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LEXINGTON RACING PROMISES WELL. Program for the Seven-Day Meeting Is Modestly Liberal — All Ready for Action. Loiugton. Ky.. April 17.— With knowledge of the horses thai are here and coining. Secretary Shelley bM made good conditions for the races. Tin- program calls for forty two races sis each dav lor seven iLr,? with an aggregate of 810.SOU, op si,r, M daily. Fbere will l c live purses ol 82IMJ each, thirtj two of 8250 cadi and five of 8300 each. Of the forty rices announced eight are at lour furlongs, loin at four anil one-half Im longs, four at live and one hall furlongs, ten at six furlongs. fo at seven furlongs, two it one mile, lour at one mile and twenty yaids. lour at one mile and ono-sixteeuth. one at one mile and one eighth and one at one mile and one quarter. There are twelve races for two-year old.-, six for three-year olds, sixteen lot-three ycai old» and upward and six for four-year olds and upward. Of the twelve for two-yesx-oWs there are three exclusively for colts and geldings and three exclusively for fillies, of the races for three-year-olds there is one for fillies cxclii-ivclv and two for maidens. There are seventeen selling races three for two-jeir elds, tea ft* three year-olds and upwar.l and four for four-year olds and mill There will in- three free handicaps, each for ■ pone of 00 and all for three year olds and upward. The lirst will be at one awe on April 2t . the next at five and one-hall furlongs on Avail 27 and the third at one mil" and twenty yards on April 20. The entries to these handicaps will close two days in advance of the running and the weights and acceptances will be announced the dav before the race Tin- book specifics that all races will be run under the rules of the Slate Racing Commission of Kentucky, tutu hied thai in cases not covered thereby the rules rf the Anieriitin Turf Association shall govern. In the ptitsc races and overnight handicaps withdrawals will he permitted free ot charge down to the number of eight. other than Secretary Shelley, there will be no paid official in the stand here this spring. There will be three jud.es each dav. two in addition to Secretary Shelley, but they will be selected from the ranks of the breeders ami owners. Among those who will preside on one or more days will tie President .1. N. Cannlcn. Jr.. of I he Kentucky AssocI itimi and master of llariland Stud: Major l-oxhall A. Haingci field, manager .if lames It. Keeies Cast.. ton Stud: Colonel K. !■. lay. vi chairman of the State Raring Commission and muster of Bunnymede Stud: Colonel Thomas n. ciav. of the BsJjcewaa stud; Baaferd Lyae, of the Larcbmoat stud: Q. J . Wilson, of the Iroquois Stud: Catesby Woodford, of the Baceland stud: o. II. Cheoanlt. of me Spendthrift Stud: Charles B. Hill, manager of Clarence II. Mackavs Kingston Stud: Kdward Kane, man ager of August Belmonts Nurserj Stud and Join; S. Barnee, of Glen-Helen Stud. This will give the meeting something of the atmosphere of tin- old davs anon the turf in the south when the lodge* were always selected from the rank- of the hue.! ers and owners, who very properly considered it a high honor to serve in tin stand. An average lot of jockeys will be here to do the riding. Vincent Powers, it is expected, will come this win- .1. C. Milam ha- secured first call on the services of at. Preston, the arrangi ment having been made witli Phil 1. China. Jockey Frances, who is iindi r contract to E. A. Breaman. the Hobokea owner, ha- alreadv reported 10 trainer Len Matders. Jockey Lore! will be here from Jacksonville to n lithe W. H. Hater horses. McUee. who is under ecu-tract to Henderson aV Hogan, will take mounts. IoL-arK who came here from Memphis about a month ago with the idea thai lie liail glown tOS bear] C«i future -nidi.- work and with the latealioa . j.itiue ng mi to his home at Brooklyn to go Into ,.,,„ men in :h business, l egiin galloping horses and I. mud that be will be able to ride as light as 110 I -iini s so he has decided to continue as a jockey. Tomm Taylor has been gallonim: horses n-gulariv all v inter and i- another who will be in the llo I IM| class. II- is a good boy on two-year-olds par- t,. ai.uh and will doubtless I"- in demand. Jockey lleiil. 1 has been engaged to ride .1. N. Camden. Jr.s lea si s lie will have some mighty good nanuerial 1. r bim and will li.m- no excuses on that fccore, Jimmy Duller, who had his arm broken in tali tornia is with his parents at Walnut Hill, but will hardly 1* in shape to ride -here He v ill proliablv not make his i e -appearance in tile saddle until the Louisville meeting is well advanced. Hu -nag.l i- coaling to vide John Marklems horses. James Hicks is with the stable of t. c. McDowell. Page will probably come on from California to 1 oiii-ville with the St. James stable and lake m at here a- a free lance, suirvln. who is now at Latonia. i also to he here. .lake llolinian will do Hi. stifling and he will in,. I ,.». local rouaasters probe hh less troublesome than in previous seasons. They have bona going t«. the Lai. in cv rv dav for the past two weeks and the schooling will be kept up until the meeting; opens and afterward, if necessary. Frank Morrow, who baa for several yean been an assistant starter. has been the presiding genius at the barrier for the past w.-ek and in- is to continue until Thursday, when he departs foe Baltimore to work at Pimlieo. Under the direction of superintendent .lame- lies-. Ihe track has had constant attention all winter and siuing iiml it will be in heller condition for racing than it was las! vi ai . The belting will be through auction pools, with John McLaughlin to do the selling, and through pari inntuel machines, with Eugene Elrod in charge Of the .lews. There is everywhere a disposition on the part of the people to help the meeting — the general council even having ordered that Ihe streets leading from the heart of the city to the track be put in perfect condition for driving and the meeting will open witli better than ordinary pros| ccts for success.
