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MOKE RAIN AT LOUISVILLE MUDDY CONDITION OF TRACKS CAUSES SUS ¬ PENSION OF TRAINING OPERATIONS John Haclmieister Returns from Eastern Trip Well WellSatisfied Satisfied with the Prospects for Fall Meetings Meetingsat at Louisville and Latonia Tracks Louisville Ky August K The Churchill Downs and Douglas Park courses rendered unlit by rain were unfavorable for working over today Both courses probably will IK in condition for the re Hiinption of work tomorrow tomorrowJohn John Ilachmeister manager of Douglas Park re ¬ turned today Irom New York Fort Erie and Buffalo Everywhere he went he was congratulated upon the reestablisliiiient of Douglas Park as a racing plant on account of its model equipment The announce ¬ ment of the general and costly improvements being made was he states especially pleasing to turf ¬ men he met In New York and in Canada horse ¬ men generally expressed their gratification over the brilliant prospect for racing in Kentucky this fall All agreed that the list of nominees in the various slake events both numerically and in res ect to quality betokened a bright future for the sport in this old commonwealth During his absence he her r ived more than one hunderd entries for stakes stakesto to be decided at Douglas Park The really star feature of the eighteenday session there will IK the Inaugural Handicap on the opening day Septem ¬ ber Hi The total value of this event will not be less than 400O the Douglas Park Jockey Club having added 2000 Manager Ilaehineisler is con ¬ fident it will be a groat race During Manager llachmeisters absence the improvements under way at Douglas Park progressed rapidly under the direc ¬ tion of Frank Briien his assistant It is a big undertaking to transform Douglas Park but the work will be concluded by September ti tiManager Manager Ilachineisler received from James Fitz siinmons at Hamilton a message asking for stall room for Superstition Rossoaux Kate K Rudolfo and Summer Night Mr Fitzsimmons is coming here with jockev McCahcv a lightweight rider of recog ¬ nized ability abilityTin Tin string of AAilliam Gerst now at Douglas Park In charge of trainer George Ham consists of the Kentucky Derbv winner Donaii Yorkville Suro get AVorking Lad New Haven and three Jwoyear olds Trainer Ham has not taken up any yearlings and he will not attempt to handle any of the Gerst youngsters until late in the fall There are five in the collection Several are by that old racing fa ¬ vorite Hal HalEugene Eugene Elrod returned home today from a trip to Cleveland O where he operated the miituel pools at the Forest City Live Stock Fair Companys recent trotting meeting Mr Elrod had four machines set up Two were used in accepting bets the others for totalizing Tickets were sold on each heat as a race The lirst day the machines handled only H 0 but so popular did the system become that on the closing day 71100 was handled The manage ineiil installed the mutuels with the expectation of losing 1 MM Instead a profit of 000 was nettd on the livedays operations Mr Elrod as hereto ¬ fore will manage the mntuels at Churchill Downs and also at Douglas Park lie is Americas chief expert in handling this method of wagering wageringJ J S Barbee has sold to Frederick Johnson owner of the crack twoyearold Cock o the AAralk a yearling sister to Helen Barbee and a yearling olt bv Peep oDay out of a Hanover mare mareDr Dr AV A McEnery who purchased Forward and tneida here last spring is expected to return from England shortly and it is understood that he will be in the market the coming fall for any racer of merit that may show up Dr McEnery is perhaps the first foreign turfman who ever came to this country bought a horse and at the lirst attempt won a stake race with the bearer of his colors Oncida cost him 1500 and the fillys lirst victory netted him 2210 2210James James Gritlin still has bis string of horses at Latonia and he may conclude to go to Lexington before shipping here He has Fairy Story Char tier Ieturno Pierre Dumas Miss Menard Miss Juneaii and several twoyearolds Fairy Story is looking unusually well and bids fair to be a good filly the coming fall Mr Grillin has always thought well of the twoyearold Jacob Buiin and that youngster may make good next month here Ik is by Hippodrome one of J K Keenes sires and a horse that Maj F A Daingcrrcld has always fan ¬ cied as a stallion as he is an inbred Domino both his sire and dam being by that noted horse horseCatesby Catesby Wood ford has decided not to attempt to race either Ills threeyearold Sonadu or his crack twoyearold illy Christinas Star until next season rind he has also concluded not to take up Fort Smii IT and Peter Grimm again this year Uose of Jcd dah and Iilly Holder are all the president of the Kentucky Association will race the coining fall and either of them may not start until October The latter has been tired since he was shipper from Latonia but with Hose of Jeddah has been work ¬ ing along for several weeks past Colonel Woodford thinks Christmas Star will show Oaks form next season and Sonada with sound feet again is ex jxcted to fulfill the high racing promise his two yearold career foreshadowed when he was rated as prospectK a good Kentucky Derby prospect K J Mackenzie the Winnipeg turfman expects to win his share of races this fall at Douglas Park mid Churchill Downs Ho has the speedy lilly Helen Darin1 the highclass colt Buckhorn the good sprinter Fountain Square and the useful plater Melton Street Fountain Square which has not been raced for a long period is now training soundly When at his best ho is a lleet racer Helen Itarbeo is also si fast sprinter and is a stake winner while Buekhorn ranks not far behind Free Lance The Mamiger Froglegs and Worth in the three yearold division Mr Mackenzie is in the market to buy any good horse that comes along and it may be that he will have other Horses in his posses ¬ sion when he ships his hand from Canada to Douglas Park for the opening of lhe eighteendays meeting there on September 1C This wealthy Canadian is going In as strong for the thoroughbred as be did in trotting Lately he has purchased all of the yearlings raised in California by the sugar king A I Spreckels and in 1013 will have one of the most extensive strings of racers on the American turf Ho is a man of vast wealth and patronizes racing solely for the sport Mr Mackenzie has Melton Street entered for the Kentucky Kndurance Stakes to be run October 7 the date for the open ¬ ing of the ninedays meeting at Churchill Downs It is known that he has agents on the lookout for a better longdistance horse and It should not be at all surprising if he acquires a horse to go in the 15000 event instead of Melton Street StreetReports Reports from II C Ilallenbecks stable are that trainer Frank Taylor likes Rolling Stone the colt he purchased from John Rodegap last summer at Latonia Boiling Stone is among the Hnllenbeck on tries in the Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap together with the Kentucky Derby winner Worth and Adams Express ExpressTwiner Twiner W II Karrick Is getting his racers ready at Saratoga to ship to Douglas Park within the next two weeks He will take a portion of the Kiiapp horses to Lexington but it is under stood that most of them including the great filly Sprite will come direct to Louisville from New York Trainer Kar ¬ rick thinks that Yankee Notions will hold his own with the crack twoyearolds in Kentucky this fall All of the Karrick charges are doing well Tho yearlings that he is breaking are described as promising promisingJames James MacManus is still in Canada and will re ¬ main there until the Kentucky racing season opens August I at Lexington All of his horses are now at Lexington in charge of trainers O A Bian chi and Steve Judge
