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COSTLY INTERFERENCE « Fair Billows Disqualified for Bumping Bourbonite at Downs. ♦ Stewards Award Purse in Second Race to Laird and Parrish Racer — Indian Dance Triumphs. » LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 22.— The first disqualification of the current Kentucky season was the outstanding incident associated with todays racing under trying conditions at rain-swept Churchill Downs. The rain that flooded the course during the morning was responsible for the cancelling of the original second race, and a split of the original opening race, for maiden juveniles was substituted for the race declared off through scratches. It resulted in the disqualification of the Harned Brothers Fair Billows for interfering with Bourbonite while leading the small field in the run to the finish. Through the popular action of the stewards. Bourbonite was given first money, while Prince Megan moved into second place, and Fluent received the minor portion of the purse. Bourbonite, from the Laird and Parrish Stable, ruled favorite and was ridden by T. Murray, who lodged the claim of foul. As a result of impeding Bourbonite, the disqualified Fair Billows reached the finish of the five-eighths a length in front of the former, which just managed to save second place by a head. Prince Megan had little more to spare over Fluent and Polyp. The disqualification, the first in several years at the local track, caused no undue excitement, yet served to assist all in the good crowd of "regulars" in forgetting for the moment the cold damp weather they braved to witness the afternoons racing. No feature was offered and in most instances the claiming scale was low. Except in only one race — the third — small fields started and several upsets marked the racing. The opening race, the field for which was divided in obtaining a substitute for the cancelled original second race, resulted in an interesting contest, in which Kuvera. carrying the colors of Lon Jones and Son, outstayed Chicon by a half length to gradu- Continiied on twenty-first page. COSTLY INTERFERENCE Continued from first page. ate. Bright Moon was third among the six maiden juveniles that raced the five-eighths and was closely pressed by Del Dixi, Lady Superior and Koster Maid. The winner was ridden by R. Cheatham. A. Baker saddled his first juvenile winner of the year when Indian Dance, a son of Durbar II. — Foxtrot, among the horses he is training for R. S. Clark, gained a nose decision over Elkhart in the third race, over five-eighths. Dad Meiners finished third and Glynhurst, favorite, led the others to the finish. Willie Carroll drove the winner up gradually on the outside after going three-eighths and he caught Elkhart in the last few strides. The latter took the lead when Pan Arena quit badly after a half mile and held on with good courage in his vain endeavor to withstand the Clark colt. A. P. Canales Light Mint was well suited by the sloppy going, when he won from Air-drie Lass, Adalor T. and three other three-year-olds, in the fourth race, the first of four decided over one mile and a sixteenth. C. E. Allen brought the Light Brigade gelding home a handy winner by a length and a half, and her final strides gave Airdrie Lass second place over Adalor T. Airdrie Lass was outrun to the stretch, then finished in whirlwind fashion as Farr, which set most of the pace, gave way after reaching the final eighth. «
