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OPENING IS AUSPICIOUS ENORMOUS CROWD EXTENDS ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME TO RACING AT LEXINGTON. Best Opening Day Card Ever Programmed in Blue Grass Region Produces High Grade Sport — Camden and McDowell Stables Score Doubles. Lexington. K.v.. April 21. DNUh were the order "f :i most suspicious inauguration «.t the 1914 racing "Wi an in Uiis state at the Kentucky Association coins,, this afternoon. Johnson . Camden, member f tin- Kentucky State Racing Commission, master of Hartlaud stud 1 owner of the Ms itihh of tlraroughbreds trained l v .1. . Keeue, saw his rotors carried tn victory bj the three v.-ar old fillv Casaa linn and the two-year-aid ...it Luke. favorites respectively for tin Ashland Oaks, which is to be run next Monday, and the Breeders Futurity, which is to he decided « n the el. .sin- day of this meeting, Thursday, May 7. Thomas c McDowell, master of Ashland Stud and owner of a table of twenty live horses, the hest h h;is bad in years, won the tirst two-yeai old race of the season here with Waterblossom, a sister to tFaterbasa and doubled by taking the Phoenix Hotel Handicap, the feature of the day, with the game Star Jasmine. The weather was warm, though at times cloiidv ;it. I threatening showers, and the Hack was at its bent. TIm- attendance was the largest ever noted here on an opening day and the card was without question the last thai has ever been put an for h tirst day at Lexington within the Memory of the oldest racegoers in this vicinity. When the horses went to the post for the tirst race at 2:18 there was not a vacant place In the grandstand, and as the day progressed the crowd grew larger until by the fourth race the promenade, the betting enclosure and the paddock were all ovetftuwlag with people. Iron .Mask, from the costly racing establishment of Jefferson Livingston, was the favorite for the Inaugural dash and be finished the live and —I half furlongs a nos. ill front of Yankee Notions, which he wore down after a long stretch drive, in 1:06%. a new track record, and thai with 133 pounds, under the pilotage of Jockey Hanover. The odds were ■ fruition better than 1 to 2 ami there was much coin fluent over the fact, inasmuch as jt was expected l.v Bayuiu. sjieculnlors that he would not he heller than trainer Mose Colrftilatt had every expectation that he would lie one of those to score, ■ doable and told his friends to hack lid Howard to win the fifth race, hut the son of Cesarioa was the victim f bad racing link. As the harrier went up. Luke, the one-eyed colt, put his left eye — the rail eye is out on the end of the line, broke toward the inside and caused a general Jamming of the youngsters between him and the fence. In the mixiip jockey Turner, the rider of K.I Howard, had his left boot ripped op. n and about an inch of the cuticle torn from hi~ faat, and K. .1. Austins Cominonaila was eon sid.rably cut about the legs and side. Turner says Howard was down to his kn.-.s three times in the race. Lin.leiithal bumped him into the fence for the sec. .n.t time an eighth of a mile from the finish. I. like, when he straightened ut. had s|iee l to spare and won easily in :4ft. Waferhlossoms performance was decider/ imurea s|e. notwithstanding that she got somewhat the hest of a had tart, which was due |o the greenness of the majority of the youngsters in the second race. Her time. 47r.. is only a fraction of a second slower than the track record of 17%, which was established l.v Kings Daughter as ■ two-year-aid, and she was also the property of T. . McDowell. The finish in the Phoenix Hotel Handicap was a brilliantly close one and was a tribute to the ability of racing secretary Win. II. Shelley as a ham li. a ••!■. and. be it known, he doesnt rely upon dockers reports lor his conclusions. He is a past performance bandicapper. Hsuaruias race stamps her ns a lilly of quality and she must be given serious consideration in whatever calculations are made ii|kui the stakes to which she is eligible. Brnaaewiag ran an excellent race and will be dangerous in good company the next time out. The closing race weal to W. ;. Yankes Flying Feet, reported to have been heavily backed away from the track. Eugeae Etrod, superintendent of the pari matncl department, was highly elated with the auspicious opening and the smooth action of ids huge force ot workers. An idea of the dispatch with which the •rlnning ticket bolder* were paid off can be gleaned from the fact that within ten minutes after each eace all winning tickets had been paid. this. too. in spite of the Increased volume of play over any former aueaiag day. Among today* interested visitors was apt. Jim Williams of Rims Horn ami Governor Gray fame. He has only recently recovered from a serious spell .•f illn.ss and was kept busy receiving coagratala tions from numerous horsemen sa his robust appearance. II. K. Kaaaa beaded ■ his parly tram New York and they roan I keen interest in the racing. Mr. Knapp was elated over the good showing that — Yankee Notion- made in the opener. Mr. Knapp ■ stai..| thai New Yolk racing conditions for this m Reason appeared roseate. His extensive string and ■ those owned l.v the Messrs, Hitchcock and Schuyler f L. Parsons will he shipped east at the etoSe of the i Lexington racing. J. ;. Greener came over from Nashville for the opening. Mr. Greener has several youngsters in training from which he bones to develop another Olseau or Olambala. .h.hn ftachmelster, general manager of the Deaghti Park and Latonia tracks and Harvey Meyers, presl • lent of the Latonia Jockey Club, were among those who , ane from Cincinnati for the opening. Mr. Hacb-meister returned tonight to Latonia and will leave for Louisville next Sunday to begin preliminary work attending the opening f Douglas Park May 2:;. Jockeys Sumter and Byrne are hero with the Win H. Karriek stable and will accept mounts daring the racing here. All the members of the Kentucky Racing Com mission, except Gorge J. Long, were on hand. Mr f union was well pleased with the vietorv of hi-. ia«k. Luke. There was considerable surprise manifested over the refusal of the racing con, mission to grant riding 1 censes t" Jocke.vs Borei, :.,ose. Cross. Small and vVriapen today. According to report, several other riders barely escaped similar denial. Anions the heal work-outa noted this amrnlai were: Beach Comber Five-eighths in 1:64%, Bettlah S. -Five-eighths in l:u:;-Roots and Saddle Kivc eighths In 1:04. • anipeon -Five-eighths in 1:08. Odarhrook Mile in 1:47. 1 hartier — Half mile in 52%. Llizalieth Cochran Three-quarters in 1:17 Florence — Half mile in 48%. Florin Five-eighths in 1:01%. Gcaeral Marcbmont -Three-quarters tn 1:1ft. .lame-. Dockerv Three-eighths In :: ;-Lady Rillie — Five-eighths in 1:02%. I.u Mode — Three-quarten in 1:15. Mnaatoue— Mile in 1 :4ft. Itnvenal— Three eighths in 37%. Recession Three-qusrter* in 1:1ft, Rockfish -Mile in 1 44 :-.. ujanenata Mil.- in 1:44. Thottght reader riv- eighths in 1:01%. Transit Mile in 1 :!..-,. Lude Dick — Three-quarters in 1:15%.
