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.] J. i i 1 • I • I i . - . - - • „ Z r „ PLAN FOR NEW TRACK AT LEXINGTON. 0. Keene at Work on Proposition Involving Sale of Present Plant. Lexington. Ky.. March 2.. — Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday wen fine lays. The sun shone bright Iv md the temperature demanded that overcoata he Us. aided. The main track at th" Kentucky Asso | •iation eachnaan was aryrag oat so rapidly that the miners, wreathed in smiles, were nan the goiag would lie fast by Tluusday. lntt along came a ran late in the night of Wednesday that made the track noddy again and by Thursday evening there were icicles banging from the caves of the barns with the wind chilling to the marrow. It would seem that, taking into account the severity of the winter just passing, spring should In- a reality within another week at hast. If s1. training opcraiions ore will go forward satiafacvorily. The wain of a 8008 track to exerchm over and the fear that the mile oval here could not he put in proper condition for fast niovws sutlicieiulv early caused Thomas . McDowell to ship llis string of fourteen, beaded by that good three-year-old. The Manager, to Loaiavtlle last Thursday. .1. O. Keene is also talking of going to Louisville. "1 woold have gone when Mr. McDowell shipped, had ii not been for the fa.-t that I have a large quantity of feed in my bam here that I do not care to trans-.iii." said lie. ••However, if the weather continues unset i lei and the track is not good by April 1. I will ship.- Mr. Keene lias a big s. heme that he is talking to all who will listen these days. He wants to form a $.".00,000 company to buy the old plant here, cut it into building lots, sell it. and build a new and thoroughly up to-date racing grosnd at some suitable plan withal a mile or two of this city on the interurbaa and steam railway lines. It is his id. •:■ that subscript ions of one share of stock each from persons interested In the sport of radag at. 8800 |rt share be taken, with the understanding that they are to receive a Rfe membership and badge and that when the sahacriber dies his share becomes the property of the club, to be resold. There would be no dividends under the Keene plan and the profits from the racing would go toward tae improvement Of the plant and into stakes. "I have met with considerable enegbragement from those with whom I have discussedTiiy plan," said Mr. Keene today, "and I have Ihe names of some twenty persons who have already expressed a willingness to subscribe to shares for flu Mini 1 m and members of their families. I would !«■ pleased to have oxpressimi.. from persons in other sections of the country i| on the subject. I believe it can lie made a go and I know it would prove a big lioost for the racing and breeding interests.- J. O, Keene has sixti-on horses in his string for 1012. Then are four three-year-olds — Wheelwright, Praetoriaa, hfrrode aad Beawe chance — and tweln two-year-olds. The three -year-olds and the following six two year olds are owaed bv Johnson N. Camden: Ancon, b. g. by Miaaagaa -Sister Juliet. COnnaaght, b. g. by Maz;igaii The Mecca. Belli s. rli. g. by BhU Shoot — Hindoo Rose. Lodona. b. f. by Mazagan — Proud Daisy. Mrs. Camp. b. f. by M.i/.agan — Ftnnia Traumiller. Vireo. ch. f. by Mazagan — Naas Cloth. The following three are owned by Mr. Keene himself: Kamchatka, br. c, by Out of Reach — Annie Thompson. I ird Marshall, b. c. by Oddfellow — Coraza. Paatpiaea, ch. f, by Marta Santa — Aida Dunn. Fred a. Forsyrhe is the owner of the following three, tlnar being the only horses he has in training this year" Bav fillv bv Oddfellow — My Eleanor. Browa fillv. bv Out of Reach— Ralzane. Cbestant colt, by OddfeUoa — Naahaaka. Secretary Garrett D. Wilson of the Kentucky Association returned Thursday night from Martinsville. lad., whither be weal several days ago for relief from rheumatism. He came home greatly benefitted. Mose Jeeobaoa left here for Charleston last Tuesday without being aide to buy a single bone. Such [ as he wanted were either not for sale or the price , . was so high as to make the purchase unprofitable for him. T. J. Nichols reports the arrival of a chestnut colt by Transvaal -Foundling. V. L. Lewis has i decided to send Silk Maid to the court of Transvaal. F. B. Driver has secured the nam. bMberg fee his i good two-year aid bay coil by The Scribe — Anyday. He is named for Harry Bolharg of Cincinnati.
