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MORE THAN 300 HORSES AT LOUISVILLE Charleston Shipments Will Shortly Swell Numbers to 400 or So Kentucky Gossip Louisville Ky April 4 There have been many seasons in recent years when even on the eve of the opening of the racing season at the local track there were not as many horses housed here as are now occupying the stables at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park ParkMany Many too are stars of the first water including not only the most promising youngsters but the kings and queens of the turf of an older age There was never a season whcn so many valuable and promising twoyearolds were trained here as is the case this spring Siime of the stables have young ¬ sters whose value runs far into the thousands and there are iu fact horses at both the local tracks thai money cannot buy The prospects for the spring racing season at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park could not ln brighter Interest is already intense In the outcome of the Kentucky Derbv at Churchill Downs and the 10000 Kentucky Handicap at Douglas Iark May JO Derby day is sure to bring a rccordbicaking crowd of visitors here and the racing season wliich then begins will undoubtedly keep the city lull of visitors until spring and summer racing ends here at Douglas Park on June 7 7Much Much discussion is going on among horspinen as to the merits of the Kentucky Oaks candidates in training in Kentucky as compared with the Texas bred filly Pan Zareta wliich is expected to reach Lexington as soon as the Indiana water subsides the car she was In having been marooned at Wash ¬ ington Ind The Kentucky favorites regarded as most likely to take Pan Xaretas measure include Floral Iark Gowell and Semprile and if all goes well with these fillies the daks will be well nigh as interesting a speculative race as the Kentucky Derby DerbyIndications Indications now are that Hawthorn wiH be the most popular local candidate the Kentucky Derby has ever known Every visitor to the Downs visits his stall and no one leaves the track until they have seen the brown gelding take his exercise lie is the most closely watched hors ever trained at this track and his popularity is even greater at the present time than was Proctor Knotts in the Ions ago To the local racing fraternity he is the Ten Broeck of 1913 1913In In spite of the prestige of Hawthorn trainers of other candidates here for the big race are going along with their charges just as if Mr C F Bnsche meyers gelding was not entered for the Derby this spring Lew Marion is fitting Prince Hermis and Sam Hirsch for the big event and Shelby West thinks Jimmle Gill has speed and courage enough to warrant training for such a contest Leochares in J W Schorrs stable at Douglas Park is another threeyearold which his trainer regards as a Derby possibility All over the country local turfmen are hearing this spring of threeyearolds that are being prepared for this great race and before leaving on his tip to France Manager Wiuii hazarded the opin ¬ ion that no Jess than twelve starters would com ¬ pose the Derby Held HeldLouisville Louisville Ky April 3 Delayed in transmis ¬ sion The racing strings of A B Spreckles of Cali ¬ fornia and Earl Linnell who has in charge the horses owned by J Hochrein arrived today at Churchill Downs from luarefc The Spreckels collec ¬ tion consists of the threeyearold Amity and six twoyearolds including Manson Galar Harbard and Hyki In the Linnell string are several useful racers including Ymir and the twoyearold winner Osaple With these horses also came the Kentucky Derby candidate Weyanokc owned by T Carroll Linnell Is the trainer who attends to the maUin of the engagements of jockey Gross who is ej peeled here from California within the next fort ¬ night nightMost Most of the trials at the local tracks today were by horses in the stable of J R Wainwright The twoyearold lilly Ivan Gardner and the colt High Class went a half together In 52 Loveland an ¬ other twoyearold in this string went the same distance In 54 All Hed was breezed four fur ¬ longs in 52 The only other work worth re ¬ cording at Churchill Downs or Douglas Park was that of Old Hosebud which galloped a quarter in 25 and a maiden twoyearold in the stable of Al Steele which worked five furlongs in 103 103Secretary Secretary Lymnn II Davis is receiving con ¬ gratulations over the arrival at his home of a fine hoy the third lad in the Davis household householdAn An inventory of the stables at Douglas Park shows at present there are ninetythree horses quartered there divided as follows J W Schorr 19 J P Itespess 25 William Gerst 22 Weber t Ward S Otto Stifel 10 Stanley II Kuuz C Cochel 3 Frank Smith 2 H McMillan J Shay and J Brown 1 At Churchill Downs there are 224 horses making a total of 317 horses at the two tracks It is expected that this numl er will IK swelled to 400 or more at once by arrivals from Charleston CharlestonMiller Miller Henderson of Henderson Hogan has arrived here He has l een in California for about a year seeking a restoration of his health and he thinks he has entirely recovered lie will gain recreation by taking in the Kentucky races this spring and summer and at the same time he will be on the lookout for promising material for another racing stable His racing partner Frank G Hogan expects to join him here in time to see the Ken ¬ tucky Derby run at the Downs on May 10 10Liut Liut ct wliich has been wintered here by trainer John Ward for Adair Baker was taken from Douglas Park today to Churchill Downs by jockey U Goose and turned over to1 Adair Baker BakerJack Jack Campbell entry clerk at Douglas Park and Latonla has arrived from Charleston and will re ¬ main until the local meetings here are over He reports that Frank Brucn stopped over at Latonia en route here from Charleston and that both he and Manager John Hachmeister will shortly IH at Doug ¬ las Park to open up the track ofiice for preliminary work in connection wilh the spring meeting begin ¬ ning there May 2tf 2tfNews News has reached the local tracks that Nash Cash one of X B Davis Kentucky Derby candidates broke down at Charleston It is said that the son of Nasturtium has no chance to race again until fall fallW W C Clancy will lake his entire stable now quartered at Churchill Downs to Lexington iu time to race the eight horses he Is training during the coming spring meeting there which begins on April 2i He has only one twoyearold in his string the Hastings filly Ilartena and she is not promising being much undersized His threeyear olds are Garter and Kenneth and while his older horses Include Cosgrovo Gemmell Fern L and Little Jane Clancy has a shifty lot of horses and will no doubt make his trip to Kentucky profitable He is rated as one of the most skilful of farwestern trainers His last trip to Louisville was in 1SS9 when he came to the Kentucky track with Theodoro Winters unbeaten crack El Uio Key The immortal Proctor Knolt was then n threeyearold and the grandstand was on the opposite stdp of the track as todayA compared with where it is located today A B Hancock has instructed W C Clancy to ship Follie Levy to Ellcrslie Farm in Virginia as soon as possible Clancy will send the great mare to her future home as soon as he Is assured that the high water will not affect her safety in transporta ¬ tion She will IK mated with one of the Ellerslle stallions as soon as she reaches Virginia VirginiaThe The horses of G W J Bissell C D Chenaiilt E W Moore J H Nichols W T Woodard and Lee Christy have reached Lexington from Charles ¬ ton
