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KENTUCKY DATES ALLOTTED STATE RACING COMMISSION PROVIDES FOR SPRING SEASON OF SIXTY-ONE DAYS. Schedule Duplicates That for Last Season, Except That Lexington Gets One Additional Day April 24 to Be Opening Day. Lexington. Ky., .March 120. The Kentucky Slate Km iug Commission today sanctioned sixty-oiie days racing on Kentucky tracks lliis spring. This is oik day inmv tlaiu last springs schedule. I.exing- ii gets he extra Iay. Ih Kentucky Association asked for thirteen days. tin- i imissioh granted twelve, begining Friday, pril 24 and ending Thursday. .May 7. 1he New 1 nsvilie Jockey Clubs meeting at Churchill Downs a. II rover twelve days, opening Saturday. May :i K titiii-ky Derby Day.i. and closing ! iiday. May Si Jin- Douglas Park Jockey Clult will have thir- n dajs at Douglas Park, opening Saturday. May t: Kinliicky llandu-ap Day, and Hosing Saturday. Inn- . The i.atouia Jockey Chili was grained ni -lour days 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ir .Monday, Juno s. and j-liny Saturday. .Inly 4. at I-atonia. UceiisVs to induct meetings during tin- .war 1914 were granted uhsi- four tracks. Racing oilicials for the Kentucky Association sp.-iiiK meeting were approved as follows: Thomas .1 i lay. presiding judge: William II. Shelley, a.-s- latc judge, racing secretary am! handicapper: ;. D Wilson, associate judge and s:cretnrv; Ilarrv Mitr.ss. starter: .lolm Walsh, paddock judge: .I ilin t. Ireland, patrol judge, and Dr. .lames T. shannon, velerinarian. The following racing otlicials for Churchill Down-; wi ,e approved: Charles F. Trice. Charles F. Graiu- ! and Matt .1. Winn, stewards: William If. Sbd-cy, Edward Jasper and Harry F. Breivogol. placing jr. lgs; I.yman li. Davis, racing secretary and handi-a;ip-r; Harry Morrissey. starter; Dr. C. C. Can.i, paddock :iige and veterinarian, and George LimMi-licit-r. tinier. v II. l.aiideman was reanpointcd supervisor of I ir initu 1 betting for, all the tracks lor the en-.tir tear and Charles A. Rorgin was appointed as jr ; i ksc. te;egraphic dispatches at all tin- tracks for il- i at c year. P 1 was ordered that racing colors la; registered f -.vitii the commission Mini that the fee for registra- . r he fixed at 1 t .airman .Milton Young, vice-chairman T. II. Tal-:: and secretary .7. 1. Johnston were apixiinted a tiittee to pass njion applications for licenses i i wire instructed to grant them to trainers ami i n rti-ys known to be .in good standing or against ,v. in no object ion has been iilcd with tin- commis- i. ah man Young was authorized to appoint stow- s io represent the commission at the spring meet- fiie ipiestion of barring professional dockers from ! tracks was informally discussed, but no action v. s taken. Track secretaries will probably have M.-ir attention called to the rules prohibiting the n s nee of louts on the grounds. i uarii s F. Grainger reported to the commission i t lie had written Captain Thomas .1. Cay a letter i n-siing his sam-tion of tho reinstatenieut of John Marklcin. but that Captain Clay had not replied to a is letter. The commission did not enter further into the matter. Captain "lay stated this afternoon li.at he will never give bis sanction to Markleins reinstatement. Commissioners Milton Young. T. II. Talbot. Charles Grainger and George .1. Long were present. Johnson N. Camden left here for Baltimore this morning.
