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, ■ ■ I i ADOBE POST EASILY BEST « Runs Fastest Seven Furlongs Race of Louisville Meeting. ♦ Unsexed Son of Cherokee Defeats Cold Check by Four Lengths — Big Business Wins Third Race. ♦ LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 19— Adobe Post, the good three-year-old in the Knebelkamp and Morris stable, proved best among five of his age over seven furlongs in the Castle-wood Purse, feature race at Churchill Downs today. Speeding over the distance in 1:25, the fastest of the Kentucky season, the unsexed son of Cherokee and Ruth S. won without much effort and by four lengths from J. W. Parrishs Cold Check. Third, and two lengths back of the Parrish colt, was Hoops, racing for W. F. Knebelkamp, while Flying Home and Minton completed the field. The winner carried 116 pounds, conceding six to Cold Check and meeting Hoops at level weights. A great volume of support just before the betting closed sent the winner to the post favorite, and his victory, the third in seven starts this year, was popular. Satisfied that he would show to best advantage by being restrained in the early stages, Charles Landolt allowed the winner to remain a good distance back as the small field ran the first half-mile. From the end of the first four furlongs, the victor swiftly caught Hoops, Fiying Home and Cold Check and, after getting to the front in the last eighth, rapidly drew away from Cold Check. In the final fifty yards the winner swerved badly and this caused Landolt to take a tighter hold on the gelding. IDEAL WEATHER. With ideal weather the order, another good sized crowd visited the course. Visitors included a number of disabled war veterans from the United States Marine Hospital. They were the guests of the management. The first race, for maiden two-year-old fillies and marked by an .incident, in which Bright Emblem, ridden by Lawrence McDermott, fell when within little more than a sixteenth of the finish, was won by the Audley Farm Stables Tabby, with Baggage Miss second and Proud Princess third. Fortunately, the fall had no serious results, although it probably cost the J. B. Respess filly some part of the purse, as she was moving up fast and was fourth in the field of twelve when she went down. Tabby wrested the lead from Little Gertie on the stretch turn and, maintaining a good brand of speed to the end of the five-eighths, was not seriously endangered by Baggage Miss, which outstayed the fast-finishing Proud Princess and Stimoway by a half length. On the strength of fast trials, Baggage Miss commanded strong support and closed favorite. Elkhart, well backed and ridden by F. J. Baker in the racing" colors of R. C. Thatcher, took the second race in a mild drive and by a half length over Abe Furst. Third of the nine to finish the six and one-half furlongs was Perfect Model, and Flying Cherokee headed the others, among which was the fancied Maid of Honor. After breaking slowly the winner worked his way up on the outside until he was second at the stretch turn, and when straightened out in the closing quarter, quickly sprinted into a long lead which proved too much for the sturdy finishing Abe Furst to overcome. Perfect Model was a strong factor throughout the final three-eighths and held on stubbornly, while Maid of Honor, Uforme and Sally Irene quit badly after showing speed to the stretch turn. LEFT AT POST. The erratic Dick Morris dealt a solid blow to a big following when he flatly refused to start when the barrier went up in the third race. With the favorite eliminated, Big Business, second choice in the betting, proved good enough to win under a strong ride by G. Elston, but had little to spare as Uncle Henry and Town Limit were only heads back at the end. Town Limit tired after setting the pace, while Uncle Henry, after getting through on the inside when Town Limit bore out in the final furlong, kept the winner doing his best. Hal Price Headley furnished the winner of the Shawnee Terrace Claiming Purse, for two-year-olds, in his home-bred Supremus gelding, Liqueur. He proved rruch the best of ten and, running the distance in 1:00, the fastest time of the meeting, won easily by two and a half lengths from Gloritone, which ruled a slight favorite over the former. Minor honors fell to Chuck B., which nar- ■ rowly outfinished Boston Waters as they drove to the wire some four lengths back of Gloritone. While the winner made every post a winning one, Gloritone had to race wide while improving her position in the first quarter and she held on with marked courage under pressure all during the stretch run. Before the start, Coast Patrol unseated Carl Meyer and cantered a mile, while Just 1 Umbers refusal to line up in the stalls re- i suited in her relegation to the outside of the l starting machine. *
