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. , DOUBLE FOR DIXIANA Torchy, Irish Setter Carry Popular Colors to Victory at Keeneland. First Named Breaks Mile and One-Sixteenth Record Jockey Rosens Riding- Feature of Opening Day. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 11 Keenelands record for the mile and one-sixteenth was lowered four-fifths of a second by Dixianas Torchy as the third annual autumn meeting entered its ten-day run before a good-sized and enthusiastic gathering. Running the distance in 1:43, to crack Bull Leas mark, Torchy completed si double for the establishment maintained by Charles T. Fisher, Detroit sportsman, and a triple "for jockey Joe Rosen. The three-year-old gelded son of Torchilla and Jemima Lee, carrying 111 pounds, sprinted to the front at the start and led all the way to score by two lengths over the Le Mar Stock Farms Merrymood, which barely nosed out Visigoth, the veteran performing for Shady Brook Farm. Clear and bright weather greeted the opening and the crowd which filled the grandstand and extended to the lawn included many prominent persons not only from this section, but from all parts of the country. Torchy duplicated the victory in the opening race of Irish Setter, which also was ridden by Rosen. Clyde Van Dusen saddled the two Dixiana winners. Rosens other successful mount was on Burgoo Miss. TORCHY TAKES CLEAR LEAD. After being away on top, Torchy was hustled along to take a clear lead entering the back stretch. Rosen then took him in hand but the Torchilla gelding increased his advantage to three lengths. After his advantage was reduced in the ensuing quarter, Torchy was shaken up by Rosen and with steady handling thereafter was able to hold Merrymood safe. The latter slipped through on the inside leaving the back stretch and might have given the winner some trouble, but for being bothered by Visigoth in the stretch when the latter attempted to bear over on him after being hustled into a contending position on the outside. Arabs Arrow came from well back to be fourth after the favored Tunica weakened in the final three-eighths. Torchy received fair support in the field of eight. Closing with a brilliant rush along the rail, Dixie Girl carried the silks of Thomas Piatt, local breeder, to a thrilling triumph in the Highland Purse, the secondary attraction, in which she was an outsider in the field of nine fair three-year-olds meeting over six furlongs. Ridden by L. Sisler, the daughter of Macaw and Set Fast gained her Continued on thirty-fourth page. DOUBLE F0R DIXIANA Continued from first page. verdict by a neck over A. B. Letelliers White Castle, as H. H. Battles Chance Star was another head away and a neck before Tiger Teddy. Lady Ariel, the favorite, was fifth. Dixiana furnished the first winner in Irish Setter, which, under a hustling ride from Joe Rosen, took command soon after the. ! start and held sway for the remainder of the six furlongs, defeating Doc Jock, owned by Ferguson and Herndon, by slightly less than a length. Brown Hotel Stables The Greeter was third, another two lengths away and well before the six other juvenile maiden colts and geldings. Doc Jock probably was best, as he dwelt at the start and then made up ground steadily. Bilboquet was the favorite, but after going prominently for three furlongs, during which he interfered with The Greeter, he tired. LOCAL OWNER WINS. Banjorine, owned by J. D. Weil, local patron, proved best of the eleven lowly platers meeting at six furlongs in the second race. Well up from the start and given strong handling by Charles Swain, the four-year-old Royal Minstrel filly drew away in the stretch to defeat Mrs. Thelma Otts All Forlorn by two lengths. D. B. Midkiffs Colonel Horton was another length and a half back in third place, as Starry Flag, the favorite, was fourth. Running the fastest six furlongs of any juvenile in the history of the track, L, Vimonts Burgoo Miss gained a surprise vic- tory in the third race. Jumping into a long lead in the first quarter, the daughter of Burgoo King and Miss Bess held sway tc the end in the time of 1:11, two-fifths slower than the local record. Although weakening at the end, she lasted to defeat D. B. Midkiffs Flying Bonny, the favorite by half a length. C. H. Clearys Flying Lill was another length and a half back as Twisl ran fourth.
