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LEXINGTON TO HAVE GOOD MEETING. Keen Interest in Coming Sport Manifested by Residents of Blue Grass Region Portends Success. Lexington. Ky., April 15. The trainers who brought their horses here from Jacksonville on the special train last week are now wishing that they had not been in such a hurry about leaving tho Florida track and they are voting trainer McCormick of the Chinn and Frye string to have been wise in remaining there until today. Heavy rains fell here Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and in consequence it was a case of gallop through slush or not work the horses at all. The horses, on the whole, look good and there is, yet time to get them fit and ready for the racing which opens two weeks from today if there is good weather and a dry track. The racing program for the eleven days of the meeting as prepared by Secretary W. II. Shelley was approved by tlie executive committee of tho Kentucky Association at a meeting this morning and is now in the hands of the printer. It will be issued about Wednesday next. The program calls for an average distribution of about ,000 per day in addition to the seven stake races. There is no purse of less value than 00 added money. Secretary Shelley is well up with his work and will have everything in readiness for the opening. The meeting Is being well advertised and will be largely attended. The people of the blue grass region are hungry for the sport, as is attested by the interest displayed and by the fact that every box in the grandstand has been sold. Time was when the ollicials had to beg the people to take them. A number of improvements in the detail .of the management of the meeting are to he made this year. For instance, turnstiles are to be used on the gates and all badges are to carry coupons. Captain Thomas II. Clay has accepted re-appolnt-ment as presiding judge and his associates each day will be selected from the membership of the association. Mars Cassidy is to do the starting and Eugene Elrod will have charge of the betting ring. John McLaughlin, the pool autioneer, has been in the hospital here with a bursted ear drum, but his physician said today that he will he in condition to work during the meeting. Several racing strings are expected here next week from various points. R. F. Carman will leave Belmont Park AVcdhesday with his Camden Handicap candidates Bonnie Kelso, Tho Turk, Starbottlc and Meridian likewise a candidate for the Blue Grass Stakes and the Kentucky Derby ; Horizon, Question Mark, Sir Clegcs, Campeon, Arcite, M. Cambon, Merry Lad, Stare and the twxvyear-olds Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, Inspector Lestrade, Lady Sapphire and California Queen. The G. P. Chlun stable left Jacksonville today and will be hee Monday. The Applegato and Yanke horses, including Round the AAorld. will come over from Louisville the latter part of the week, as will the horses of R. L. Thomas, Woodford Clay, R. Colston,, W. H. Fizer, T. H. Steveus, Henderson and Hogan and others. Mode Nicolls Saraband died last night of pneumonia, contracted en route from Jacksonville. T. C. McDowell today sold the stallion Alan-a-Dale to J. AVatson AAebb of New York, who will use him as a sire for cross-country horses. Alan-a-Dale is by Ilalma Sudie McNairy, by Enquirer, and is twelve years old. lie won the Kentucky Derby in 1902, but did not prove a success in the stud at Ashland Farm, hence his sale. Col. Milton Young lias engaged jockey Bryan Steele to ride the horses W. L. Lewis is training for him this spring. Gallahcr Brothers have lost a bay colt foal by Hastings, out of Mary Talbott. An army mare owned by the U. S. government was mated this week to August Belmonts Rock Sand. Harry Payne AVhitneys Artful, with a foal by Broomstick; Homespun and Green Veil, have arrived from Brookdale Stud aiid are at the Nursery Stud: to be matel with Rock Sand. Climax dam of Johnny Edwards and Tlico Cook,-by Domino Orchis, had to be destroyed at nazleton; Stud after foaling a filly hy Ben Brush. George B. Otts Meddlesome She dam of Tony; AA has a bay colt by The Scribe. The Epsom Oaks wipner. Cap and Bells, has a: chestnut colt hy Voter at Castletoii Stud. Johnson N. Camden arrived today from New York and gave enthusiastic approval of the proposed Jour-: mile race. He will take a subscription and trainer Keene will fit Boola Boola for the race. No rain fell today but the track is still muddy and will not be good until about Tuesday. There are among the yearlings at the farms of John 1. Carr and Thomas Piatt near this city fourteen sons and daughters of Irving II. AVheatcrofts Ccsarion, a horse that is much iu the limelight because of his ability to procreate racers of the sprinting type that come to hand early. The majority of these Ccsarion yearlings are compactly formed, yet sizeable and generally good looking. One that is likely to be a winner is the first foal of Alma Dufour, a splendid campaigner under the colors of Edward Corrigan. This is a bay colt with black points, a good head and neck, almost perfect bodily, good legs, particularly liehind and wonderful hock action when walking. A brother to Carroll and a sister to Sewell arc well grown and attractive. A sister to Mollie Montrose is small, but larger than was. that rapid going Ally at the same age. The others arc colts .out of Design, Cosmo, Ondalan and fillies from Over, Right AVild. La Pbupee, Pleasant Girl, Stylish, Semitic and AAish. Other fine yearlings at these farms are a half-brother to Boca Grande, belonging to Frank Clarkson; a sister to the two-year-old winner Lady Lightning, belonging to R. Aarwig: a chestnut filly by Aoter Chulita, Colonel Alex Laholds Cincinnati Trophy winner, and the first foal of the dam, and a chestnut colt by AVoolsthorpe out of the good race mare. Espionage, the property of Col. Milton Young. At his farm near Georgetown, Robert II. Anderson, owner of the good four-year-old. Joe Morris, has half a dozen yearliugs. five of which are by Dick Finnell. brother to Dick Welles and Ort Wells, they being the first of his get. The one Mr. Anderson fancies most is the black colt out of Hanovcrlne. dam of Joe Morris. Ilanoverine had no foal this year, but has been mated with Peep oDay. the sire of Joe Morris. Hie other youngsters by Dick Finnell are a bay filly out of Alcestls dam of Euripides ; brown colt out of Huxie daughter of the good mare Holler Skelter; brown colt out of Paradise Won dam of Anderson and Financier, and bay filly out of Margaret R.. by Griffon. The sixth yearling is a brown colt by Orlando, out of Lampover, a half-sister to Dick Welles, etc. Thus far this season ouly two of Mr. Andersons mares have foaled. Paradise AAon has. a bay colt by Stalwart and Carrie Jones dam of Frosty Lancaster has a chestnut colt hy Stalwart also. Joe Morris wintered splendidly and is training well for Jack Baker at the Kentucky Association course. It is not intended, however, that he be hurried this spring and unless trainer Baker feels that he is perfectly fit, he will not go to the post in the Camden Handicap. He is well engaged at Louisville and Latonia. tered that way this week were Sheriff Dan AV. Scot I and R. ti. Baker, both owners of thoroughbreds past and present. Evcrman showed them all of his horses, T. M. Green, with which he won eight races, was second four times and third four times in sixteen starts during the Jacksonville meeting; .Mack B. Eubanks. a two-year-old half-brother to T. M. Green, which has yet to break his maiden; E. J. Kamp, another two-year-old; Gold Dust, County Tax, New Idea, all winners, and last of all. Governor Gray. They remarked upon his good appearance and as they were turning away from the stall door Baker said to Evcrman: He looks good, Jim, but Round the World is apt to take his measure in the Kentucky Derby. Bverman stooped down, picked up a straw, bit about an inch off it and replied: "Shell have to be mighty pure in heart if she docs." This was told to Barney Schrelber. whereupon he said: "Ill start one in that race that will make those two look cheap, and thats Captain Carmody. He is a real good race horse or Im a mighty bad judge." From the east comes the report that R. F. Carmans Meridian is training splendidly and he is one horse that must be .-riven earnest consideration in all calculations on the result of the Derby. Another is Colston, now doing well at Louisville for his owner, trniner and namesake, Raleigh Colston. He is unquestionably the best maiden in tho Derby list and reports from Louisville arc to the effect that he has done all that has leen asked of him in convincing fashion.
