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THOMAS STABLE FOR CALIFORNIA. Lexington, Ky., October 17. Cars to transport the horses of 11. L. Thomas from Latonia and Lexington to California, have been ordered for November 4. There will be thirty-six head in all, nineteen being yearlings now being handled at the local track by Dan T. Morris. There wili be one carload belonging to Mr. Thomas to leave the east about the tame time. Whether these horses will be shipped to San Francisco Or Los Angeles, is a matter for Mr. Thomas future determination. It was his origiual intention to race at Oakland, hut when here last Sunday he said that because of the troubles of jockey Shilling at Latonia and the attitude of Judge Hopper, who is to be the presiding official at Oakland, he had about made up his mind to go to Los Angeles. Many of the yearlings at the local track are alllicted with a mouth disease and there is likelihood that it will become epidemic. However, no serious results are expected. The trainers say that the worst that can happen will be the setback in the breaking and training of the baby racers. There are nineteen weanlings at Kingston Stud and thirteen of them are colts, an unusually large and, to Manager Hill, a highly pleasing percentage of the latter. Oots Brothers will send about twenty horses to New Orleans Tor t lie winter meeting. They have about that many In training here In addition to the string now at Latonia. Colonel W. E. Applegate has bought more than his usual number of yearlings tills reason. W. J. Young is breaking twelve for him at the local track.
