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NUMEROUS SURPRISES Canaan and King Basil Furnish Louisville Upsets South Wind Victim of Racing RacingLuck Luck in New Albany Purse Boon Companion Fails LOUISVILLE Kyt May 27 Canaan the good threeyearold from the Le Mar Farm Stable of Leo J Marks carried the stable colors to their first victory of the Kentucky meetings when he accounted for the New Albany Purse at Churchill Downs today He was winner in a thrilling finish with the Coventry Stables Boon Companion and the Green Briar Stables South Wind at the end of the one mile and seventy yards over which the race was decided decidedWhile While Canaan raced close to Boon Com ¬ panion from the strat and made a game finish to dispose of the favorite in the last fifty yards there was a tinge of hollowness to his victory as South Wind was a victim of a poor ride and raced as if best of the quin ¬ tette With better riding the filly probably would have won as she made up many lengths in the last threesixteenths the only stage of the race in which she was racing in anything like her best form Earl Pool whose riding during the afternoon did not compare with his fine work of previous days permitted the Green Briar Stable filly to drop back soon after the start and it was not until the stretch that he made a move with his mount In the last quarter South Wind was bumped by Mary O when he forced her through on the inside of the tiring filly and after she recovered her speed was nothing short of sensational She was rap ¬ idly getting to the front at the end and her defeat was an unlucky one oneDISPLAYS DISPLAYS MUCH SPEED V VBoon Boon Companion shoNved his best speed in setting a fast pace and but for swerving out slightly when tiring in the last six ¬ teenth he might have won from Canaan Boon Companions pacemaking did much to make the fast race the winner being forced to traverse the one mile and seventy yards in 1 44 Canaan was an outsider in the betting bettingTodays Todays racing was staged before another large crowd which braved the unseasonable weather and manifested unusual enthusiasm The weather was the coolest in several weeks and an overcast sky added to the disagree ¬ able conditions The sport provided numer ¬ ous surprises but contention was more plentiful than in several days a majority of the races resulting in close finishes The track was fast fastJ J G Denny scored his second victory of the meeting when in a driving finish with Gossoon he outstayed the latter by a head in the introductory race J G Denny rush ¬ ing out of a rear position approaching the stretch and continuing gamely under D Proggattes urging managed to overhaul Gossoon in the last few strides The latter showed good speed but was not good enough for the winner Red Pennant raced into third place as a result of a rather even performance performanceThe The second race at a mile and given over to eight maidens from among the three Continued on twentysecond page NUMEROUS SURPRISES Continued from first page yearolds and upward resulted in a victory for the locally owned Poor Boy which came with a rush in the stretch after having lost the lead to John William II and easily drew past the latter in the final sixteenth The finish found Poor Boy with a winning margin of a half length John William II giving way rapidly in the drive chiefly as a result of the effects of being made exces ¬ sive use of after he reached the front The latter prevailed as choice and his defeat in such fashion proved disappointing to his many supporters Tyrol which finished in third place raced well after being straight ¬ ened out following his boring to the outside at the star John Vohn which Tyrol bumped in his rush to the outside at the start broke down after going a short distance and un ¬ seated his rider at the half mile post where the horse went to his knees kneesSandy Sandy Lady scored an easy victory over a band of twoyearolds in the third race Sandy Lady finished four lengths in front of Kitty Yansen which just lasted to hold Ancient Lore safe for second place The winner after being forced to race on the outside as a result of being knocked back in the first threeeighths came with a rush after entering the stretch and soon made her way into the lead She drew away rapidly in the last sixteenth while Kitty Yansen and Ancient Lore staged a keen contest for second place Cross Play the favorite quit after passing the eighth post The latter was the publics choice choiceKing King Basil ridden by P Grey a member of the older division of riders here furnished the outstanding surprise of the afternoon when he outstayed Florida Gold in the fourth race King Basils backers received the largest return made during the meeting and his victory was well earned as he catne from far back and responding gamely to hard riding got up in the final strides Florida Gold after suffering early interference swerved in sharply just as Earl Pool sent him into the lead in the last eighth and but for this he probably would have lasted to win Port Star which shared favoritism with Florida Gold and Black Agate was in third place while Seminola which cut across the others rather abruptly in taking the lead soon after the start quit suddenly after showing the way to the last eighth eighthE E Pool made partial amends for his ride in the previous race by piloting Aleader to victory over Quicken Miss Jx e and five other twoyearold fillies of promise in the Keene land Purse the supplementary feaure The winner after racing under restraint in the first threeeighths came with a rush in the tretch and found it nothing of a severe task to dispose of her opponents She raced around Quicken which had been in front aJ most from the start in the last eighth and took a lead of almost two lengths over the Wild Rose Farm filly before finishing the fiveeighths Third place fell to Miss Lee which raced well up and gamely outstayed Bun for second phice Whisk Arrow and Portia which displayed early sined began tiring after reaching the stretch and were decisively beaten 1
