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ONE RACE DECLARED OFF 4 » Another Divided Into Two Divisions in Substitution of Cancelled One. § Unfavorable Track Conditions Play Havoc With Wednesdays Program at Churchill Downs. ♦ LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 13— The unfavorable conditions of the racing strip at the Downs was responsible for calling off the original fourth race, and in obtaining a substitute, racing secretary Shelley divided into two races the fifteen entries that remained for the third race, for juvenile fillies, after scratch time. Seven were drawn into the one offered as the third, while eight made up the field for the division that was substituted for the cancelled original fourth event. In the latter, Anita Ormont, Ima High-one and Our Cherrycote raced to the most interesting finish of the afternoon, and were placed one, two and three, as named. Anita Ormont, ridden by E. Neal, got up for her victory when making the final stride, and Our Cherrycote was unlucky not to have earned second place, if not the major part of the purse. When following in near pursuit of the then leading Ima Highone in the stretch, Our Cherrycote swerved, and D. Meades inability to get her to the outside of the Dixi-ana filly until the winner had slipped through on the inside, probably cost her the race. Roscoe Goose saddled a winner for E. M. May when Mendell, an unsexed son of Macaw and Lina Clark, outstayed Delivered in a driving finish to account for the opening race. They were followed by ten others from among the maiden juvenile colts and geldings, and Glynhurst finished the five-eighths in third place. R. Finnerty sent the winner into a good lead before reaching the turn but after holding the commanding margin to the stretch, found Delivered capable of challenging and his mount was under severe pressure to ■withstand the latter in the final eighth. The leaders bumped when within a short distance of the finish, and Delivered might have had the worst of it in the contacts. SECOND FOR JEAN LAFITTE. Jean Lafitte, which played an important role in winter racing, registered his second win at the meeting when he defeated Stock Market, Suitor, Dark Entry and Deemster over the seven furlongs of the Corbin Claiming Purse, second on the program. Corbett did much to get the F. A. Carreaud representative home the winner when he hustled him into a long lead at the turn, where L. Schaefer timidly took back with Stock Market. In the stretch run, where Suitor, Deemster and Dark Entry quit. Jean Lafitte went right along with good courage and Stock Market, although greatly reducing the victors advantage, was unable to threaten him seriously. The latter J. W. Parrish gelding ruled favorite. Flash o White carried the colors of Jesse Spencer, Kentucky turfman, to an easily attained and popular victory in the third race, the first division of the divided original field for that contest. She overwhelmed her lowly company, and won in a canter by some five lengths from Dominant Star. The latter led to the last two of the five furlongs, where she found the winner far too much, and had to be content with second place. Third fell to Miss Byrd, which led four others. The winner, a daughter of Infinite and Winnie G., was ridden by J. Smith and ruled one of the shortest priced favorites of the day.
