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• • . i I " . I to 0 e • T " d d 1- II — _ _ P. — 7 3- — LOOKING FORWARD TO KENTUCKY HANDICAP. Trainers at Louisville Getting Horses Ready for Rich Rate at Douglas Park. Louisville. Kj.. April II. — There is quite as much activity among the trainers of the older division of racing stars as ■— «f»g those who have Derby eandi dates in their stables. This is largely due to the fact that oat the opening day of the Douglas Pari; spring meeting. Saturday, Mac 2::. the Keateckj Handicap. 0,000 added, one mile and a quarter, will be run. Tkta la an event tliHt brilliantly in- auguralcd the meeting at this course last season, when spriag raciag at this beautiful and extensive plant was revived The meeting at Douglas Park this spring la to be of thirteen days duration and will bring the local spring racing seasoa to a dose, its opening will Immediately follow- the fetish of the twelve days spring meeting at Churchill Downs. Louisville haters ot the sport will be regaled with twent.i live davs of racing here in Max and June this yeai. Last season the meeting at Douglas Park was both brilliant and successful, but was not to lie compared in prospects With those for this year and there is every reason For believing that the season of sport at tlie two local tracks will he a record-breaking one. The Kenlncky Handicap will bring about a meet iug between the heat of the older horses and the flu 1 e-j ear-old Derby colts, geldings and lillies. It is doubtful if any race run in all America this season will produce a more brilliant contest than this rich event, which last season teal to the great four-year old. Rudolfo, which had to be driven out by the skillful rid.r. .1 Loftus. to beat the good three-vear old. Ten Point and C-ovyell, later on a Latonia Derby winner. One of the preeeat favorites for the race is 0. M. Hendries Great Britain. Trainer 1 D. Weir stated a few days ago that if he retained Old Rosebud in his stable until this race was run the present Derby favorite will surely start in Douglas Parks big race. John W. Schorr is having his two great horses. Star Charter and FroglegS. specially trained with a view to tilling their engagement in the Kentucky Hand! cap and trainer Richard Brooks at Churchill Downs i- skilfully handling la*t seasons winner. Rudolfo. in the hope thai he can again get him to the post for the big race. Manager John HachmehUer will be at Douglas Park the coining week to open up the track offices ami super tise the many improvements under way. Be will spare bo expense to have everything con necieil with the course in rirst-elass and up-to elate omlitiou. a he expects an unusual patronage at this course this -eason and looks for the Kentucky Handicap to draw- a great crowd. Like the Ken- reeky Derby, this race is to be run on a Saturday, which is Louisvilles most popular racing day. Last neaaon the Kentucky Handicap was decided on a Mi nday and. while a great crowd saw the race, it was undoubtedly far below that which will visit the track 011 May 2:: next. The DoagJaa Park track this season is faster than ever and doubtless a number of records will lie lirokii at this course this spi ing. It wa« at this track last year that in three ruces in succession Old Rosebud won five-furlong dashes in better than ."..». running the first in 58% then in Mta and again ii. ." hB.-, . three wonderfully fast two-year-old races. Reservations for sta!K at Douglas Park this spring lave been received from many eastern turfmen and a number of horses will In.- here to represent leading sportaanea of that saettsw who heretofore have not raced on Kentucky tracks. aaate from the Kentucky Handicap, there are other big feature races at Douglas Park this sprimr. 1. ne of which bj the Spring Trial Stakes, which was won last year by Old Rosebud, the present Kenlncky Derby favorite. The overnight handicaps at Douglas Park this spring will range in value from 00 to ,000 in added "money, and as at Churchill Downs this sprung, there will be no purse of less value than in added money.
