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GOSSIP AND COMMENT FROM KENTUCKY 4, 4. I i , I | I I |. LosdavOe, Ky.. May 18. Trainer V. I. Weir and owners it. C. Applegate iV Co., are undecided i whether or not to siart Old Boaebod next Saturday at Douglas Dark, in the Kentucky Handicap, the luu opening day feature race al that course. The l SI 0,000 added value of the stake makes it. with the exception of the 0,000 Dorval Derby, the i richest event in which Old Rosebud will have a i chance to race in this season, and as a consequence trainer Weir would need Utile iu the way of inducement to send Old Koselmd to the post for it ] next Saturday. Col. W. K. Applegate. who has au interest in the great gelding, seetus to think it would be better if lie was reserved, at least until alter the midsummer racing season, for races ex- clusively for three-year-olds. He figures his chances are good of making a clean sweep of these engage ments. which Include, in addition to the Dorval Derby, the Latonia and Hamilton Derbys, as well as Important three-year-old -astern stakes. So as i things stand today, it cannot lie stated positively i that obi Rosebud will start or will not start in the Kentucky Handicap next Saturday. Even if Old Bosebud does not go to the post in the Kentucky Handicap, a wonderfully good field will lake part ill Ihe big ace next Saturday and his closest rival lor Kentucky Derby honors. Hodge, is regarded a- a Bare starter. Kay Speiiee declares it to lie his intention thai liodge shall till all his ngagements so long as he is in good condition, ilc will not ihidge Old ItosePud of any other horse now .u training. l.enoie. which won her second start at the Downs last Friday and ate united for George J. Longs tirsi access of the season, is out of the young brood noire I.evia. by Falsetto. She is a sister to I i hi. which won hist season up to a mile as a two viarold. Mr. Long has a likely band of two-year-olds ihis season and before Ihe racing i--. much advanced iu Kentucky this spring he will no doubt have sen; to the post several winning youngsters for Basil fori Manor Farm. Dr. Carmen, a two-year old in J. If. Bakers table, is consistent, iu that he always runs an honest rice and although so far beaten in all bis stalls at the local course, he has been right there iu tin- lest of company He is just the sort of two-year-old that is liable to bit such cracks as Like, climber and Manager Waite sonic day whin ih.-, are a bit off ami give the talent a jolt. He is j I owe, d Iu- tiie !.ex"iu!o!i tirni of V. M. iittinan and | i ■!.. and was bought by trainer Kaker for those gentlemen privately from 0. ii. Chenanlt for STOti. I ! lie is by tii.- goad race horse Boanerges and out of j j tin- mare Ladj Knighthood. Kaker developed the; ] youngster by driving him to a car: last winter at Lexington and he is alu 111 as hardv a doer as I alv two-year-old now in training at the local tracks. I Dr. Carn. ■ i is eligil le to the Spring Trial Slakes. I I -•.-." Id added, to he run al Douglas Park on the. i-losiiut ii.iv of tl..- coming meeting there. Saturday.] 1 .linn t and he is au,, engaged al Latonia in the ii.,; Id Stakes. ; Price McKinncy. who has gone to his hoase at I | Cleveland alter seeing considerable racing in the parly da.vs of Hie meeting at Churchill Downs, expressed himself as never having spent a more en lovable linn- thin in Kentucky this spring. Ilc found his Land -d great broodmares and noted stal lions near Lexington i-i the pink ; • ml it km ami his crop of foil from Hi in this spring fulfilled bis every expectation. His only regret was that Ids business would not permit him to linger here longer ibis spring. He is a unst enthusiastic horse man and everyone wishes him the best of go;. I fortune iu his big breeding venture in this slate, it is men of his type who hive always been great factors in bringing prestige to the running turf* Pasters for the coming meeting al Douglas Park, opening on Saturday next, are now displayed in the window- of all the big stores in his city and one of these is one of tin- most artistic and beautiful ranis ever used to advertise a big race It was gotten up at considerable a st by Manager John i l i i ] i i j I | i I ! j j ] I I I I 1 ; I | Hai hiueisler ami is remarkaUe for its artistic beauty and design. It represents a Kentucky belle iu spring costume embellished with an American beauty rose and it is reall.v more a work of ail than a mere pouter advertiaeaaent. The great success of the present meeting at Churchill Downs shows that the general public surely appreciates high class racing, hedged around with every protection by officials backed up by the Kentucky State Racing Commission and the superb program arranged by Secretary K. W. Maginn for Douglas Park this spring promises that the sport at that track will be a continuation of the grand racing seen so far this season at the older local course. W. 11. I.audenian. representative of the Kentucky State Racing Commission in the supervision of the pari-mutuel ixxds on the rack tracks of this state, lias not had good fortune lately with his high class and richly bred broodmare. Iortia Svvett, the dam of that good race horse. Sebago. Mr. I.aiiihniau has neither a yearling nor a weanling out of Hits mare now. she having been barren in 1913 and 1914. lie hopes, however, thai she is now in foal. He mated her this spring to Sweep, Futurity winner and son of the great Den Brush. Al Dunlap has gone back to Lexington to sec about turning Ocean Queen out and mating her lo Bourbon Dean. He ha; had several offers for the daughter of Canard, but expects to retain her. as he believes she will prove a success as a stud lua I ion. A beautiful silver hiving cup. manufactured lo the order of the New Louisville Jockey Club for the Amateur Cup race at a cost of 8299. is now ■ ii exhibition in a Fourth A senate store in this citv and has been much commented upon for its beauty of design, as well as elegance. The riders in this i. ice must be non -professional jockeys and of good social Standing. The credentials of each applicant for a mount in this race must pass the scrutiny of a committee, composed of the stewards and other lacing oust la la at the Downs. The distance of the rac. is one mile and tile conditions are for three year-aids and upward. Ii will be run Thursday. During the first six days of taring at Churchill Downs. I.ugene Bbod, who numbers the horses on tin- program to correspond with the numbers on the pari niutuel pool tickets and always selects for No. 1 the horse he believes to have the best winning chance, made a good record in this respect. !Ol the thirty-sovei races run during Ihe six days. Bftrea of his tirst selections proved the winners and tn that failed to win nnisbed second. Mr. Kln.d is one of the- most Indefatigable workers among the large orp of racing ..fhcials on the Kentucky tracks. Online the afternoons sport he is here. I hen- and everywhere and he is always ready to quickly put into execution any suggestions for im-I provement in the efficiency of the pari-mutuel system that may be suggested by either of bis chiefs al ihe Louisville cour.-es. Manager M. .1. Winn, at Churchill Downs, and Manager John HachmeJster. at Douglas Park. Mr. Idled probably has bad more experience with the pari mutuei system of betting than any man now alive. He knows all the ins and oats of the old time system and is up to the mil en on the present-dry improvement in this mode of betting. There is no doubt that France. Argentina, or any other country where this system of belling is iii vogne, has md as complete and well developed methods for its operation as tie- course in Kentucky. The Admiuistrii tion building at the Downs has only to be visited to prove to any expert that it is on a par with the great banking in stilutions of the land. Manager M. J. Winn anil Charles F. Price, presiding steward at the Downs and other big Kentucky tracks, mule a visit to France last season to s..,. if they had any Improve ments in the system not iu vogue here. They found that the system as operated on the Kentucky tracks is far more cftVlcnl than that in operation in that country, tbaogh it la conducted there on somewhat similar lines.
