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GOSSIP AND COMMENT FROM KENTUCKY. Cincinnati. »., June 25. — Lake, Senator J. N. Camdens crack tWO-year-oU stake winner, lost oik- of his eyes when ha was only two days old. At least that is lai as trainer Ivceiie. or anyone else connected with the great colt knows. He araa foaled in the open held liy his dam. Amy j.. and when discovered by the groom, had his eye oat. It is supposed that, while in a weak condition, he loll in the field and striking the optic on a piece of stubble, detaroyed his Bight and made that side of Ins lnad unsightly. Otherwise lie U a eolt of the highest formation. The blindness is in his right eye, which is on the pole side, as tracks are generally constructed in this country. lie is very sensitive about that side of his head, and that is tike reason he swerves away from the horse that easaea on the inside Of him during the running of a race. Trainer Keene says that even in his stail. if anyone goes in the boa OB that side he will rash at once to the far side of the enclosure, but oa the oilnr band if you approach him on the side .it Ids ased eye. he is as docile as a kitten. This ex pert horseman thinks Luke is a colt that is Bare i dcx.lop in.o a Derby crack next year. He has al! the earmarks of one that will improve as he takes on age. and he looks lor him to lie a brilliaut three-year old in 1915. Chalmers, one of the leading Trophy Candida: a, was bred by Clay Pros., at Lexington, one of the members of which firm is Cant. T. J. Clay, a well-known racing otiicial. These turfmen every OBCC in a while turn out a • nod race horse from their smail. but aeteel stud, and Chalmers is only one of tb" numerous good stake winners ibat have come from Balgowan siud. which was named for the lirsi good horse Captain Clay owned. Captain Clay was an army olhcer of some distinction before he took up the breeding of thoroughbreds and became asso-ajated with race tracks in an otiicial capacity. lii". -P. Bryan came d wn from Lexington, Tuesday, and was quite busy with the Bring iron at Latonia. Por iainer W. J- Young be fired I wo horses; the same number for trainer James Kv-rnian. and one for T. P. Haj c.-. He also gelded one oi 1 G. J. Longs two yeaT-ohls. Perhaps in his long experience on the race track, lames MacManus never felt more joyful than on Wednesday whin his four-year old colt OSoUivan got out Of the maiden class. While Mr. MacManus eaptuieo the Valuation Stakes later in the afternoon with Menlo Park, a victory that netted him 12,138, he was not half so elated over that success as he wa- over OSnllivans. though the hitters victory was in a 1914.sh00 purse. The cause of his g..oii feeling is due to the fact that this son of Oddfellow and tin- great race mare, ltosiuante. is named for one of his Warmest friends, the famous Can... He prelate, father Eugene OSalltvaa. This divine recently paid a visit to Kentucky as the gu.-.-t at Mr. MacManus. During tnis period the CaUforuia turfman tried to get oSulliv.ui ready fat a race so that Father OSullivau could see his namesake run and win. He. however, was not unite up to a race. Father OSttllivaii is now on the ocean, having gone abroad to finish his vacation, but hen he lands in Liverpool he will find i cablegram from Ids friend MacManus annoani iug that OBalHvan had won a race. This four-year-old was undoubtedly cut out for a great horse. His appearance at Latonia last Wednesday was the firs since lie was a two-year-old. His owner never doubted but that he would get to the races in winning form this -cason. but he did not intend to start aim aattl the summer meeting at Saratoga. However, this race, arhieh just suited him. was pot on iic program by Secretary Magma, and Mr. Mai-Ma;!. is took advantage of it. as he believed OSui-Uvan could win. though not quite up to a good rail. He did not wager a dollar on the son of Oddfellow, had letting him run for the purse and the honor Which In- fell that the prelate he was named lor would fully sppreeiate. father oSr.l-Uvan once before hid a good horse named for him in Barney Schreibers Father Eugene. Mr. MacManus paid 66 for Menlo Park as a yearling at the fall sale at Lexington. She hi by the futurity winner. Ormoiidale. a son ed Oral unbeaten Lps.mi Derby winner, and her dam is the good lodueer. Busy Lass, by Meddler. Menlo Park is -Mi c _gaged In the Cincinnati Trophy. fin two year-old bay colt, Pcdland. owned by Cbarle Strauss of Cincinnati, has arrived ai Latonia from Lexington to lill his engagement in the Cincinnati Trophy. He is a son of the Kentucky Derby winner. PI. unlit, and, according to reports, hat n ei i:t lj been highly i tied. Memories ol the famous Sam Bryant, of Proctor Knot. lame, have been revived ill tile last few days at Latonia by the appearance there ill the saddle of 15. Ott, an apprentice rider in the employ of trainer Pete r one. who has charge of UeOTgC J. Longs horses. This boy. now seventeen year- old, is i grandson of the famous Louisville turfman, and is named for his grandfather. Sam Bryant. lb 1 i.i -. so far. ridden in few races: but looks like tin making i f a good rider, and trainer Coyae, who is fond of him. will give ban every chance to sue ceed. Ott was born and raised in sight of the Churchill Downs track, where his grandfather trained and raced all the gnat horses he was connected with iti lii- long Career as a turfman. lie wa-- one id the •oddest characters ever around the tracks, ami a skHled trainer both of trottin- ad running horses, having first started out as a driver oi trotters. While he laid many celebrated horses hiring his lite time, his fame as a turfman will always b- associated with Proctor Knott, which bore the name ol oae of Kentuckys governors. To tills day many lurfmeii believe that a- I tWO-yeai oi i Proctor Knotl was the greatest performer tliit has ever graced tin American tut:, lie was beaten. it is true, at that age. but he came out in a sea- . ci of ten irkaMe two-year-olds, an I when right a! I. is l., ; at was unbeatable. Some present racegoers recall ih- sensation Sam Bryant created at Monmouth Park and Sac psbead Bay when he lih.1v Proctor Knetl there to till Ids engagements in the it i t Champion awl Futurity stakes. He had the diminutive colored rider. PHte Fames, then litth more than a midge!, to ride the great gelding. In spite of being opposed by all the greatest two m .u i I i- In the i aat. ridden by the most i killi I iockeys of the day. Proctor Knott, under !. guidianship, won both gnat -tikes -md earned a lasting fame l ■•!• his Kentucky trainer.
