Evening star., 1920-05-23
KING G0R|N WINS
KENTUCKY CLASSIC
Defeats Brilliant Field in Big
Handicap and With It
$12,375 Purse.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 22.-King
Gorin. r. L. Baker & Co.'S Transyaal-
Ethel Simpson horse. garnered a
fresh turf laurel for his owner at
Churchill Downs today. when he for
the second time won the Kentucky
Handicap at a mile and a quarter
Behind him came Drastic, Minto II,
Boniface, Linden, Sway, Pictor. Be
Frank, Dodge, Ginger and Midway in
the order named. The race was run
in 2.04 Is. which compares with the
track record of 2.03 2-5 for the same
distance set by Old Rosebud in the
Kentucky Derby in 1914
The race carried $4,000 in added
money. Its gross worth was s15,-
225. of which $12.375 was the winners
share. The owner of Drastic re-
ceved s1.50o and Mimic II was
awarded $500, while Boniface saved
his fees. amounting to s275.
King Gorin, carrying 122 pounds,
was given the rail position. At the
quarter mile he was led by Boniface
and followed by Ginger. At the halt
him into the lead. a head in front of
Ginger and Mimic IL. At the three
quarters pole he had lost an addi-
tional length and a half behind Min
to II and Boniface. When the mile
had been run he had moved to sec
ond position. a head behind Mimic
II, with Boniface a half length away.
At the stretch Jockey Lyke moved
him into the lead "a head In front OF
Mimic ii, which was leading Bonl-
face by length, and in the last SIX
teenth, under rousing drive, ne
drew still farther away and won by
length and half in front o,
Drastic. which had moved up IRON
fourth position and was fighting win
Mimic ii for third place. Drastic
margin was half a length.
Drastic. regarded by the public az az
odds of about Is to /. was far out OF
it in the first three-quarters, r;1 put nm .
ished resolutely Boniface. favorite
in the betting. suffered some from
interference, but top weight OF l32
pounds told on him in the stretcn'
King Gorin's price was about 10 i
while Be Frank, at about . 10 IN
the betting, was always 1ar naIh
The Porter and Courtship declined the
issue.
The Summaries.
purses es' 81 sIs 900: seven furiongs-War Garden
Maxim, a5 (Robertsl, So, TO-, $40; second Z.
Ahbess. Caraway. Decod. Our Birthday and
Eyes Of Youth also ran.
Second three-year-Slds and .;oI up; purse St
MSaet sksas 1iS SSrS Burke. ss,o second The
Leopard 10 Garnsr Ssso snrd PERKINS
Nordeck, Betty Curry. Gray Beard, Trnant
Madrid Biackhackle. High Voltage. Little D.
and W; P. Montgomery also ran. -, ,n,r.-d
Third race, three-year-olds and upward
(Heiniseh). ss.so; $40, $3.50. won; Sa Louis
Waterfront Va l11 Hfo estacki $40: third Time
1.39. Iwiniwin, Emma j.. Principle, Happy
valley. Maramus. Athena; Thornbloom. Retta
B.. Hondo, H. c. Basch. Grey Eagle and
Fourth race-Hiehland Park handicap
as snsTs and S sanan
sI4.so, $500, won; Pastoureau. 102 (Car-
mody). $500. $3.50. second; Leochares, 122
Kiku. Sands Of Pleasure, Courtship. Matinee
Fifth race. the Kentucky handicap; $40. 900
afs Gofn ias iaa fs sad
S3 so. won: Drastic. 1Os (Taylor). s23 go.
;ssona m MntS 8. II 1so aSntdss .msoi9s9a $50.
Be Frank. Ginger. Pictor. Midway and Lin
Sixth race. two-year-olds: four nnd halt
qE1ongs Valet LIZ
Eikhorn, lie tGarner). $500. 81 80. second
Runzaf. 112 to'Brienl. $500. third. Time.
O.54 3-5. Nanny o. Mine. Pekoe, Sir Thomas
Kean. Balance Wheel. Ace High John s.
Reardon. Muskalone and The Ally also ran.
Seventh race. three year -olds and up; claim
Ing: purse. 81 200: one mile and an eighth
Mint Cat. 113 (0Brien). $50, $50, $2.70,
won; Warsaw. 100 (Garner). $3.50. $3.40.
second Jim Hefering. 104 (Roberts). $500.
third. Time. 1.52. Sun God and Game Cock
also ran.