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HORSEMEN LIKE DOUGLAS PARK PROGRAM Book for Opening Days of Meeting Meets with Ap proval Racing Gossip from Louisville f Louisville Ky September 9 The program book for the first nine days of the Douglas Park autumn meeting beginning September Iti and continuing for eighteen days shows the liberality of the policy of John Hachmeister manager of the club and indicates by the entries for the stakes the high class of tho horses that will engage in the racing Tnrfmen are praising not alone the conditions of the feature events and the overnight races but they are commending the management in general for its progressivenoss Assuredly racing is going to open at Douglas Park one week from today under un ¬ usually favorable circumstances and the outlook at Churchill Downs where the meeting of nine days will begin on October 7 the date of the 15000 Kentucky Endurance Stakes is equally good Pa ¬ trons of the turf IiereaUmts have reason to con ¬ gratulate themselves this fall for the reason that they arc destined to witness sport right up to the metropolitan standard at two of tho most beautiful and modern plants in America Secretary Maginns daily program provides for the first race on the opening day a live and a half fur ¬ longs dash for twoyearolds purse 500 The sec ¬ ond race is for twoyearolds at five and a half furlongs purse GOO The third race is for three yearolds and upward at six furlongs purse COO The fourth event is the Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap possessing a value of 4000 distance ono mile and a sixteenth with the best horses in America carded to go The lifth nice will be at one mile and a sixteenth and the sixtii will bo at one mile and an eighth both purses being 500 each Throughout tho meeting there will be no purse of loss value than 500 and this rule will apply also to the Churchill Downs racing racingThe The Bcechmont Stakes 1500 added for two yearolds will be the feature on Saturday Sep temlier 21 21The The Autumn Stakes 1500 added for threeyear olds and upward will be decided Thursday Sep ¬ tember 25 25The The Boulevard Stakes 1500 added for three yearolds and upward will be run on Saturday September 28 28The The Prospect Handicap 1500 added for two yearolds will be run on Wednesday October 2 2The The Cardinal Handicap 1500 added for three yearolds and upward will be run on Saturday yOctoher 5 This event is at two miles and it yill iffurd an opportunity for a line on tho condition of the probable starters in the Kentucky Endurance Stakes four miles to be run two days later at Churchill Downs Its eligibles include Busy Lalwld Brig Bell Horse Moekler Meridian Starhottle Bonnie Kelso White Wool Bruce Rice Mary Davis Kudolfo Donaii Countless Worth Adams Express Sun Queen Rolling Stone Impression Creme do Menthe Sir Catesbv Sprite Any Port Buckhorn Melton Street Star ORyan John Furlong Font Froglegs Manager Mack High Private and Star Charter CharterWorks Works at Douglas Park and Churchill Downs yesterday included includedBoctus Boctus Fiveeighths in 101 Ethel Samson Threequarters in 117 Fireman One mile in 148 Follie Levy Fiveeighths in 104 Joyance Threequarters in 118 Kalinkallalf mile in 50 Luria Fiveeighths in 101 Louis Katz Fiveeighths in 105 Miletus Fiveeichths in 105 Politeness Fiveeighths in 101 Star Berta Half mile in 50f Wyenoko Fiveeighths in 104 104Peter Peter J Coyne trainer for George J Long will bring back from Lexington next Friday the horses he is racing there thereT T W Fuller has transferred his twlevo racers from Churchill Downs to Douglas Park ParkJack Jack Baker will bring from Lexington to Douglas Park eleven thoroughbreds and J C Milam will come with the same number Mr Bakers crack is Too Morris Mr Milam has Star of Danube a chestnut lilly entered for several stako events at the local courses coursesMany Many horses worked at Douglas Park today At Churchill Downs nothing but slow work was in ¬ dulged in and as a result the trials chronicled below all took place at Douglas Park The In ¬ augural Handicap candidates High Private Star bottle and John Furlong all worked the former two impressively John Furlong was only required to do seveneighths in 135 but both Itigli Private and Starbottle went at a fast clip High Private cov ¬ ered a mile in 142K working the first quarter in 25n three furlonns in 37sf the half in i03fc live furlongs in 105 threequarter in 110 and seven furlongs in 129 Starbottle did his mile iii 144 goinj the first quarter in 25 three fur ¬ longs in 37 the half in 50f threequarters in 1 and seven furlongs in 131 Other work included includedAbrasion Abrasion Threeeighths in 37 Font Threequarters in 11S Fractiouals 25 25s s ri 105 105Game Game Chaser Quarter mile in 27 27High High Star Fiveeighths in 102 Fractional 12 24 3CVf 49 49Husky Husky Lad Threeeighths in 37 easily easilyLimpet Limpet Mile in 1 G GPliant Pliant Quarter mile in 25 cantering canteringPuck Puck Half mile in flf flfRoyal Royal Captive Half mile in 58 58Trance Trance Threequarters iu 110 Fractionals 24 49 110 110J J 1 Jones arrived at Douglas Park this morn ¬ ing from Windsor with the threeyearold lilly Bean rilul and Charles S Wilson came from the same place with Tlieo Cook and a yearling by Ivan the Terrible The latter horses are owned by George P Sherman ShermanTrainer Trainer Fred Luzader worked J R Wainwrights two yearlings Loveland aand High Class an eighth at Douglas Park today in 12 Loveland is a bav colt by Ogden La Pucelle while High Class is a bay filly by Orlando Polly Prim PrimE E A Prewster former trainer for John W Schorr applied at Douglas Park today for stal room for six yearlings which he has picked up re ¬ cently at Lexington lie expects to get a couple of horses to race here this fall before he ships his string from Lexington during the last of the week weekJ J L Brown transferred Entield Flying Wolf Kootenay and Likely Dieudonne from Churchill Downs to Douglas Park today Mr Brown reports that when he left Butte jockey Eddie Taplin was intending to come to Kentucky It is presumed that the boy is coming here to ride for R J Mackenzie who at one time held a contract on him himDr Dr C Cann gelded four twoyearolds today for trainer Charley Rowe they being in the lot that Otto Stifel purchased from Barney Schreiber son time since Mr Rowe will not make any attempt to race these youngsters until the Latonia meeting meetingGreen Green B Morris transferred his noted filly Jennv Gcddes to Douglas Park today This filly is fresh from a winning campaign at Butte Among the races in which she scored there was the Butt Derby in which she beat Republican and other good opposition oppositionArchie Archie Zinunor has arrived from Butto with tho sprinter Caugh Hill and he also brought a three yearold by Senator MacCarrcu Catherine R which has never yet raced
