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ACTIVITY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. Racing Strings Arrive and Other Preparations in Progress for Approaching Fall Meeting. Louisville, Ky., September"!:!. Lyman II. Davis, secretary of the New Louisville Jockey Club, has received a message to the effect that II. G. Bedwell, the Colorado turfman, who has cut a wide swath, beginning on the Pacific coast and continuing up to the present, cannot arrange to race his stable at the fall meeting at Churchill Downs. He has made entries In many events at Gravesend and in Canada, notably in long-distance races. Much to his regret he finds it impossible to abandon the metropolitan and Canadian circuits for the middle west, where he enjoyed unusual success last spring; Among those coming here at the conclusion of the Sheepshead Hay races will be Charles Van Meter. Pat Dunne, John Marklein and J. N. Camden, Jr. Those coming from Canada include J. W. Schorr, George Ileiulrie. P. M. Civil!. E. J. Glldersleeve," St. James Stable. J. R. Wainwright, A. J., Gorey, J., U. Strode and dozens of others. Walter Grater will be at CBurchill Downs with several racers, and so will Charles Hughes, trainer for H. M. Ziegler. Barney Schreiber often uncovers Surprises at the Lousivllle meeting, and one which is said to be entitled to attention is Uralla, a tilly by Sain which John Rodegap is training. Eugene EIrod, who is here getting things in readiness for the speculative end at Churchill Downs, will have John McLaughlin to sell the auction pools. McLaughliu is well known to the patrons of the Downs. The racing stables of W. A. Hughes and Howard Oots have reached Churchill Downs from Fort Erie, the former string being in charge of the colored trainer, Lee Christy, who has been coming to the races in Louisville since theAristides Derby and the Ten Broeck and MolIIe McCarthy race. Christy now has in charge for Hughes seven horses Ned Car-mack. Irfaneh, Harting. Miss Crawford, Mrs. Sewall. La Toupee and Star Venus, the latter being a two-year-old maiden of considerable promise that will do her first racing here this fall. Christy thinks Miss Crawford, the aged daughter of Teuny. will again race well this fall. She is training nicely and looks lusty and strong. Her owner sent her to the public market last fall, believing her racing days over, but when the bargain hunters only offered 00 for her, Hughes had Dr. M. W. Williams bid her In for him, as a mare with her creditable racing record and royal breeding is wortli several times 00 for a broodmare even in the hardest kind of times. Christy says this Is likely her last season on the turf, and Hughes will mate her- in the spring of 1910 to some fashionable sire In Kentucky, most likely to Ormis. the sire of Ulambala and Oiseau. Miss Crawford is now eight years old. Oots brought in only three horses from Fort Erie Ludhlana, Heine and a two-year-old maiden bv Meltonian as during his Canadian campaigns he sold off all the other horses with which he left Kentucky early in the summer. Next season he will endeavor to get out with an entirely new string of horses, principally two-year-olds, the latter being drafted from a string of yearlings now being broken by one of Ids. assistants at the Oots breeding farm near Lexington. Oots expects to win with Heine during the coming fall meeting at Churchill Downs, as the son of Sandringham seems not only to have all his speed this year, but all season has raced well, even up to a mile and a sixteenth in good company. J. L. KIrby has arrived from Fort Erie. Canada, with the Frank Respess string of horses, consisting, among others, of Hughes, Romp and Jupiter Joe. J. H. Respess will have a representation at the coming meeting, but just what horses he will ship here Kirhy does not at present know. The latter .string of horses are now in the east, and Wintergreen and some others of ,the lot will likely remain in that section until racing for the season is over oil the metropolitan tracks. . T. L. Carpenter, the Hustonville, Ky.. turfman, is here for the opening of the state fair and Incidentally lie reported the following thoroughbred foals dropped at his farm this year: Chestnut colt, by Cosarlon Elsie B. Bay lllly. by Santon Democray. Bay filly, by Royal Flush III. Raglets. Carpenter thinks the Cesarion colt is one of the best he ever raised. Carpenter has now only one yearling, a hay filly, by Cesarion, out of Ambrosia, which he will reserve for a broodmare, but before retiring her he will have her trained and raced. He says J. C. Reid of Hustonville lias two extra good yearlings this season, both chestnut colts, one bv Santon out of Fleeting Moments II.. by Fabulous, and the other by Contestor, out of Hazing. After the windup of the New Louisville -Jockey Club s fall meeting many yearlings will go into training at Churchill Downs, and no doubt a number of the star two-year-olds of 1910 will find a winter home here, The yearlings Clifford Hammond has just begun breaking at E. R. Bradleys Idle Hour I arm, near Lexington, for Henry M. Ziegler. the Cincinnati turfman and theatrical magnate, will receive tiieir .first real training here. Trainer Charles Hughes will bring the bunch here soon after Christmas and remain at the track, as he did last spring, until after the spring meeting of 1910. Ziegler likes to have his horses trained here, as during the winter he has a lot of business In this city in connection with the .Mary Anderson Theater, of which he is one of the lessees, and he thus gets a chance to see his colts on these business trips. Ziegler thinks the star of his collection of vearlings is the chestnut colt by Adam, out of Frederica, the dam of Barleythorpc. Until Hughes reports next soring on the merits of the half-brother to Harlev-thorpe, Ziegler will not part with this young son of Adam. The other yearlings Ziegler now owns embrace five colts and one filly. They are; Bay colt, by Holstein Gotham Belle. Bay colt, by Cesarion Grandma II. Brown colt, by Handspring Bermuda Lily. Brown colt, by Garry Hermann Loug Leaf. Bay colt, by Blues Semitic. Brown filly, by Stalwart Rossa. J. B. Respess is another turf man who will winter his yearlings at Churchill Downs, lie has an unusually nice bunch of youugsters this season, the get of Dick Welles and the Sir Dixon stallion. Six Shooter, .while the George J. Iong lot at Bashford Manor Farm will come in from that place as soon as the coming fall meeting "here is over. The Iliil Woodford youngsters will also more than likely get their first training here, and from all accounts even some of the strings that have heretofore wintered at Memphis will this time make their home during cold weather in the barns of the New Louisville Jockey Club. Will Shelley has charge of the running events on the card at the state fair this week. The star fea-tilre of the week will be the gentlemens cup race next Saturday, at one mile, for a handsome sliver cup. Among the starters will be Malediction, Bernie Cramer. Addax and Usury. A good deal of local interest is being taken in this event and a number of the local riders have put in applications to ride. Among the probable riders will be Messrs. Caldwell, letter. Pierce. Mayer and Keeno.
