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EASY FOR BOBASHELA « Audley Farm Colt Wins, With Stablemate in Second Place. * , Southern Laundry Ov/ners Purse Main Attraction at Downs — McLean Colors Prominent. ♦ LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 24. — Bobashela and Easter Stockings, respective candidates of B. B. Jones Audley Farm Stable for impending renewals of the Fairmount Derby and Kentucky Oaks, finished first and second as named in the Southern Laundry Owners Purse, feature attraction at Churchill Downs this afternoon. It was an easy victory for Bobashela at the end of seven-eighths, which he ran in 1:25%, but Easter Stockings only succeeded into second place in the late stages, where she managed to wear down Inquisitor. The latter was third, while Reveries Gal, unbeaten in her previous four starts in two years, was fourth. Irish Pal, Little Colonel and Royal Son were the only jther starters. Jockey H. Fisher, after getting Bobashela away fast, kept him under reserve for the first three-eighths, during which he raced right in back of the pace set by Easter Stockings. When negotiating the turn Bobashela was permitted to make hi~ way into the lead, which he retained to the end. After straightening out in the stretch he displayed an inclination to loaf and Bisher was required to urge him vigorously with hands and whip. This pressure brought sufficient response for him to lead home Easter Stockings by almost two lengths. Inquisitor enjoyed a considerable stay in second place during the stretch run and it was not until the final sixteenth that he was outfinished by Easter Stockings, which finished gamely under hard riding and on the inside of the Shadybrook Farm gelding. LARGE CROWD. The attendance today was of large proportions and weather conditions were again of the summery order. There was a noticeable decrease in starters for the various purses over previous days and after favorites got away with a pair of -victories in the earlier races they bad little success in the latter races. A lucky victory for E. B. McLeans Bosporus in the Watterson Hotel Purse, or fourth race, and secondary feature, completed a double for that sportsmans colors. His Silverdale accounted for the second race, the only other affair for two-year-olds. In the Watterson Hotel Purse, Bosporus beat Thats It, the pronounced choice, furnished by the Three Ds Stock Farm Stable, by a half length, yet, with alert riding, the latter probably would have reversed the finish. She was entrusted to D. Connelly, who was apparently caught unaware when E. Ambrose hustled the winner up on the outside of her in the stretch and, lacking racing room in the subsequent drive, Thats It fell a victim of the McLean filly. Symphorosa accounted for third place. S. Peabody s Mino raced as if he outclassed the others that opposed him in the first race, winning by ten lengths from Fire Cure, with Margate third. W. Fronk sent him to the front with a rush after the first quarter and almost with each stride he added to his margin. Fire Cure raced close up and held on gamely to save second from Margate. The latter raced on the inside most of the distance. TENTH VICTORY. The E. B. McLean colors, which have played such an important part in racing here, were seen in triumph for the tenth time during the meeting when Silverdale sprinted to an easy victory in the second race. This race was given over to eleven maiden juvenile colts and geldings, none of which was able to give the winner much of an argument. Silverdale ran the five-eighths in 1 :00%. He was ridden by E. Ambrose and was the thirteenth winner saddled by trainer John F. Schorr during the meeting. With Longchatnps running a poor race under the poor riding of K. Horvath, Fargo, Nabisco and Manzana went on to finish first, second and third, as named, in the third race, at a mile and a sixteenth. A. Abel sent Fargo into the lead when racing the close of a half mile and, keeping him under mild pressure thereafter, had him out of danger of Nabisco after the latter succeeded in disposing of Manzana. Longchamps, after being allowed to drop far out of it in the first quarter, was never capable of racing into a contending position. W. W. Williamsons California suffered injuries in his race Wednesday that may keep her on the shelf for some time. The condition of jockey N. Huff, who was severely injured in a fall from Sport Trail early in the morning, is much improved, and he may be released from the hospital within a short time. Jockey Jake Heupel rode with a badly bruised and swollen left eye today, the injury being received when a horse he was c;:i! loping this morning struck him in the face with its head.
