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HAPPENINGS IN THE BLUE GRASS. Lexington, Ky., November 1G. C. J. McDevitts three-year-old colt Boxara, in early spring a promising western derby candidate, is being fittcuat La-tonia by trainer Joe Everman for New Orleans winter racing and will, be shipped to the Crescent City within the next ten days. Since Boxara last .raced he has been gelded. He is now the only horse Mc-Devitt, the Cincinnati turfman owns in the way of thoroughbreds, save one yearling of his own breeding. Secretary W. H. Letcher of tlie Kentucky Association track, is busy laying out plans for a steeplechase course here and the work will be pushed through so that the lovers of this class of racing can begin training at aii early date. This will be the first time in the history of this course that there has been racing of this character in central Kentucky. Dillard Hill has shipped his horses to winter quarters here after a successful season at minor southern tracks. He won no less than seventeen races at the recent Atlanta meeting with Lady Frankfort, Jim Simpson. Helen Virginia and Sir Vagrant, the latter taking seven races. J. B. Haggins yearling filly by Star Huby Summit, has been returned to Elniendorf Farm from the east and if raced at all, will not be among the early two-year-old starters of 190S. In conformation this filly is an ideal type. One of the best looking yearlings in "Kentucky is one of the first crop of foals by Wilkersou, by Ayre-shire Talltot Brothers untried English stallion. He is now In training with nine other yearlings iu Bourbon county. The youngster is the first foal of the Oaks winner, the good race mare Wainamoinen.
