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J. 0. KEENE REFUSES 5,000 FOR RADTKE. Louis A. Cella Makes the Offer More About the Case of The Rake Gossip. Hot Springs, Ark., February 22. J. O. Keenc today refused an offer of 5,000 cash in hand for his contract on the services ot jockey Herman Radtke. The offer was made by Louis A. Cella. A. J. Polndexter, in whose name a horse was registered at Oaklawn as The Rake, called on Judge Bryan at the track this morning. He told the judge that be had purchased the horse from Lawson, who had been his owner ever since he was a yearling and that he was undoubtedly The Rake. This statement, however, did not tally with a letter from Mr. Lawson yesterday containing the statement that he bought The Rake when a two-year-old. Polndexter contradicted himself more than once. Polndexter was ordered oft" the track and the horse is still in charge of a custodian. A closer scrutiny of the horse by Jack Keene today more clearly convinced him, so he declared, that the horse Is not the one that he owned under the name of The Rake. "Judge amiltbrirele"gralthedSecretay-Stv:bbhI3, that Cutter, now here and carded for the third race tomorrow, was not in bad standing at Ascot Park. S. M. Williams, who was warned away from Oakland, telegraphed that he would ship two carloads of horses from the Emeryville track today. Jockey Auhuchon is expected to arrive here on Sunday. John W. Schorr was among todays arrivals from Memphis. He stated that he had sold Moharlb and Far West to Frank Brown and would shortly send them east. Injunction has been gelded and will lie broken to drive. The following arrivals are expected In the next few days: From New Orleans M. I. Miller, 15; E. L. Talley, 10; G.. B. Watkins, 3; Ed Peters, 12; E. M. May, 5. From Memphis the following will come: Joe Hawkins, 10; D. Morris, 8; J. W. May, 4 and Keene Brothers will send ten more to join their string here.
