the second race, in which eight two-year-olds started over four and one-half furlongs, under claiming conditions. The successful filly was the popular choice and was ridden by G. Johnson. Charles Robinson, which outran the others throughout, was an easy third, although beaten six lengths for second place. The race was the first of the meeting at the distance, the youngsters previous racing having been over the half mile course. The aged Flajnes was favorite and, racing back to his previous good race, proved best in of the seven that provided the sport over the mile and a sixteenth of the third race. He raced into a long lead after the first half mile, but had to be ridden out to hold an advantage of two lengths over the fast finishing Repeater. The latter came from a good distance back of the leader in the last quarter of a mile and was going fastest of the two at the finish. He was repeatedly forced back, but finished with excellent speed after finding a clear course in the stretch. Bear Grass, which moved to the leaders with a rush when leaving the back stretch, finished a tiring third. An early flash of speed by The Rove was the only contention offered by the others. Non-winners from among the older division were called upon to meet over the futurity distance of the Shelhyville Purse, offered as the fourth race and in which the Leona Farms Fair wind, a pronounced choice, registered without great effort. He flashed from behind the early pace when coming to the stretch and easily held Beggar Boy safe the entire final eighth, the finish finding the winner in receipt of a lead of almost two lengths. Beggar Boy raced well and was holding on gamely as he finished eight lengths in front of Berry Picker. The latter had no excuse and was easily best of the others.
