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LADIES DAY AT HOUSTON Responsible for Largest Attendance on a Monday During Meeting. Good Racing Knthusiastlcally Received Granbury Registers in Hard "Earned Driving Victory. HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12. Favorite players experienced; some rough sledding. Monday afternoon at Epsom Downs, where members of the claiming ranks and particularly sprinters virtually- monopolized the days offering of eight races. The first five events on the fare were dash numbers and brought together ordinary performers in all save the Columbus Day claiming event, fifth and feature contest. It was Ladies Day and members of the fair sex took advantage of the opportunity of being the guests of the Texas -Breeders and Racing Association management, with the result that the attendance was one of the largest recorded for a Monday thus far. Excellent weather and track conditions prevailed and some stirring stretch duels more than made up for the lack of top notch thoroughbreds competing and the sport was highly entertaining. Making his initial start of the current meeting as well as his first in the silks of W. A. Mikel, the four-year-old chestnut gelding, Granbury, came from behind to chalk up a half length victory in the third race of the day, returning odds of 0.50 for- to his supporters. Kai Harri was a fast finishing second and Able Abe accounted for the show end of the purse. OVERCOMES INTERFERENCE. Despite the fact that Granbury was blocked as he attempted to slip through on the rail, the son of Grandacc Banbury Cross had sufficient speed and stamina to overcome the interference and when taken to the outside he steadily cut down the advantage of the leaders. However, it was not until the final sixteenth that he was able to overtake Jessie D. M. and Able Abe, then he was confronted with the task of warding off the belated charge of Kai Harri, which had been a trailer for the greater portion of the race. Eight two-year-old maidens of a cheap ilk went postward for a dash of five and a half furlongs in the opening event on the card, and the Hilltop Farm Stables Kerry Ways proved much the best of the band to account for. the major portion of the purse. j Flodiir, the favorite, finished second, and third money went to Speed Demon. Begin- ning rather tardily, Kerry Ways was obliged j to come from a long way back and suffered j from the loss of ground while racing wide. However, the brown daughter of Kilkerryj was good enough to overhaul Flodur in the 1 last furlong under the rousing ride of apprentice Warren Cornay. HARD BOILED DECISIVELY. Responding gamely to vigorous and energetic riding, during the. last three, furlongs,. Hard Boiled gained a decisive victory over seven cheap sprinters which met over the five and a half furlongs route in the, second. Three lengths behind" the winner came Play-; may, while The Point finished third, after virtually being left at the post. Hard Boiled I followed in closest pursuit of Scobina and Kai Finn while the pair staged a battle foe I the right to set the pace, but when the field I headed into the home lane, the black geld, ing charged fast and took command without much trouble as Scobina and Kai Finnwere obviously through as the result, of the strain of their early efforts. I Marchline, racing in the silks of I. F. Bar- rett, of Trenton, Texas, scored a head victory over Amite in the fourth, another sprint of five and a half furlongs, and returned the good price of 4.80 for each straight Investment. No Change, the public choice, could do no better than finish in third place, with the balance of the field closely bunched behind. Marchline and Amite battled throughout with the latter gaining a slight edge as the final furlong of the sprint was reached, but Marchline came again under the strenuous handling of jockey Frank C. Grill and forged to the front a few strides from the finish line.
