Great Exodus From Lexington., Daily Racing Form, 1912-05-11

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GBEAT EXODUS FBOM LEXINGTON Lexington Ky May 10 As superintendent Ross expressed it the Kentucky Association grounds this morning resembled a circus lot after the shows de ¬ parture Aside from the strings of W H Karrick James MacManus Walter Grater and Tom Harmon which will go tomorrow to Louisville James P Ross who will ship next week John Rodegap who will remain here until Latonia oi ens and a dozen of Johnson N Camdcus twoyearolds that are to go to Latonia nearly all the horsos have l een shipped Stables that went to Louisville this morn ¬ ing were those of E It Bradley Jack Baker J W May G W J Bissell S K Hughes Mrs H H Sclby William Steele J Taudy Hughes John Nich ¬ ols and J F Gaffney GaffneyRacing Racing secretary W H Shelley and bookkeeper Roger Sullivan both of whom will have duties to perform at Churchill Downs departed for Louis ville today as did W H Laudeman who will su ¬ pervise the betting for the Kentucky State Racing Commission A large number of local racing de voices bent on seeing the running of the most open Derby race that has been carded at Churchill Downs In a number of years took the evening train for the Falls City A big crowd providing the day is fair will leave here on a special train tomorrow morning morningThe The directors of the Kentucky Association will have a meeting next week to decide upon the im ¬ provements that arc to be made at the local course and to arrange for the work workJohnson Johnson N Caradens Bool a Boola which has been running out at Hartland Farm came to the track today to go into training He will be Mr Camdens dependence for the Kentucky Endurance Stakes Trainer Jack Keene will take him in hand when he reaches Latonia LatoniaThe The popular order of selection for the Kentucky Derby in this vicinity seems to be The Manager Worth and Wheelwright providing of course that the track is fast If it should become muddy The Manager would not be regarded as a winning possi ¬ bility and a considerable proportion of the local racing folks would wager on Wheelwright This horse has been well trained and is thoroughly fit


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