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KENTUCKY TO BE THE MECCA. Rich Stakes and Purses Prove Tempting to EasH-i-.i Horsemen — Getting Ready at Norfolk. Charleston, 8. «.. March 2. Horsemen here are ia i quandary as to their campaign for the coming season. Many are awaiting some definite announce im nt from New York as to the plans of the Jockey Club. The rich stake- offered b the Keutucki in-will attract not a few to Louisville and Lntoami the 0,000 Kentucky Handicap, which will be th stellar attraction of the Douglas Park meeting, b ing particularly tempting to horsemen. Many of the eastern owner- who have laid up their strings i be "inter are already making active preparations for summer campaigning. Not ■ few are ahead] it Norfolk, while some loo horse- at Beunlng i being -cut along -«• as to be ready for the earl meetings, .lames Iilz-itunions and .1 V. Johm are about to ship their horses from Gravesend to Norfolk. Mr. Iitz-iuiniHis i- -tailing orrl with lis biggest string be has had in years, lie will ba.e twenty horses la his -tai.h thi- spring and tin QuilH3 Stable owned bj Mr. .lolm-on. Will niimbei twelve. Theodore Coles i- also al Norfolk, bating arrived from hi- farm in Virginia with five il .1 . Charles came down from Toronto ■ few days :i- i With Ive. In hi- string are Scarlet Pimpernel. Mm . and a Couple of t wo-.v ear old-. The band ol rouugsters that James Bowe -cut to Alberl Simon-lie a grand looking kit and thej are 1 i k • 1 t" cut an inpurlMiit tigiif in the can. two war eld i.oi-Somc of tin III have already show n good speed :.i:d In chances are that the entire lot will be dlKposed »f before the Canadian meeting- open. Al West m. who wintered :it tbe Clyde arm at Salisbury. Md . - ■ a ii the Jamestown Jockey Clubs course w! ; twelve and be "ill receive -i more from It. t. Wilson within tbe nct few da.s. Those that Mr. West. hi has are sure enough race horses, it looks count. Willi- Martin has been sending his ho -i iin along with the idea of having them tit when the Norfolk meeting opens. The W. P. Austin horses, in charge •■! Hugh Penny, are in splendid condition. Mr. Penny, however, is not hurrying them, tlo-e oh-, nil- Liok for Judge Mouck ia.l Kormak lo show much Improvement over their last veal- form. Mas lllrach has arrived al Norfolk from sh.cp-iieaii Bay with « dneea horses siikin-s baa again attacked the horses 61 Hubert n.i.ic- thai are wintering al tbe Beaming track Calgarj and Knight- Differ, the two besl young racers in tbe stable, were dangerously -iek last week. but. according p report, en- Improving. The-"ere attended by Dr. H. McCarthy. Calgary wa- tlu- colt That John ■ Madden entered for the Epsom Derby and whose chances were well thought of until the Schorr colt I.eoch.iies heat him last fall. Knights Hitler is a spent] horse ami will undoubtedly De •I!. Into a tii-i ci:i— -punter, provided Ibis sick has 1 1 • -1 affected bis n bad. I"he divisien of the stable that William Garth In.-- •"iiiemi.laies racing ai the Jamestown Jockey Clubs meeting will not he shipi«.-d to Norfolk uutil a ten days before that meeting liogius. Cant P. M. Walker will send a couple of horses oer from Washington at tbe same time, as will also Dr. s w. Street! and n- .1. s. fyree. It is doubtful it August Belmont s colors will be seen in public before il.- Havre dc Grace meeting, and possibly not before Pimllco. A new steeplechase coarse is lK-ini; built nt the Norfolk track and many other Improvements are being made on Hie plant. New roads will also Ik-laid out from the boulevard to the grandstand and il is possible that the clubhouse will be opened to the public this spring. Efforts are now being ssade to form a Norfolk Jockey Club, which, if successful, "ill be ■ big thing for the sinirt there.
