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I I S e a t j E t 3 j 1 - j ; 1 ; 1 , . ; i ; ; : L , t , , 1 x t " I , a x a 1 ; , g " " L" s !" d e LAFAYETTE STAKES FEATURED Lexington Spectators Show Much Interest in Hartland. Shining Heels Threatens Bull Leas Record for Mile and a Sixteenth Balapln Wins Days Headliner. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 27. The Lafayette Stakes featured the semi-final program at Keeneland this afternoon, but much in- : terest was displayed by the good-sized crowd J in the Hartland Purse which attracted, ; among its seven starters, five candidates for ; the Kentucky Oaks, which finished the mile 1 and one-sixteenth ahead of the two non-eli- gibles. Emerging victorious in the time of 1:44, second fastest of the meeting, and 1 only four-fifths of a second off Bull Leas Record, after a very courageous perform- j ance, was Shining Heels, sporting the silks c of A. L. and Mrs. C. H. Ferguson, Blue Grass patrons. Her winning margin was but i a head over Hal Price Headleys Flying 1 Lee, as the Tall Trees Stables Last Message was six lengths back, and a length before Lourdes j Shining Heels, which captured the Clip- 1 setta Stakes last season and won at the , first asking this season when entered to be claimed here the other day, took the lead j in the run to the first turn and held sway j all the way under the splendid handling of Glen Fowler. She was only lightly regarded in the wagering, as Cross Keys was installed the favorite, with Last Message the second choice. DOUBLE VICTORY. 1 The triumph of the black daughter of Flying Heels and Glimmer marked a double for Fowler and trainer C. H. Ferguson as j they handled Steady Don, successful in the . opening event, for A. L. Ferguson. Upon assuming a clear lead on the first turn, Shining Heels was placed under such restraint .that she went the opening quarter in :23 and the half in :47. Cross Keys was rated along in back of her, but when called upon leaving the back stretch, she failed to respond, while Flying Lee moved forward on the outside. The Ferguson filly completed the three-quarters in 1:13 and came into the stretch still leading by a comfortable margin. Cross Keys tired upon reaching the stretch and Flying Lee moved into the runner-up position, but the Headley miss did not get to the leader until the final sixteenth as the mile was run in 1:38. Fowler then exerted his grestest pressure on Shining Heels and , she responded with sufficient courage to hold Flying Lee at her throat latch in a ding dong battle to the end. RACES TO TRIALS. A. L. Fergusons Steady Don, making his first start, raced to his works and romped away with the opening event, over the Head-5 ley course, which attracted a capacity field of maiden juveniles entered under low claim-; ing prices. Installed the favorite, the gelded son of Don Leon and Slow but Sure ran the distance in :47 to score by six lengths over the Woodvale Farms Whinchat, which beat out A. N. Goldbergs Forceful Witch by half a length. Peggys Sun was fourth. Under Glen Fowler, Steady Don was out-, broken by Please Doctor, but when the latter stumbled in the first stride he darted to the front to open up a lead of six lengths in the first sixteenth. With Fowler taking a hold on him Steady Don held his advantage throughout. Becoming was the runner-up until the final furlong, where Whinchat came forward and outgamed Forceful Witch. Six ordinary three-year-old platers competed in the second race, at six furlongs, and it was a- hard-fought contest all the way, final honors being taken by Mrs. Edward : Haughtons Bustle, under Delpha Castille. The daughter of Pharamond II. and Scuttle won by three-fourths of a length over F. ; Cagles Chinese Red, at whose heels followed Enza-Vita Stables Bag o Wind. Domiwbrth was fourth. Lady Ariel was the favorite, but after battling steadily with Imperial Jones ! and Domiworth for the lead during the open- ing three furlongs, she tired. B. F. Clarks Mature, an outsider among the dozen lowly sprinters meeting over six ; furlongs in the third race, took a close decision over Mrs. Edward Haughtons Good L Soldier and R. and C. Gentrys Assist. The veteran Macaw Lina Clark gelding won by ; a head with Assist a nose back of Good Sol- " dier and finishing fastest of all after being knocked back at the start. J. W. Wilson had Mature in the first flight all the way as 5 Beauty Sleep set the pace, guiding him to the outside leaving the back stretch, after : which he advanced steadily to take com- mand in the final sixteenth, bearing over on Good Soldier while outgaming him.
