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LOWERS TRACK RECORD Kincsen Gallops One Mile at Hialeah Park in 1 :36. Lightning Bolt Races Well in First Start of Year Single Star Triumphs in Fourth. MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 16. Kincsen, the five-year-old daughter of Cudgel Buckwheat, which races for F. A. Carreaud, was winner of the best offering of the Miami Jockey Club at Hialeah Park today. She won the mile race that was christened the Sarasota Purse, a condition affair that brought out some good ones. It was the first start for the mare since the October racing at Hawthorne, and a truly impressive performance when she ran the mile in 1:36, establishing a new track record. For the first Saturday of the Hialeah meeting the conditions were ideal, and again there was both a large and a representative gathering. There were many additions to the club house contingent, while the grandstand and lawns were comfortably filled. The Sarasota Purse had, additional interest for the reason that it marked the winter-debut of Mrs. John Hay Whitneys Lightning Bolt, winner of the Florida Derby last year. He gave an excellent account of himself and it was only in the final strides that he was beaten by the Carreaud mare. Arras, which races for Mrs. H. De True, was the one to be third and back of him were Rip Van Winkle and Calf Roper in the order named. WHITNEY STAR SETS PACE. From a good start Luther permitted Lightning Bolt to force the pace. The son of Wrack was under restraint as he showed the way. Rip "Van Winkle and Calf Roper followed this pace and it took the three of them far out before Arras and he, in turn, was leading Kincsen by four lengths. Never faltering, Lightning Bolt set a fast pace to the three-quarter mark in 1:11 and it was there both Rip Van Winkle and Calf Roper showed signs of tiring and Mrs. Whitneys colt drew away into a lead of a length and a half. By this time Mills was hard at work on Arras and he was gaining some ground, but at the same time Kincsen had begun to move up and at every stride she was gaining. It did not seem possible she would get up in time to catch Lightning Bolt, but the early pace told its tale and when he tired in the final sixteenth, the mare, under a hard drive, was the winner by half a length. Arras was third. A six furlong race for platers was the first offering and it brought a good contest with Mrs. F. A. Carreauds Port Harlem scoring in a drive over J. W. Mays Please, with O. A. Simmons Tantalizing a close third. Far back of these came Glenside in fourth place. Muff ran a dull race and was never a contender, but she has always shown .that she needs a longer route than six furlongs for her best effort. TRY SWEET GRADUATES. Bud Fishers Try Sweet, the juvenile son of Tryster and Sweesie, graduated from the maiden class in the quarter mile race for babies that was the second offering. Second place fell to Joe Edwards Straight Jacket, while R. Greens Booterstown just saved third from Big Leaguer. Try Sweet, when straightened out by Eaby, quickly raced into a safe lead and, while he showed a disposition to bear out in the final stages, he still was a length to the good crossing the finish. Straight Jacket was going well at the end to take second place and Booterstown also finished gamely. After being knocked back at the start Bespangled dropped completely out of the race and he and his stablemate, Un-swept, were in the rear in the big field. W. H. Travers furnished a surprise winner in the third race, at five and a half furlongs, when his Oil Queen, under a good ride by Ambrose, raced H. A. Coulsons Song Hit into defeat and then drew out to be the winner. G. D. Wideners James River, by a rush at the end, took second place from Song Hit, and well back of the three it was Wise Advocate that was fourth. The Orlando Claiming Purse, over the six furlongs route, brought victory to Joe Edwards Single Star when she scored with plenty to spare over O. F. Woodwards Chatover. Prioress, from the Howe Stable, saved third from W. L. Johnsons Braggadocio., Catrone was content to rate the win- Continued on second page. . LOWERS TRACK RECORD .Continued from first page. Her along back of Noajoyce, and when the fion of Noah tired before the stretch was reached, the mare readily took command and was not afterward threatened, to be the Winner by almost three lengths. The Marshall Field colors were seen in fron for the first time at the meeting when Sobieha beat Love Offering by a length in the sixth race. Sobieha, heavily backed by the big operators, went to the post 9-20 favorite. Her victory was none too impressive, Long being forced to rouse her up in the stretch to wear down Love Offering.
