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ATTRACTIVE CONDITIONS IN KENTUCKY Splendid Outlook for Louisville Meetings Beginning Next Month WorkOuts and Gossip Louisville Ky August 27 Two weeks from next Monday the Louisville racing season will open at Douglas Park for a eriod of eighteen days The opening program on September 10 will be made up of the 4000 Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap and of five attractive overnight races arranged by haii dieapper Edward W Maginn Interest in the fall rao ing in Louisville is keen Five years have elapsed since the Douglas Park course was last raced over overUpon Upon all of the principal race tracks in this coun ¬ try at this time horses are being prepared to fill en ¬ gagements in the Douglas Park Inaugural one mile and a sixteenth Those in Canada taking work for the big race embrace such cracks as Star Charter Froglegs John Furlong Buckhorn Any Port Brig and Bell Horse Those at Havre de Grace include Granite Worth Holling Stone Sun Queen Sprite and Adams Express On the Kentucky courses such stars as Meridian Starbottle Bonnie Kelso Boola Boola Princess Callaway Mary Davis Countless Donau T M Green Presumption and High Private re being pointed for this rich stake stakeThe The inaugural will surely be a remarkable contest as may readily he seen by a review of the eligibles noted It is seldom that so many good horses arc engaged in a handicap all of which are in active racing or regular training Those eligible for the Inaugural which like Free Lance are out of train ¬ ing for this season are not mentioned in the names presented presentedThroughout Throughout the eighteen days there will be rare sport at Douglas Park Each afternoon there will be either a rich stake or a special race of high class Practically all of the iKst horses now in training will be quartered at this l oautiful and recently improved park That lively interest is being aroused throughout the country in the 15000 Kentucky Endurance Stakes to be run October 7 the opening day of tin ninedays fall meeting at Churchill Downs is demon strafed by the efforts being put forth by a iiumbei of turfmen who have not yet made their nominations for this fourmile event Several are after horsey to run in their interests These horsemen have fig ¬ ured on taking over the nomination of some stable not in jiossession of a fourmile horse Two of these turfmen J C Bright and James Stone stand high in local business circles Lately they have gone into racing but at present own only a couple of two yearolds which Jack Baker has in training at Lex ingtoii They HIV now lookingfor a sound three yearold able to compete in the Endurance Stakes They are willing to buy outright such a racer or lease his running qualities for the remainder of the season The impression seems to prevail that a three yearold with I OS pounds up has an advantage over tlie older racers under the weight scale to be carried carriedThe The tracks at Douglas Park and Churchill Downs were fast today and the trials of the horses were about the best of the season They included includedAll All Ked Fiveeighths in 1O3 first half in 51 51Cohort Cohort Halfmile in 52 52Cream Cream Fiveeighths in 102 102Earl Earl of Savov Fiveeighths in 104 fi first hall in 5 l lElizabeth Elizabeth Harwood first half mile in 51 51Follic Follic Levy Half mile in 5 5High High Private Fiveeighths in 103 first half in 50 50High High Star Half mile in 505 first threeeighths in 7 7La La Mode Fiveeighths in 102 first half in 4 9 Mary Davis Seveneighths in 130 first tliree quarters in 115 115Merry Merry Lad Fiveeighths in 104 first half in 51 51Nobby Nobby Fiveeighths in 102 first half in 49 49Puck Puck Threequarters in 121 first half in 52 f Kogon Half mile in 52 first threeeighths in 37 37Koyal Koyal Captive Fiveeighths in 103 first half in 52 52Saxon Saxon Baron Quarter mile in 25 25Sir Sir Alvescot Half mile in 51 lirst three eighths in 37 37Starbottle Starbottle Fiveeighths in 104 first half in Tom King Throequarters in 118 first live eighths in Frank Brncn has purchased the yearling chestnut colt Bull Moose by Star Shoot Mr Hru n will buy other yearlings at Lexington and Lou Johnson will train them themAt At Douglas Park this fall there will be installed as at Latonia last summer the parlmutuol comhinn Hon the use of which was discontinued last spring at Churchill Downs DownsE E K Bradley today wired to Secretary Davis at the Downs to reserve stall room for his entire stable which will be shipped from AYindsor He has Brig Hell Horse and the crack twoyearold Brookfield The sup osition is that the Bradley string will lot begin racing in Kentucky until Douglas Park opens September 10 jockey 10jockey W Brannou under contract to F J Pons has arrived for the meetings at Douglas Park and Churchill Downs This morning he exercised Gaua dore the only old racer Mr Pons has here Gaia dore goodTrainer has had a long rest and looks good Trainer Jack McCormick left today for Lexington to take up several horses for a new racing concern He will ship the horses to Douglas Park ParkEugene Eugene EIrod will leave tomorrow for Lexington to ringTlie take charge of the betting ring Tlie sjicedy Trance is training well She looks as if she is rounding into her oldtime form Several weeks ago she displayed soreness but this has dis ¬ appeared appearedCharles Charles Kowe will send no horses to race at Lex ington Mr Howe will go there next week to it tend the fall yearling sales in the interest of Otto Stifel StifelJ J J Flaunagaii will go to Lexington to buy year ¬ lings as the nucleus for a racing campaign next
