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LEXINGTON MAY HAVE FALL MEETING. Stakes of the Kentucky Association Fill to the Satisfaction of Its Officials. I.txington. Kv.. June IS, -Barring the fact that no nomination! wen received from .lames B. llaxgtn. August Beliuont. .lani.s U. Keene and lata K. Mad »eu. oniit;s if tin- four most evtensive and most pre-teniioiis ill. roiiglibrcd cstabllsbineiiis in Kentucky, .iitries for the fo:tr siakes that cl -«l on June 15. wei. sjulsfactorv to Acting Secretary Q. 1». Wilson and olbe;- MMHI of the Kentucky Association. The aggregate number of nominations will eveced «AM and the most liberal nominators were Johnson Camden Ca;csh Woodford. Major T. .1. Carson. Colonel K. K. Clay. J. H. Kespess. living 11. Wie.il croft K. U. Bradley and Barncv Sehreilwr. The N.w Vorken who made entiles are L. ». Apphby. H. K. Kuapp. W. 1 Powers and C. L. Harrison, llien- Here a scattering few rum Missouri. Illinois amt Tennessee ami. when making llie count Thursday atteruoon. Mr. Wilson sai,| be was expecting some in the mail- treiu California. The Breeders" I ill init. v. at one half mile. .30t added. Hat foala of this year to ia v as two year olds in 1*11. ha already 2i4i uoiiiinatious and Mr. Wilson believes that lie will receive from the fat west en tries that will hrfata the miiut..r to uthmt :ioo. lie estimates that tbis race will l e worth not less than M.«KH4. The Blue Qraaa Stakes, one mile and an eighth, for foals of 1968 now yearlings 1 to race as three year olds in 1911. closed with eighty eutries aUU Mr. Wilson says be figure- that llie race will be Worth M the wiuuer atwuit J4.XP. The other two stakes are to be decided next year and 1 ach of theiu earth- .on-olation parses, which will make tour races. The Breeders Futurity, on.-half mile. .INK added. Tor foals ot IPOs mow ear lings 1. to run as two year olds uo the first day of the spring meeting here in 1*10. has 1 0 nominations, with the likelihood of twenty more. Mr. Wilson .stlruates that this ra.-e will Is- worth at least XS.O6O4 It has a lousolation i.ur- of £.".00 added to S2.. frolu starters. All paid up nominees that do not start in the Futurity will l e eligible to this purse. The Camden Handicap, one mile and an eighth. ~*r:«"0 adue.i. tor horses now two year-olds, has re-.eived sixty entries. The conditions provide that additional entries niav be made November 1 next. Ibis race carries a consolation purse of S3M added, for which all except the tirst. second and third money horses In the handicap will h- eligible iiiioii Payment of o each to start. Mr. Wilsons estimate "of the probable value of the handicap is »2."H ". In the near future there will be a meeting of the directors of the Kentucky Ass.x-iatioii to discuss their affairs in general, to order certain repairs and nece-sary improvements at the course with a view to making it more attractive as a winter training ground and to diseuss the advisability of giving a fall uteetiug. President Camden last spring expressed the opinion that there would be no racing here tbis fall, bnt some of the directors feel that if there is not sufficient occupation for horses elsewhere, there should he at least six days s|«. rt here late in Oetahet or early in November. BETTING ON SUBURBAN DAY. New York. June 2t5. — Those who cared to have a "rooting " interest in the result of the Suburban Handicap and its fine sidelights at Sheepshead Bay Thursday — and the number was by no means small -did not go to the betting ring for action. Tbey got as close, however, to the erstwhile speculative mart us tbey ev.-r will without actually invading it. The men who laid odds and the men ■ bo accepted them, when the figures agreed with their ideas. were mostly under cover, and the cover was the pr -jeeting roof of the big shed that formerly housed the tiookmakers. Some. Indeed, spent most of their time in tbe ring, but the actual speculation occurred just outside of what used to be given over to the "big line" on the track side of the building. It was a lively day down in that part of the enclosure, too. At any time there were at least 1.4J0O men gathered in the most shaily si* ts. and when speculation was at its height, particularly bcf.."-!-the running of the Suburban, it seemed that nine out of every ten men at the course foinul reason to co tliere to glance at the ixbls. and grounds, perhaps. f,,r a murmured ls»t or two. Inlike tbe old days, however, there was none of tlie crush and bustle that made Suburban day different from all others. Tbe business was carried on uuietly: there was no calling of odds and no loud invitations to would-be lietlors. As at tbe earlier meetings of the season the so called layers carried programs with the odds marked along the edges, ami it was not very difficult to see how the market -tood. Then, providing credit were good, a financial interest in the approaching NBtatt was established •piickly. There were a few. a very few. who stood around disconsolately, apparently unable to get any money down II ey mav not have known anyone who offered .nlils. On the other hand they may not have had any money. Some real rash may have chanced hands liere and there in the big throng. It was not ilotie openlv. however, the liettors preserving a discreel resp.ct for tlie law that drove theiu out of the betting ring more than a year ago.
