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LEXINGTON PROSPECTS PROSPECTSHorsemen Prospects Horsemen interested have been wondering of late what could be depqnded depended upon in the way of racing at Lexington this spring J Hull Davidson some time ago declared that Lexing Flexing ¬ ton would parallel Newport from start to finish but meantime he is in New York and no stakes have been announced or racing dates formally claimed In this connection a dispatch from Lexington to the Cincinnati Commercial Tri ¬ bune bun says saysThere seashore There is little likelihood of a successful spring meeting being held at Lexington from the fact that many of the leading stables will not remain here Baker Gentry will ship their horses to Louisville today and Bradley Bros Brows will shortly send theirs to Newport Sev Se ¬ eral feral of the other leading trainers will ship within the next few weeks Will Wallace took his horses to Memphis last week and by the time the trainers who contemplate leaving are gone there will not be many good horses left to race here One of the leading owners said today We do not expect to race at Lexington this spring because we can get larger purses else ¬ where We are njjt NJ raping for sentiment We are sorry that the Kentucky Association has been so badly mismanaged in the past but we do not feel that it would be proper for us to re ¬ main here and race our horses for small purses when we can get large purses at other tracks Besides it is understood that the racing at Lex Alex ¬ ington Kingston will be given only on good days This would be a great hardship on owners and train ¬ ers for they would be under expense unneces unnecessary ¬ sarily scarily Another thing that is against the Lex Alex ¬ ington Kingston track is the fact that it is not kept in good condition to train over We pay our rent promptly but we cannoj Cano get anything done toward keeping the track in condition Under these circumstances it seems that it would be almost folly to attempt to conduct a successful meeting here this spring
