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KENTUCKY AT THRESHOLD OF PROMISING RACING SEASON I i I I • ■ The Kentucky racing season begins at I exington tomorrow. Western racing is now confined to that same Kentucky season and to Chicago lovers of the s|.ort of sports it almost savors of local interest. Lexington. Louisville and Latonia are all within easv traveling distance and it may be set down as assured in advance that many Chieagoans will go south to en.jov a pleasure they are denied at home. The I.exii.gton meeting promises more in the wav of really high-class racing than in a number of vears past. Stakes of good value have been closed and the :esiilt is that horses that otherwise would have been saved for Louisville. Latonia. Canada and the east-era tracks, will be seen in action there and there will be something like a revival of tl Id-time interest and imi ortauce iormerlv attaching to Lexington racing. It is appropriate that the home of the thoroughbred should be reinvested with its long-lost dignity as one of the really great racing centers of the country. The main feature of Saturdays card will bo the Breeders Futurity, for two-year-olds, at a half mile. Ibis event dosed last fall with 1!4 nominations at *■ each. It lias a 5 declaration fee. costs $.-| t additional to start and. having ,000 added, is ex-sected to net the w inner .." 4lO or more, and in these days of greatly reduced racing values is a verv important and desirable race in the minds of owners of promising youngsters. Rumors of the excellence of a number of the eligibles have lieen rife for some tune. A big field of starters and much excitement will be features in its decision. An afterpiece to come up later is a consolation purse of 0o and a •SL. sweepstakes tor eligibles which did not start lor the main event. 1 f still more interest is the Camden Handicap, tor liiree-year-olds. at a mile and an eighth, which is to lie run Tuesday afternoon. It lias sixty-seven entries, embracing every three-year-old of promise in the west and cannot well fail to bring alxmt a race worth a journey to view. Waldo was expected to start at on time but has la-en reserved for the nearby Kentucky Derby. Lexington. Ky.. April 2X.— With a steadilv rising temperature and the srn shining brightlv. this was a beautiful day. If the weather continues so the Kentucky Association will surelv have a big crowd lor the opening of its spring meeting Saturday. Secretary Shelley ami his assistants have evervthing in reidiiiess. All the horses that will participate in the lacing arc now on the ground, ill- will be by lomorrow evening. There wire a number of arrivals l front Louisville today. W. J. Young brought Dark ! night. Slolypin. Solicitor. Miss Crittenden, lotsch I-Vreno. Naniiettc. Dusty. Roaiina and Little Oasis. lackey Dale Austin will ride for him and T. I*. t l ! t Hayes will have second call. Will Perkins brought Bonnie Bard and La D Mexican, and Raleigh Colston intrusted to his care C. L. Harrisons Breeders Futurity candidate. Housemaid. Perkins will saddle tin- daughter of Broomstick and Ethel Face for the owner of Waldo and V. Dowers will be here to ride 1 her. Mr. Harrison arrived from New York todav 111 time to see his filly unloaded. He was greatlv f pleased with her appearance and considers his chances lor winning the two-year-old prize as ex ccllcnt. Mr. Harrison expressed regret that he could jj not have Walde here to carrv his colors in the Camden 1- Handicap May :i. but trainer Colston thought t it best to keep him at Churchill Downs for the e Kentucky Derby. May 10. J. C. 4alm brought over r live of Barney Schreibers string, including tin- three • • year SidS, Charles Fox and Father Eugene, and the e two-year -olds. Iwalani. Unite and D. II. Carpenter -. t liarles S. Wilson brought four, including his own Louise B. and Albetto. J. J. Fergusons Earlv Tide e and Garrity and Daatepa Mauretania. James Griflta a «.ime with only one. the Breeders Futuritv candidate. - Little Rajah, a sou of Hurst Dark and Mar sara. lielonging to J. s. McCullongh. of Springfield. ,. 111. .1. BUM is here with Stowawav. Dr. Core e and loin Bigsby. Trainer Coyne will arrive tomorrow- with Relluf f and five others belonging to 4Jeorge J. Long and 1 trainer 41ass will come in the same car with Fight ing Rob. The horses of John Marklein. W. t; . anke and C. C. Van Meter are also expected tomorrow - morning. Ed A. Tipton arrived here this morning and will 1 remain for a portion of the meeting. ? 1- I!ra ,ltv eaaae from New York this morning ; ind will remain at Idle Dour Farm until after the • meeting closes He fancies the chances of C.dinet iu 1 both the aniilen Handicap and the Kentuckv Darky. . Tue local choices for the Breeders Futiiritv are • lima. Housemaid and Jovernor Gray, and for the ■ Camden Handicap Fighting Bob, Joe Morris and John Furlong. c.T.,K J?3 rul •"■iH.v Passed by the Kentuckv State Lacing Commission wherebv the association 1 furnishes ■ VHlet for each jockev. will lie given its first trial in Kentucky at this meeting. In the past t i the valets were employed by the ioekevs. The new systeni was used at Jacksonville during the winter with success. There will be five pari mutuc! machines on here .Hist as there was last year. Three of them will he For Im-Is and the athtS Iwo will issue tickets I hero will U- one each of straight, place and show : liiachines that will issue tickets, but there will be no place machines. -The auction | ool selliic will again be done by John McLaughlin of this city who will also be in the box at Louisville and Latonia.
