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LEXINGTON TRACK IN FINE SHAPE Plant in Complete Readiness for Opening of Fall Meeting Next Saturday Blue Grass Gossip Lexington Ky August 24 With freshly painted grandstand the Kentucky Associations historic racing ground never looked better than it docs today me week iu advance of the opening of the annual fall meeting of thirteen days The Kentucky Association after the last dollar of the purchase price of the plant was paid to the estate of tho late Cant S S Brown turned tho earnings from its meetings to improvements of which there have been many The greatest however was the resoiling reprading and reditching of the mile track and the further cutting down of the hill at the head of the homestretch this summer The course will not be as hard and as trying as in the past and even though new soil has been spread along the backstretch for at least onequarter of a mile It is expected thut the reduction of the grade up to the homestretch will permit of faster time than heretofore heretoforeRacing Racing Secretary Shelley is sanguine that there will bo an ample number of horses to make six interesting contests daily and he and other oflicials are saying that they will need only good weather to make the meeting a success They are not ex ¬ pecting large financial returns however for many persons of this section who usually patronize racing are away from their homes and for the further reason that the added money to the purses has been increased for this meeting The associations offici ¬ als will be satisfied to break even evenThere There are now upward of 200 horses at the track and the coming week will bring the arrival of about 150 more from Louisville Latonia and other points Secretary Shelley says there will be a company of good riders on hand He expects that several will come here from Canada CanadaGene Gene Klrod will have charge of the pariinutuel offices and crew as usual and he and his men will come here about Wednesday The working force in all departments will be practically the same as in the spring the only important change being the substitution of John Tony Wallace for Tom Brown as entry clerk and clerk of the scales Mars Cassidy who is to do the starting is expected hero Friday night Capt Thomas J Clay will be presiding judge as usual usualJack Jack Bakers horses look as good as any that have been seen at the Kentucky Association track In many a day He has eleven in the string Rolxjrt II Andersons Joe Morris the Latonia Derby winner of 1910 is in excellent condition Jeff Bernstein a liardluck horse that was fast as light ¬ ning as a yearling looks good but there is never any telling when the injury to his back received in his threeyearold form will stop him He is still owned in partnership by Jack Baker and his brotherinlaw John B McLanghlin They also own a promising unnamed twoyearold bay colt bv Out of Reach Fairy Dell Another Out of Reach two yearold in the barn is Bernard a fair prospect He is owned by trainer Baker and his brother Bob one of the executive committee of the Kentucky Asso ¬ ciation This colt was named for A P Bernard president of the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Asso ¬ ciation A couple other members of the string owned by men identified with the tobacco industry are tho threeyearold Brightstone and the twoyear old Loretta Davis They are the property of Messrs Bright and Stone of Louisville C L Harrison a wealthy New Yorker is the owner of four of the string Winning Witch Bonanza Red Hose and Tyree The other member of the string is Trans ¬ port He belongs to S K Hughes and was turned over to Baker by Uncle Si when he went to Louisville to take charge of Thomas Fortune Ryans string stringWhile While he was at the track Thursday afternoon Johnson N Camden had his Endurance Stakes candi ¬ date Boola Boola led out The son of Ben Brush was looking well and the master of Hartland Stud admired him greatly Tiny Kcezick trainer Jack Keenes assistant In response to Mr Camdens in quiry as to how far and how fast Boola Boola had been said he had lieen two miles in o47 It is my intention said Mr Camden to Racing Secretary Shelley in the event Boola Boola wins the Endur ¬ ance Stakes to present him to the Commanderin chief of the United States ATmy to be used as a stock horse for tho benefit of the Government in breeding cavalry remounts This would be a gen ¬ erous act on the part of Mr Camden for Booa Boola is a magnificent specimen of his type and would with the laurel of a fourmile victory in his wreath be worth no inconsiderable sum even to a man of Mr Cajndons great wealth wealthSpeaking Speaking of cavalry horses there is still a big de ¬ mand for American thoroughbreds for officers mounts in European armies and Max Casparl of Berlin is in Kentucky at the moment endeavoring to get a car ¬ load of suitable horses for export He has already purchased six or seven but he is finding it slow work The kind of horses ho wants are scarce and when he does locate one the price is always above what he had expected to pay payChaVIes ChaVIes W Moore the master of Mere Hill Stud has received word from Dr J S Tyree the Wash ¬ ington chemist for whom John J McCafferty Is training to arrange with Kiinbnll Patterson to break the eight yearlings that the doctor purchased from Mr Moore several weeks ago He had expected thai the handling of the youngsters would begin about September 1 but stall room at the track cannot be had until after tho race meeting so it has been de ¬ cided to take them up September 15 The list of the yearlings is as follows Chestnut colt by Mc Gee Rose Lady chestnut colt by McGce Radi ance bay colt by McGee Fly catcher chestnut colt by Plaudit Gutirod chestnut filly by McGee White Plume bay filly by McGcc Josie F bay filly by McGee Interview and bay filly by McGco Gold Rose 10000The They represent an outlay of al out 10000 The catalogue for the Kentucky Sales Companys auction of thoroughbred yearlings here September 4 and 5 made its appearance today It contains only 175 head as against 550 head this time last year Mode yearMode Nicoll and Dick Wilson have about twenty head of thoroughbreds learning to jump at Roger Wilsons farm These horses have been found In ¬ sufficient to racing demands but they are of a type that will make excellent hunters and they are being educated to carry men and women across country and over rail fences and stone walls Mr Nicoll has three horses In training at the Kentucky Asso ¬ ciation track they being Lord Leighton Frou Frou and Shad Buford BufordFletcher Fletcher Drivers chestnut colt by the Derby win ¬ ner Meelick outof the Oaks winner Floral Day is one of tho best muscled yearlings ever broken at the local track Ho is compactly made and tipped the beam WednesdayO at SOO pounds last Wednesday O A BianchI George Ham H B Reether and one or two others this afternoon took advantage of the first opportunity since Tuesday morning for galloping over a dry track and sent out several of their charges Anna Patricia worked a half In iil Danville II threequarters In 119 Donau and Yorkshire Lad threeouarters together in 119 and Presumption and Tay Pay together a mile in 145 These were the best moves The track will be fast tomorrow morning and nearly every ¬ body will work their horses S Ward got in today with six horses Including Console Detour Solar Star and Kffondi Lew Marion arrived with Sam Hlrsch Verlna Prince nerniis Henry Ritte York Lad Ada May and Louis Widrlg L Calm came with four including Sleeth and Mocklcr Louis Taulxjr came with Helen Scott and Spindle and T Sweeney came along with Millo and jockey Molcsworth and J W Loeber arrived from San Antonio Texas Molesworth says lie has not been In the saddle since he left Latonia two months ago and Is feeling fine fineJ J T W Weber Is now the owner of the two yearold McDauielJohn Zwingll in the string of Will McDauiel John W Schorr of Memphis is considering the purchase of sixteen yearling colts ttelonglng to James R Keene At his request trainer J W May visited Castleton Farm yesterday inspected the yearlings and wrote Mr Schorr his opinion oC each one It is not known here at what figure Mr Keene holds these colts
