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KENTUCKY RACING TODAY SERIES OF FALL MEETINGS IN BLUE GRASS STATE TO BEGIN AT LEXINGTON Happily Threatened Shortage of Horses Is Averted Avertedand and Meeting Holds Out Promise of Success Influx from Windsor Looked For Next Week Lexington Ky August 0 With everything in thorough reaeliuess for the opening tin thirteen days fall meet in which begins tomorrow over the Kentueky Asseicint ions course holds out the promise if siicicss There is nol the shortage of liorscs that was feaied During tin past few days there have been more arrivals than expected and at present 2 i horses are quarlcied at the course practically all if which according to their owners are lit aanil ready lo race The opening card is a fair indication of the ealihre of racers that will contest for the purses dur ¬ ing the first few days More and better horses will ome here immediately after the close of the Wind ¬ sor meeting Aside from the regulars there are a yet not a great many strangers in the city for the meeting lint it is to he expected that as the racing progresses there will he otherseeimiiig in inThe The aiil for the first day is alxnit as gooel as ever offered for any fall day here unless it may have been setme card carrying a special stake feature of more than passing importance in the years that are beyond the recollection of presentday raeegoers The plant in general looks better than it has in years th many improvements together with the thorough over ¬ hauling and painting it lias received giving it a new appearanie Tin track proper will lie in excel lent condition for the opening day While no leal riding stars will shine during the early part of the meeting there will be no dearth of capable boys to pilot the contestants in the various races Among ihiise who will accept mounts arc Goose Ganz B Sleile Fain Molcsworth J Callahan Jensen T Henry Paul Andrews II Higgins W W Taylor and 1 Conley ConleyTrainVr TrainVr 1ete Coyne came over from Louisville with four racers owned by Geeirge 7 Long W I Fine with Clorlo and 1it apat was another arrival today from Louisville John Treanor with three iie rses arrived from IKland Fla and will engage in the Kentucky races this fall W O Yanke with live Iiorses F I Weir with ten and lack Adkins with eight owned by It 1 Mackenzie will arrive next Tuesday from Windsor WindsorStarter Starter Cassidy was an arrival this afternoon He came from Cincinnati His assistants including lames Osbonic who did excellent work with the tlag on the Northwest Canada courses have linen Illre for several days putting up the barriers at the di Trent starting points Capt Jim Williams onetime owner of Governor ray Kams Horn and oilier good racers came eleiWii from his home near Spring Station and wiirjremaiu to witness the racing Mr Williams hasiibt had any horses under his care since Geive nur Gray and County Tax were burned to death deathAs As he closed his otlice in the paddock at the Kentucky Association course this afternoon Racing Secretary W II Shelley remarked Well every thingis ready for the opening of the meeting tomor HIW and he remarked laconically what we need to make a success is tine weather and a big attend ¬ ance ancelames lames Everman with a formidable string of four ¬ teen racers including T M Green was an arrival iliiv afternoon afternoonI I here will be ten mutuel machines in operation during the meeling Thov will IK of 2 and 10 denomination The 10 device will be for straight backers only onlyAll All I he former otlicials witli the exception of Tom Prown will serve at this term of racing 1 S Wallace will servo in Tom Browns place as entry clerk The latter departed for Cincinnati last night for Cumberland Aid to officiate as secretary and starter for the race meeting to lie held there during the homecoming week Inginning rcxt Monday MondayUnless Unless District Manager Carroll of the Western Vnioii Telegriph Co should change his mind about signing the contract and bond required by the Kentucky State Racing Commission Alvin S Sil verman of 1oiiisvilJc Ky who was appointed cen ¬ sor of telegrams when the commission decided to rescind its rule forbidding wires from the race racks will have no work to do at this meeting Mr Carroll declares that the racing commissions remiircinciits are loo stringent and aro not justified and aiinonnced this afternoon that he will not open the telegraph olfice at the track tomorrow Press telegrams will be filed at a subotlice just outside of the grounds as they were last spring Mr Silverman who came from Louisville and pre ¬ sented his credentials to Secretary Shelley was a sorely disappointed man when he heard there would be nothing for him to censorize
