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; i . . . , - , , . , TRIAL OF THE JARVIS GATE Proves Satisfactory, According to Expressions of Many Veteran Horsemen and Officials. LEXINGTON, Ky, April 21.— Considerable interest by horsemen and puldic was centered in the Jarvis-Waggoner gate given an initial trial in the third race with ten starters. The race was at one and one-sixteenth miles and the patrons were given full opportunity to view the gate at close range. Some of the starters were regarded as bad post actors, but they acted tractable enough excepting My Eva, which made futile efforts to lunge through the webbing in front of her stall. finally caught her rider napping and catapulted him over her head. The rider, C. Hainswoith, was uninjured and immediately remounted. There was less than ten seconds delay in dispatching the horses after they had been put in their stalls, but the greenness of Tom Hayes and the known characteristics of Pon-omoi in moving away from the post re-j gardless of what method of starting is used, made it appear that a ragged start had been affected. Under the adverse circumstances under which the gate was tested and considering that but few, if any. of the horses had been schooled, the test was regarded as successful. The majority of horsemen, including Sewell Combs, president of the Kentucky Association, and Thomas Scott, general man-[ ager. voiced their belief that the gate met requirements. Dan E. OSullivan, resident manager of Churchill Downs, also voiced a favorable opinion, as did many owners. The gate will be given further tests and inventor Jarvis is supremely confident that It will function satisfactorily.
