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BUSY TIMES AT IONCRIEF1 SPECIAL HORSE TRAIN FROM LATONIA ARRIVES AND IS ttUICKLY UNLOADED Track in Excellent Condition and Horses Are Speeded Up in Preparation for Thursdays Opening Pons Racers Reported in Racing Trim Jacksonville Fla November 22 The special torse train that left Latonia Sunday arrived at Moiiiriof Park this afternoon at one oclock This lrmi was made up of niiiclivn cars and included a day ciich and n sleeper The unloading chutes at Jho r ir of the course presented a busy aspect dur ¬ ing Hie afternoon The scenes reminded one of the trrivil of a circus There were race horses cats gs monkeys parrots coons and a black hear This shipment included about 15U horses and all were unloaded in splendid condition Hugh McCar reirs horses were the first to be taken off the cars aiiil then followed those of W O Jojilin A L Kirby and 4 R Rcspess Harry White was on luind with a diagram of the reservations made for I diflcrriit owners and as soon as a car was un ¬ loaded the horses were led to the quarters assigned them on tint course It took about three hours to unload the big train and long before sundown every HiiiiL was ship shape about the track The Latouia special was last of the big shipments to get in There are about halt a dozen other owners yet to arrive among them Thomas C McDowell whose horses left Lexington yesterday In all these are dose presentTin to 800 horses on the grounds at present Tin Latonia special was made up of the follow ¬ ing stables E Trotter C A Ross Toinuiv Burns 4 II Morgan 1 II Jones W E Suggs O Johii n A Wobor William AVoodard N B Davis A L Kirby C Strauss J J Flannigan Hugh Mc irrcn Gtnirge II Hollo William Gerst Wayne O Juiliii Lou Johnson O Hak and James Blute BluteJ J W May arrived early in the morning with two carloads ami John F Schorr also arrived with the big string hiV is training for his father The tract at Monorhf is in excellent condition arid some good trials were shown over it during the morning Francis 4 Pons Tliauksgiving Handicap candidate Great Heavens worked threeQuarters in 117 Trainer Westmoreland has all if the Pons horses in splendid condition and they should cut an important ligure meetingS during the early part of the meeting S A Clopton had out several of his horses Rash and Wise Mason work l threequarters in about 120 lack Parker Bon Double and Font went fiveeighths in 1O5 KeylKmrn was sent a mile in 150 Other workouts were as follows followsSou Sou Threequarters in 123 123Elmeta Elmeta Hamilton Throequarters in 122 122Whin Whin Threequarters in 110 110Detroit Detroit Seveneighths in 135 135I I luck Mile in 150 150Jack Jack Denham Half mile in 53 53W W W Lyles arrived from Cincinnati yesterday ifr will be one of the stewards at Moucrief and will iilso Itok after the interests of the Southern Jockey Club Applications for licenses and all registrations in future must bo made with him himArthur Arthur Elrod ring manager at Moncrief Park twla announced Unit he expected twentylive books to iicratit opening day The following bookmakers witli their crows are here and have requested stands fur the first throe days daysf f 1 wis George North M Ambruster Frisco Gardiner J Marshall Owen Perry M Elsias A Wolfgang II Hanff C Walters E J Callahan Fontelieu M Vorsoy Joe Yeager George Hicks l t Wagner E J Ryan and J Donovan DonovanJulo Julo Ciiirson who races a string for Join E Mad deiii today t M k over the management of jockey But well and will make the lads engagements at Mon crier Iirk Butwoll recently returned from Mexico where lie rode the unsuccessful favorite in the Mexican Derby DerbySeveral Several horses sire reported down with catarrhal fever Kagh Binl is not expected to survive
