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CAHDEN HANDICAP WEIGHTS ANNOUNCED H C Hallcnbecks Fauntleroy and Adams Express Assigned Top Weights for Lexington Stake Lexington Ky April 13 With the opening of the spring meeting of the Kentucky Association less than two weeks away trainers at the Lcxingtoin track are exerting themselves to have their charges ready and able to hold their own with the horses which will come from the winter tracks or which have been prepared on the sandy courses at Louis ¬ ville While the severe winter and late spring have prevented much fast work here the horses have all kept In good health and have been worked fit steadily that they are ready to show speed as soon as the weather and condition of the track will Iormit IormitThir Thir most sensational work before the track got muddy on Saturday was that of J N Camdens Futurity candidate Ancon a bay gelding by Maza gaii Sister Juliet trained by J O Keene This youngster is considered one of the fastest twoyear olds at the track He reeled oft a half in 48 If IfBuckhoru Buckhoru a Kentucky Derby candidate in the stable f W H dford Clay was worked with a stable companion Ocean Blue threeeighths in M the colt Iwing pulled to Ocean Itlue whose chief dis ¬ tinction lies in the fact that she is a sister to Ocean Bound Buckhorn was almost in the first flight of twoyearolds last season and he lias win It red so well and Is showing such promising form that it is believed he will be a formidable candi ¬ date for the Blnegrass Stakes when he will have a tryout against Worth and The Manager Both of tin latter are considered sure starters for the Bliic grass Stakes as H C Hallenbeck owner of Worth has wired here for stable room for his crack three yearold as well as the champion filly Azyiade and I be rest of the stable including Adams Express 1auntleroy Prince Gal Housemaid and others T McDowell who would almost as soon lose the Kentucky Derby as to miss winning a good race with the pride of his barn in the presence of the Lexington iteople has also Iwen here to pick out xid barn for his string headed bv The Manager The veteran trainer Charles Hughes to whom Mr Hallenlieck intrusted the duty of picking the stalls lor his string is confident that Worth will start in the Blnegrass Stakes and that the race between Mm and The Manager alone will be worth going a lays journey to we weIt It F Carman C C Van Meter and T P Hares Iiave also had representatives here the oast few diys putting their stalls in order for the reception f he strings they will bring here soon Peter Wlinnicr who developed the good twoyearold Son i a last season has been here for several days and It is understood will prepare Ibis colt for tlie Ken ¬ tucky Derby and he is also likely to be a starter In he Bluegrass Stakes Sotiada is now at Charleston in charge of Jack McCormack but will be shipped to Kentucky In the course of a week weekE E K Bradleys string of racers in charge of trainer CHIT Hamilton came to the Kentucky Asso ¬ ciation track this morning from Idle Hour Furm All look good and It will not take much handling to Kft tinin ready for the opening of the meeting hen The string is made up of Iul News Bell Horse Bachelor Girl Brig Buss Hocky OBrien Golden Agnes and the twoyearolds Brookfield Bunch nf Kivs Baldoyle Bally She Barna Culla Briar Path and Batauel Rocky OBrien and Golden Agues are owned by James MatMantis Jockey Carl Ganz Is the stable rider riderWeights Weights for the Cam den Handicap estimated vnlue 2100 for threeyearolds and upward one mile and a quarter to be run here Tuesday May 7 were announced today by Racing Secretary W H Shelley as follows followsHorse Horse A Wt Horse AWt AWtFauntleroy Fauntleroy 5 123 Console 103 103Adams Adams Express 4 122 Jabot 4 105 105Cherryola Cherryola 5 112 Boola Boola 5 10 10Polls Polls 5110 Wheelwright 3101 3101Mary Mary Davis G las Free Lance 3 101 101Aylmer Aylmer 5 108 Praetorian i 3 98 98Joe Joe Morris 5100 Longhand 5 07 07Fauntleroy Fauntleroy and Adams Express both in the stable of It C Hallenbeck will be here Friday from Aiken Boola Boola and Aylmer are not in training All the others are here except Mary DaTis Console Jabot Free Lance and Longhand LonghandBarring Barring an epidemic of aphtha mouth disease which appears to have been contracted through grazing and which spread rapidly the health of the horses at the local track is uniformly good and they m quite forward in their preparation for the rac ¬ ing that is to inaugurate the season of 1012 in Ken ¬ tucky tuckyT T C McDowell who came from Louisville yes terdav savs his horses are all doing well with the exception of a couple that are affected with aphtha The Manager his candidate for the Blue Grass Stakes and the Kentucky and Latonia Dcrbys and Mc Corkle the twoyearold colt he will saddle for the Breeders Futurity have thus far escaped the dis ¬ ease The McDowell stable will be shipped to Lex ¬ ington next week weekRacing Racing Secretary W II Shelley said today that he has received Instructions from the executive com ¬ mittee of the Kentucky Association to make an in ¬ crease in the added money to purses that will bring the average distribution for the meeting to some ¬ thing over 2500 per day dayThorns Thorns Sellers a veteran turfman and former owner of a number of good liorses died suddenly at the home of his daughter Mrs Arthur DeLong noar Lexington Saturday afternoon Mr Sellers had beeu at the local race course luring the morning
