Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-10
SIX TRACK RECORDS BROKEN
Days Racing at Churchill Downs
Never Before Equaled.
MIAMI WINS CLARK HANDICAP
Each Of the Six Winners shows
Dazzling S~pced-LRd of Lang
don Wins Handicap at
PimIicO.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May Six races
were run at Churchill Downs Saturday,
and In each event the track record
was broken, which establishes a worlds
record. as a similar performance never
before occurred on any race track. Each
of the six winners showed dazzling speed
and though the finishes were close in the
majority of the events the winners were
well played by the form players. The most
notable record shattered was in the last
race, when Belleview ran a mile and a
quarter In BOSS, which is a twentieth of
a second faster than the time made by
Lieutenant Gibson, the Derby winner on
May 3, 1900, Turf Stars record of O:47S
for a half mile broke the mark of 0:47%
made by Autumn Leaves on April -, 1901.
In the third race Jeff Bernstein won by a
rose in Ills for the three-quarters of a
mile and Miami beat Acite at, a mile and
a sixteenth in the fourth race. Clark handi.
cap, lowering the Mink's record made May
81. 1903. The Clark handicap was the fea-
ture race and It furnished a stirring strug-
gle. The weather was fair and warm and
the crowd one bf the best OF the meeting
to date. Summaries:
First race. selling, i've and one-halI fur
longs: Endtield ClUi, klce, straight S4l.bO )
won, Manman Ito, Iapltn, place slo. SJ sec p
onu, Marble tl0J, Nilhams, snow $500 third.
lime: I:O01s, breaks track record, n. Il.
Snlpp, Ben Howe, NerVator, Harold Hail,
san Primo, Cola Proof. Come On sam,
Overland, Hypercrit, Merrick also ran.
Seconu race, purse, @-yeat-Old fines, four
furlongs: IurIs,ar (l4, IoWers, straight
5000 won, Aaran DO, Martin, place 80. ~
SECOND, Grdnuy ulsmal tlUL, heIdei, snow
U:4iSA broken. MISS Uway Lady melton,
Prim Pony, Ethel W., Grace DIXON, our
Fanny also ran.
Third race. handicap, six furlongs: jeff
Bernstein ClU, MCGee, straight, $1,000 wen.
cambridge (US, Powers, place, 81. ~ seconu,
Plateglass uV, h. Martin. snow, SGovJ
All Red, Rap Thompson, Ida May also ran.
tourth race, mile and sixteenth: The
Clark nandicap: Miami uN, McGee, 5000
straight, Rl0.5v place, $3.50 snow first,
Arctic az, Powers, 500 pace, 1885 show
second, Huck uOS. Rice, ga, ~ show thru.
lime; l;+SHS, DR.. Barkley, Wool Sandals,
Hlehap' Sloquette Green Zeal Old Honesty
Itoyal Tourist also ran,
Fifth race, four and One-half furlongs,
purse Joe Morris Q0s, Martin, soSSO
straight $685. place, .Sl4.lO show first,
King solomon u15. Preston, $40 place,
5000 show second, Donau Ills, Powers.
$50 show third. Time: O:52+6, Relluf, Zulu,
.. A. Lehman, Captain Glore, 4. M. Irwin,
Southern Gold also ran.
SlNth race, one and One-tolrth miles, sell
ing; Belleview 40. Rice, sn,S straight
$3.50 place, $50 show first, Nadu 1U,
Taplin, S.S place, &. 70 show second, Orion
Okla u06, Hitchett, $50 show third. Time:
also ran.
Lad Of LanEdon Wins Handicap.
BALTIMORE, May Slime weather and
q fast track were enjoyed by a large crowd
at Pimlico today, the thirteenth Of the
meeting, The feature OF the card, the
Merchants handicap was won, by a length
by Lad Of Lsngdon from a field of four
teen starters while the Chesapeake steeple-
chase, in which there were eleven starters
was won By Waterway by six lengths.
Summaries:
First race, selling, four half furlongs:
Relbolrn n07, Harry. u to u won; Conn
ton ul2, Goldstein, 8 to 81 second; Busy
uls, Mcintyre, 3 to 81 second; Time: O:56
Rlth and Kin, Belle Mawr, Dsveneschol,
Bedmlnster, Etching. Billie Burke, Ger
sndo and Johnny Wise also ran.
Second race, selling, six furlongs: Mo-
mentum On. Reid. 6 TO u won; George w.
NE H,D que; Mcintyre 2 to y second; Sim
ran.
sixty yards: Lad of Langdon dOS, Grand,
70 TO u won; Siskin (92, Reid, 80 to ID see
ond; GoNan uS, Scoville, 5 to u third.
lime I;443s' HAT Sovereign Gretna Green.
n -. L No
wrestler, Superstition, Ross Fentou, Aron-
daek, Toboo, Dele Storm, also ran.
Fourth race, the Chesapeake steeplechasa
selins, about TWO miles: Waterway Q58.
W lHlams, Z TO 81 won; TouchWoOd 14q
Dupee, 0 TO p second; Or. keith Q5l, SAT
Tel, 10 10 ID third. Time: 425. bound
Brook, Rye Boy, Racilia, HaTpist If, Inn
pertfnence' SungloN, The Dane, Pirate.
ran.
Fifth race, Amateur cup. mile; Rio
Grande ulI, MIR. Wright, II to 20I won.
Aster Dor Q41, NJ. =. Tucker, 8 TO 81 sec
ond; Perseverance u4s, NJ. g. Nicholson.
~ TO y third. Time; l:48. Pride of Ivan,
hoe, also ran. ~
Sixth race, sellingl mile and sixty wards.
Queen OF the Hills iii, Dugan, 8 to p won
Gus helm tys, McCahey, TO o second:
George g. Hall OH, Callahan, 5 TO u third,
Time l;4G9s; Recruit, Judge Ermentrout.
owe Fly, Harve, also ran.
Seventh race, selling, one mile ana "a
yards: Court Lady (A, Chandler, 10 l. :;
TO !, 3 10 % won, First Jubilee (99. Nc.
Sahey, 3 10 ], even, l 10 p second; Hish
range ~, Goldsteln, 10 TO /, 8 TO l. & 10 ?,
thlrd, Time: Las. Miss Catesby. Lsdy
hsrma' Black Sheep, Rosimiro, also ran.
Hitting Pitcher Wins Game.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 9-Cspecia
CONGRATULATIONS Kissel won his own
game here today between seward ana tha
Red Cross team OF Grand Island. in thss
tenth, by knocking a home run with one
man on base. Score: R.HsE.
seward ........-...l 1 3 / 0 0 o 2S u z
HE'D Cross ..........0 003003OOS
Batteries: For Seward, Kissel and Ling
for Red Cross, Jones and Glade.
Bancroft Wins rem West PoiHt.