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BUSY TIMES. AT LEXINGTON PREPARATIONS FOR OPENING OF KENTUCKY FALL RACING PROCEEDING APACE. Racing Secretary Shelley to Take Up Duties of His Position During Present Week 1G0 Horses Now at Course Blue Grass Gossip. Lexington, Ky., August 10. Preparations for the fall season of racing, which is to open at the Kentucky Association track September 14, are going forward. Five stakes to be decided during the nine days of racing here, with the Autumn Cup, a handicap at two miles and a quarter. ,000 added, as the feature for the opening day, were announced this week to close September 2. Racing Secretary William H. Shelley will come here from Louisville next week to take up his duties, the first of which will be to write the conditions of the races that are to make up the program for the meeting. The work of enlarging the betting ring, putting in new pari-niutuel stands and olILces and rearranging the paddock is progressing rapidly under the direction of Harry Selioonmaker. Superintendent J. P. Ross will put a force of men to work the coming week to give the grounds and grandstand a thorough denning after the summers drought. Until last Tuesday the track was ankle deep in dust, but there came a heavy rain that day and the going has since been fast. There are now quartered at the course 1G0 horses, of which about forty are yearlings just being broken. Those who have stables in charge here are: .1. O. Keene, V. L. Lewis, John T. Ireland, Jack Baker. S. K. Hughes, J. C. Milam, John Rodegap, Gallaher Bros., AV. J. Young, Irving II. Wheatcroft, George Ham, T. P. Hayes Walter Grater. Will McDaniel, .fames Stevens. George J. Stoll. "William Steele. T. K. Pierce. Dillard Hill, C. D. Chenanlt. Robert lrakes. John Niehcls, James B. Riley, D. Riley. A. B. Lowe, P. II. Donnelly, Thomas Taylor. R. Freeman. II. 15. Recther, Sellers and Glass. Will Overtoil, June Collins and Will Reed. Of these Messrs. Stoll, Keene, Stevens, Young, Gallaher, Grater, Taylor, layes. Pierce and Hughes are breaking several Rvarliugs each. T. C. McDowells string is still at Ashland Farm, but will be transferred to the track next week. Superintendent Ross ,is already in receipt of a number of requests from horsemen at other points for stall reservations. J. W. May has written for ten stalls. W. II. Karrick, who is now at Saratoga with the horses of Messrs. Kuapp, Hitchcock and Widcner. writes that he will ship twenty head to Louisville just before the opening of the Lexington meeting and that lie will want quarters for seven or eight horses that he intends to race here. Frank I. Weir writes from Brooklyn that he intends to remain there another fortnight to get the benolit ot the salt water, but that lie will be at Lexington with nix horses. Steve Judge has requested ten stalls for the horses belonging to Messrs. Biauchi and McManus. J. T. Weaver, who is now at Latonia witli the stable of Beach and Hamilton, has written for eight stalls. George Land wil lie here with three horses and Herman Brandt will come with four. Dr. W. B. Duke, of Richwood. 0., has asked for four stalls. Secretary Ken Walker and Compiler W. J. Treaey rive busy preparing the catalogue for the thoroughbred yearling auction that is to be held under the auspices of the Kentucky Sales Company during the second week of the fall race meeting. The sale will open in Tattersalls Monday evening, September IK. Tuesday morning, September 11, the crew and buyers will go over to Raccland Farm near Paris, where sixty-live head belonging to K. F. Clay, Catosby Woodford. J. N. Camden and Clay Brothers sire to be sold under a tent. Wednesday morning the sale will be resumed in Tattersalls and will continue there each morning until all the yearlings lo Ik; catalogued are disposed of. Already there liave been listed 250 head and the probabilities are that the number will go to 400 or over. In addition lo those who are to sell at Racelaud Farm the principal consignors thus far are: G. I. Wilson, F. D. Knight. R. II. Anderson. .T. B. Viley. J. II. Morris, F. A. Forsythe. Hinde and Baker, Irving II. Wheatcroft, Thomas Piatt. John D. Carr, Andrew Bowman, Airs. J. K. Pepper. J. C. Carrick, J. P. Chinn, O. II. fhcnault. John S. Barliee, W. Showalter, T. B. Nichols, T. J. and G. II. Clay. James Forsythe, John "Welch, S. K. McDaniel. O. D. Randolph and T. P. Hayes. Others who have indicated their intention to sell, but who have not sent their lists as yet are liarnev Schreiher, II. T. Oxnard, August Belmont, John H. Madden. E. R. Bradley. .Milton Young, It. II. Hancock and Son. T. C. McDowell. J. V. Shipp, f,. I. Tarlton. Rueker and Stone. Thomas B. Jones, George B. Ott and George II. Whitney. These owners have virtually all the yearlings that are available for market in the United States and the September sale will clean them up pretty thoroughly. 10. R. Bradley, who has lieen in Europe since the dose of the Latonia meeting, writes W. H. Laude-inan this week that he will sail for home September 1 and will come to Lexington for the fall meeting. Mr. Bradley lias been putting in his time at the race courses of Kngland, Ireland, Germany and France and has been much impressed with what he saw. "He says the foreigners are not up-to-date in their training methods or in the conduct of their meetings as measured from the American standard, "tut he appears to have thoroughly enjoyed the racing which lie characterizes as of a high order. He had piite a pleasant stay at Richard Crokers establishment in Ireland and speaks glowingly of his horses lioth in training and in the stud. Andrew Robertson, of Melbourne, Australia, and Irving II. Wheatcroft. of the St. James Stud, went this week to visit Barney Schreibers Woodlands Farm near Bridgeton, Mo., with a view to selecting a number of broodmares lo be sold in Australia if satisfactory arrangements to that end can be made. Mr. Robertson lias been coming to America for several years for trotting and running horses and lias been successful in marketing the animals he has k;xrted. lie is a keen judge of horseflesh and wastes no time witli culls. Racing, he says, is in a nourishing condition in Australia and New Zealand and there is a healthy demand for good material for Jioth the stud and the track.
