view raw text
KENTUCKY TRAINERS BUSY PREPARATIONS BEGIN IN EARNEST FOR FALL RACE MEETINGS SOON TO START Meridian and High Private Most Prominent of the Candidates Pointing for the Douglas Park In ¬ augural Handicap Gossip from Louisville Louisville Ky August 10 Trainers at Douglis Park im Churchill Downs have within the last few das begun iu earnest to prepare the horses in their thaigo for tin raws soon to start on the Kentucky in uit i iAt At Douglas Park the two crack Inaugural Handi ¬ cap candidates Meridian and High Private sire IK Jug sent right along in their trials by traintrs An drew Kwing and Kred Llladcr Both of these speedy horses have as yet attempted nothing of a sens tioiinl nature lint they are being given long steady gallops winding iii with a quarter in 25 or bettor bettorDespite Despite the prestige of other cracks engaged in the Douglas Iark Inaugural which is to he decided on September Hi High private is one of the favor lies of the railbirds for this rich event He is one of the most consistent horses now on the turf More ¬ over In can run well on any kind of a track Prob ably he has won more races than any other horse i igsigcil In the Douglas Iark Inaugural Iroil IilMidcr has the sou of Oddfellow looking as lusty a if he had not run a race this year Meridian yearMeridian looks as well as when he beat Governor Gray in the Kentucky Derby at the Downs in the pring of 1911 Uight now he is seemingly at his best Trainer Kwing expects him to race better thi fall than heretofore Meridian has all of his speed If he encounters no mishap he is sure to be keyed SIM tight as a fiddle string on the day the Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap is decided decidedThis This morning trainer Fred Luzador of the T U Wainwright string sent High Private Kovsil Cap ¬ tive and All Ked live furlongs in 100 They went Hie first half in Vji High Star a twoyearold i rack in this string went a half in running the lirst three furlongs in while Trance was let ilowH for a niirter which she traversed in 52 Jockey Harry Jones who has all along been under contract to ride for the Waimvrighl stable arrived here this morning and probably will not leave the titable again until bis contract expires Trainer Lnzsidor loaned the boy to II C Ilallenbeck and he was at Saratoga during the summer summerAl Al Luyador assistant trainer of the Waimvright triug received a letter today from jockey Norman Kennedy who is now in France The latter stated that Kennedy would not return to this country for some time He is galloping horses at present lor Kugono Leigh and after he gets accustomed t the French courses he will begin to take mounts in that country He wrote as if he was pleased ntli French racing racingH H F Carman reached Douglns Park today from New York where he lauded a few ihiys ago after i twomonths trip abroad lie was much pleased wtih tin condition of his horses here in charge of Andrew Kwing He has not decided as yet as to vhnt lie will send to Lexington to race during the coming fall meeting there thereManavor Manavor John Ilachmeistcr today received a letter from W M Wallace asking for stable room for III1 horses no in Canada He will bring The Widow Moon Dnqiicsno Smoke House and four other horses here 1 M Newton arrived hero today from Latouin with his two horses Good News ami Terrible Boy and he is now stabled at Churchill Downs He re ¬ ports that a majority of the horses now iu training at Latouia will le shipped from that track this week There will be few of them to come here lie fore the Lexington meeting is over overIlajry Ilajry F Breivogle was a visitor at the local tracks today having arrived here Saturday He will return to his home in Detroit before lie goes to Lexington for the coming rail meeting He will assume his customary duties on the local tracks during the coming fall meetings here hereThe The entire racing string of the eastern turf man Thomas Fortune Hyau will be taken to Lexington hv trainer Cy Hughes next Monday and then re ¬ turned to Douglas Park after the Lexington fall meeting is over Trainer George Ham in charge of William Gersts string will ship his horses on ihe same train with the Ryan string if he can eciirc cur accommodations accommodationsTom Tom Kiley once famous as a jockey was a visitor at Churchill Downs today He came to secure stall room for several horses that he will ship here front Illinois shortly shortlySecretary Secretary K W Maginn of the Douglas Park and Latonia tracks has received a letter from L Veis berg at San Juan Porto Kico asking for the plans of the tracks of which Mr Maginu is secre ¬ tary The writer said that they have iu view the building of a race track in San Juan and desires to model it after one of tho best American tracks tracksThe The Kentucky racing ollicial Tom Brown has been selected as secretary and starter for a sixday meet ¬ ing at Cumberland Mil beginning on September 7 He has written here agreeing to pay for the Miipmcnt of horses from Kentucky The purses for the meeting are to range from 150 to 200
