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LEXINGTONS PROGRAM OUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FRAMED TO SUIT THE RACING MATERIAL AVAILABLE. General Lengthening of the Distances Provided Aa One of the Striking Features Seven StakC3 to Be Run During- the Meeting. Lexington, Ky., April 22. The program book for the Kentucky Associations spring meeting of eleven-days, which will open next Saturday, came front the printer Thursday afternoon and has been distributed to horsemen at the local track and in Louisville. It has met with general approval and Racing Secretary Will Shelley, who framed the conditions of the sixty-six; races to be decided during the meeting, has been generously complimented. The strength of the program lies in the fact that tho conditions were written with a knowledge of the horses that will make the racing, and they should, therefore, afford keen contests. -There are thirty-two races for throe-year-olds and upward; twenty-two for two-year-olds exclusively, five of them being for eolts and geldings, four for fillies and thirteen for colts, fillies and geldings; eight for three-year-olds exclusively and four for four-year-olds and upward. In keeping wth the spirit of the times and following out the suggestions of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, there is a perceptible increase iu the distances. Many of the programs iu former years were burdened with races under one mile, giving precedence and preference to the short-distance sprinters and affording little opportunity for the display of stamina. This spring there are twenty-sis races at one mile or over, and three of the mile races are for three-year-olds exclusively. Of the twenty-two races for two-year-olds five are at half a mile, fourteen at four and a half furlongs and three at live furlongs. It has been a number of years since the juveniles have been asked to go that far in the spring here. There are two races at live and a half furlongs, sixteen at six furlongs, nine at one mile, six at one mile and twenty yards, one at one mile and seventy yards, five at one mile and a sixteenth, three at one mile and an eighth and two at one mile and a quarter. Seven stake races are to be run during the meeting, the lirst of which will be the Phoenix Hotel Handicap, estimated value ,200. for three-year-olds and over, one mile and a sixteenth, to be run on the opening day, with the following eligible: Joe Morris, Autenor,. Miudinette- Roll Horse, Helmet, Love-Xot. Angelus, Harrigau, ,B:ttic Sue, Boola "Boola. Kootenay. "Starbottle, Bonnie Kelso,. Princelike. Colston, Princess Callaway. Mary Davis, Countless, Wing Ting, Oracle, Colonel Iiogan, Cherryola, Maezie, Exemplar, Foxy Mary, Royal Re-lorr, Golden Egg, Descomnets, County Tax, Polls, Console, Star Blue, Bertis, Any Port, Round the World and Jupiter Joe. The next will be the Raceland Stakes, estimated value ,400, for two-year-old colts and geldings, four and a half furlongs, to bo run the third day. Tuesday. May 2, with the following eligible to start: Arany, Wheelwright, Praetorian, Mycenae, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor AVatsou. Inspector Lestrade. Franz Montgomery, Colonel Cook, W. II. Ford, Joe Knight, Ben Catlctt, Tommie Thompson, Jack Ellis, Duval, Worth. Manager Mack, Bonanza. McCreary, Tray-more, Phil K., First Star, Little Dutch. Captain English, Sir Giles, Free Lance, Smith aud Wesson, Char-tier, Mark A. Mayer, A. C. Haley, Upright, Tom Ott. John Robert. Sun Kist, Old Hank. Walter B.. E. J. Kara. Mack 15. Eubanks, Sir Charles, Charley Brown, Mexico. Lewis. Detour, King Broomstick, Embracer, Pinkota, Cblonef Holloway. Cynosure, Wooltex, Inciter. Viley. Curtain Call. Toddling. Gemsbok, and the unnamed Broomstick Thirty-Third and Jean Bereaud Last Love colts. Then comes the Elmendorf Stakes, estimated value ,350. for two-year-old fillies, four and a half furlongs, to be run the fifth day, Thursday, May 1, to which the eligibles are: Night Dress, Bachelor Girl, Bread and Butter, Agora, Mcrode, Manasseh, California Queen, Lady Sapphire. Rose of Jeddah, De Cesarion. Ursula Emma. Tillics Nightmare, Irishtown, Winning Witch, Talawa, Halawa, Ac-guin. Marzo. Goldade, Julia B., Etliel Samson. Ethel Wicks. Mother. Rose Patrick, Ada Bay. Mnmita, Fnranz. Peeping. Gold Mine, Berenice, Fanehette, Polly D., Mary Emily, Ruby II., Starland, Yankee-lotus, Colettcr, Nancy Grater. Madame Phelps, Oreen, Catherine Hampson, Dorbie. Little Marian. Sister Florence. Mandy Zane. Lady Hughes, Coo, Sauce, Beautiful, Syringa, aud the unnauied McGcts The Lady lilly. The Camden Handicap, estimated value ,500, for three-year-olds and upward, one mile and a quarter, will be the feature for the seventh day, Saturday, May 0, and it will be one of the best races of tin- meeting, the eligibles and their weights being as follows: Bonnie Kelso. 127: The Turk, 120; Star-bottle. 120: Hanbridgc, US: Wintergrecn, 115; .Console, 115; Donau, 112; Joe Morris, 110; HoofcV Boola, 109; Cherryola. 10S; Governor Gray, 100; Helmet, 105; Green Seal. 105; Meridian. 104: Messenger Boy", 103; Colston, 102; Longhand. 100; The Royal Prince, 9S; Bell Horse,. 90; Marlborough, 90, and Idleweiss,, 95. The Breeders Futurity, estimated value ,000, for two-year-olds, half a mile, will le the feature of the ninth day, Tuesday, May 9. and it will be the richest stake of the year in Kentucky. It should produce a .brilliant contest, since the following are eligible: May Holland, Catula, Bachelor Girl, Wheelwright, Praetorian. Agora, Tonga, Mycenae. Joe Knight. Ocean Blue. Aimee Early, Tommie Thompson. Floral Day. De Cesarion. Pinkota, Bonanza, Peridot. Fighting Hope, Brodwoll. EI Toro. Limousine, Faranz. Ada Bay, King Dixon, Free Lance, Feli.v, Pamelia, Berenice, Roberta S., Chartier, True Blue, Phil K..- Miss Vassar, Ruby H.. Foretop. Stamps, Tom Ott, Nancy Grater, Sun Kist, Little Marian, Sadie Shapiro, Dilatory, Robert, Detour, Coo, Eagle Thistle. King Broomstick, Joe Diebold. Cynosure. Beautiful, Carlton Club. Pink and Black, First Wind. Walter Scott. Zarion, Curtain Call, the unnamed Star Shoot Lady Elite, Broomstick Thirty-Third and Voter Bracegirdle colts, and the Dick Welles Glena lilly. The Blue Grass Stakes, estimated value ,500. for tliree-.vear-olds exclusively, one mile and an eighth, will "be run on May 10, and will come in the nature of a preliminary to the Kentucky Derby, the following being eligible: Governor. Gray, Captain Carmody. Meridian, Sebago. Mud Sill. Golden Egg, Kootenay. St. Aloyslus, Jabot, Exemplar, Bertis and Any Port. The feature for the last day will be the Brewers Selling Stakes, estimated value ,100. for three-year-olds and upward, one mile, the following- being eligible: Autenor, Mindinetto. Bell Horse, Bobby Boycr, Helmet, Beach Sand. Dorantc. Angelus, Boola Boola, Kootenay, M. Cambon, Cohort. Question Mark. Princelike. Mary Davis. Al Longfellow, Bre-vite. Ozaiia, King Solomon, Wing Ting, Oracle, Crex, Syzygy. Tommy Twig, Parkview. Elizalcthan. Maezie, Foxy Mary. Camel. Workbox, Jack Weaver, Royal Report. Follie Levy. Prince Gal. Pirate Diana. Descomnets. Tho Moat. County Tax, Longhand. Star Blue. Bertis. Jupiter Joe, Aragonese and The Hague. With such a program the prediction that, this meeting will be the greatest in the history of Lexington is fully warranted." Only good weather 1s necessary to make it a sporting carnival long to be-rcniembered., . , ..,,-.
