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QUITE LIVELY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. Horses Thronging; in from All Quarters — Weils Chicago Horses at the Track. Louisville. Ky.. April i:;.— Will Wallace has Lane Allen. Rata Avis. Masceilera and five two year-olds at Churchill Downs — three by Radford, one by l.roo.ustick and another by Sonipri.uiiiK. K. I. Weil, of Chicago, is at Churchill Downs to siud tM following to the post: Clysniic. a two-year-old bay .olt. by Inspector B. — Dictynna: Foxy Uuiller. a two-year-old bay colt by Woolsthorpi — Splendid: Princess Thorpe, a brown two-year-old filly by Woolsthorpe — Princess Bowling. These racers spent the winter In Chicago and were quartered at .7 Michigan boulevard. They were worked on a half-mile straightaway on Michigan boulevard before six oclock in the morning. To do this Weil had a special permit. Weil says he is sure to win several races here this spring. Kugene Klrod will arrive from Santa Anita on April 22. He will have charge of the betting rings at Lexington and Louisville. "Wink" Williams is coming to Churchill Downs from California with Fundamental. Hans and four others. Williams has no stake entries here this spring. .lack Adkin. better known as "Canada Jack." who has been extremely fortunate in winning with his horses at long odds, is in Louisville and probably will remain through the meeting at CTmrcMIl Downs. He has just returned from California, where he had a good season. Adkin thinks Keogh is the best rider on the coast. He says the boy has a great pair of hands and if he could scale around 100 pounds, he would be worth a million dollars, in the opinion of Adkin. W. 11. Fizer will take all of his best racers to the Lexington race meeting. His shipment, the last of the we.k. will include McAndrews. his Derby candidate, and Floreal. which will start in tlie Kentucky Oaks. McAndrews is working in fast time. Ozana. a chestnut filly owned by J. N. Camden. Jr.. which will start in the Kentucky Oaks, is said to be the fleetest thing uiound Lexington. Entries are being received by Lyman II. Davis, secretary of the New Louisville Jin-key club, for the Gentlemens Cup race, which will be decided on May is. Winners as well as noii-winuers are eligible and the race promises to be exceptionally attractive. Eddie Martin may rjdo Wintergrci-n in the Derby for Rome Respess. Other riders now at Churchill Downs are Hieks. Fogarty and Steele. F. Burton will be here in a few days. All of these youngsters will be seen in the saddle at Lexington. Jockey M. Preston, it is said, will ride Cal Milams Ada Meade in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. Frank Grosche. who has a two-year-old colt by Orlando -Topsv Over, in training at Lexington, will. in all probability, upset some calculations at Churchill Downs. This one ran a quarter as a year ling in SS] seconds. Qvaaeha has refused $:.,ooo for him. lolsch is a two-yea i old Cesarlon colt in W. J. Youngs barn and is a grand looker. He is a ringer for Ccsaiion. being almost as dark and with am :lier years growth will be as dark and as bread as his sire.
