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RACING GOSSIP FROM KENTUCKY. Louisville. Ky.. July 25. — Will J. Shelley, clerk of the course and associate judge at Churchill Downs, was in consultation Saturday with Secretary Newman of the State Fair in regard to the program of i mining races to be given at Douglas Park this year, and the conditions of these events will shortly be announced. It is likely that, as last season, two musing races will be on the card each day and that one of the events will be for gentlemen riders, modeled after the Gentlemens Cap Trophy annually hung ui at the spring meeting of the New Louisville Jockey Club. Mr. Shelley favors adding to the name in this race a handsome loving cup to be donated to the winning rider. He had only three starters in this event last season, but he hopes the coming fall to get together a lield of half a dozen horses. Among the horses W. A. Kirwau took to Missouri from Latonia and turned out for a rest at Barney Schreibers Woodlands Farm were Charles Fox. Iwa-lani and Donovan. Mr. Kirwau .wjU bring, a string of the Sehreilier horses to Churchill Downs for the coming fall meetlug. At present all hands at Wood-lauds Farm are engaged in breaking the yearlings, of which there are upward of eighty head. Mr. Schreiber also has some yearlings at the farm he has under lease in California. He told trainer Carroll B. Heid at Latonia that he now owns Ooo head of thoroughbred horses which probably exceeds the holdings of any other owner of thoroughbreds in the world. Trainer Wayne Lewis exiiects to go to Lexington to look over some of the yearlings Irving 11. Wheat-croft has at St. James Stud, on all of which he has set a price. He also wants to look over tlie Bissell-bred yearlings, all fillies, and prepare to ship them to Churchill Downs for breaking. Mr. Lewis lias advised Mr. Bissell to buy not over three or four gmxl colts, as with the seven old horses on hand the string will be sufficiently large with the addition of seven or eight yearlings. All of trainer Lewis* horses at the track are enjoying their rest, the two-year-olds especially being greatly benefited. They were all replated a few days ago and are getting slow work again. Mettie Bereaud especially looks well of the horses in the barn that are over two years old.
