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STORM PUTS STOP TO FAST WORK Training Operations Again Interfered With at Louis ville Knapp and Hitchcock Horses Coming Louisville Ky August 29 A heavy storm that swept over this section last night rendered the going at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park today extremely heavy While many horses wore gal ¬ loped over both tracks all speeding was postponed until tomorrow tomorrowThe The strings of F R and Thomas Hitchcock and II K Knapp will shortly arrive at Douglass Park from the Havre de Grace track Trainer W H Karrick today wired Manager John Hachmeister to have a stable ready for his horses In this string are Sprite Palanquin Strenuous Gates Coy Ob ¬ session and Yankee Notions J W May has asked for room at Douglas Park for four horses and Biloy Bros made application for the same number of stalls The latter have Leamence in their string while among the horses in the May string is Countless an eligible to the Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap and the Ken ¬ tucky Endurance Stakes These strings are now at Lexington LexingtonAn An effort is being made by friends of jockey Cat Combs to secure his reiustatement by the Jockey Club and so pave the way for a license to ride from the Kentucky Racing Commission Combs was ruled off in the east a number of years ago when riding the noted horse Wax Taper Ho can ride as light as 110 pounds poundsH H B Brandt lias taken his entire stable to Lex ¬ ington from Douglas Park including the threeyear olds The Beach and Cash on Delivery and the two yearold Tread Lightly This Is the first season for Mr Brandt at Lexington since he brought Har rlgan Dorante and Augelus from the east two years ago agoJ J T McMillan will not ship either of his two horses Wishing Ring or Joseph W Pngh to Lex ¬ ington and the pair will do their first fall racing this year at Douglas Park ParkThe The fouryearold Fireman is training so well that George Odom regrets not having nominated him in the stakes for the coming fall meeting at Churchill Downs He is doing better than at any time since he was a twoyearold when Mr Odom endeavored to prepare him to run in the Futurity Stakes
