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KENTUCKY OPENS GRANDLY BIG ATTENDANCE AT LEXINGTON IN SPITE OF THREATENING WEATHER Season in Blue Grass State Is Inaugurated in Man ¬ ner That Leads to Conclusion It Will Be a Rec ¬ ord Breaker Mud Runners Are Favored Lexington Ky April till Although the weather conditions were uupropitlous a splendid crowd vis ¬ ited the Kentucky Association course tills aftef nuoii for the opening of tile twelveday meeting that marks the iiiuiiguration of tlie 1U13 spring season of racing in Kentucky Just before the race there was a slight shower and it Itegan sprinkling again just after the last race while throughout the afternoon it was cloudy and threatening hut it was not cold or disagreeable The tract was heavy though drying out and if there should be no more rain it will be in fair shape by racing time tomorrow tomorrowPresident President Catcsby Woodford of the Kentucky Association president Charles F Grainger of the iew Louisville Jockey Club 1resideiit Harvey Mey ¬ ers of the Latonia Jockey Club Chairman Johnson N Caniden of the Kentucky State Racing Commis ¬ sion General Manager John Jlaehmeisur of the Douglas Park and Latonla Jockey Clubs Ceneral Manager Matt 1 Winn of the New Louisville Jockey Club and the Juarez Empire City and Laurel tracks Messrs Charles I 1rice E C Hop ¬ per and John T Ireland who are to be stewards nt Louisville and Latonia Thomas Hart Talbot the steward representing the state racing commission Presiding Judge 5 I Wilson Uacing Secretary W H Shellev and numerous others who have long Veen identlllcd with the turf in this state all said it was an augury of probably the greatest period of racing Kentucky has ever known knownThe The racing notwithstanding the condition of the track was highly interesting Withdrawals were numerous and betting calculations generally were somewhat upset The only successful first choices were Hawthorn which won the opening scramble by si nflrmw margin over the English colt Royal II and AVaterhlossom which easily won the race for threeyearold fillies a sort rf preliminary to fUiA Ashland Oaks by three lengths with Anim MfutEri an outsider getting second place Sea Shell1 The second choice retired as if short when the stretch was reached On todays form It would seem that Walcrblossom will 1 the favorite for the Oaks OaksChalmers Chalmers was a big dlsappointemeut in the Phoenix Ilollel Handicap the days feature Nearly everyone regarded him as haying the race at his mercy but he failed when the lighter weight Goldcrcst Boy overhauled him in the st retell retellThe The longestpriced winner of the day was Gipsey George owned in Ohio by Mose Moore a dusky Daytonian and on this one at 2025 to 1 Willie Median of Lexington under contract to J W May won his lirst race at a recognized meeting meetingDick Dick Williams sadled a likely filly in J L Hol ¬ lands Important winner of the fifth race Bo ¬ nanza won the closing race easily after suffering mtieii interference jt the start startT T O Talbott who will manage the Denver meet ¬ ing which begins in June was among the visitors and stated that he had leased eighteen mutuel machines that were used in Latoula They will be shipped shortly to the western track trackAl Al Burlcn who is looking after entries for the Saratoga stakes which close April 20 was busy distributing the entry blanks and receiving nom ¬ inations to the fixtures from the horsemen hero Judging from the numerous stake entries received there will he a wholesale invasion of western owners at Saratoga this summer summerW W If Karrlck worked Sharpshooter a mile be ¬ tween the races The colt showed a good trial by going the distance somewhat handily in 145 145lames lames Coffey who campaigned a small string at New Orleans last winter lost High Class the mainstay of his stable at Bowie Md the horse dying as a result of fever contracted while ship ¬ ping 13 It Bradleys big band of youngsters are all on the ailing list with bucked shins shinsHerman Herman Hrandt who has twentyone of the Jef ¬ ferson Livingston racers under his charge reports all the horses in pink of condition including the good sprinter Iron Mask The latter is coming to hand in line shape and Brandt expects him to show his oldtime good form Ed Howard is still a sufferer from the injury he sustained at Lexington last spring when he had his stitle and whirllione hurt by being humped and he may not go to the post for some time iMr Livingston is expected here next week from Chicago to see some of his horses In action actionHawthorn Hawthorn and Waterblossom comprising the twohorse combination yielded 1545 for Goldcrest Hoy Important and Konanza the three horse pa hi 228 for 2 2Emll Emll Herz who was among the visitors stated that his horses Short Gni Hamvorth Devil Fish Gleneairn Kunnymede and North Light in charge of trainer Jack McCormick are training in splendid tdiajm at Churchill Downs DownsAnnouncement Announcement was made this afternoon that all of the Klmendorf Stud thoroughbreds the prop ¬ erty of the James It Hagglifs estate are to be sold at auction this year under the auspices of the Powers Hunter company The yearlings thirty three in number will be disposed of at Sheepshead Pay Monday June 2S Ballot Sain Tradition Hamburg Helle and other famous racers which ore now sires or matrons will go under the hampier in the autumn either here at Lex ¬ ington or at Sheepshead Hay the place to be selected later The foals of till year will he disposed of at the same time their dams are areAt At yesterdays session of the Kentucky State Racing Commission letters concerning several of those who made applications for licenses to train were received by the commission but no refusals were recorded It ieemed to be the sentiment of the commission that it is not a clearing house for associations In other states If for instance a i offense wan committed by some one racing at New Orleans the authorities at that track should have taken action on the offense It was the sense of the commission as interpreted from its action that when no recorded objection appears against an applicant who is not under suspension nnjt winre the license should IK granted until some act of the Individual in Kentucky warrants its revocation For the benefit of those who were somewhat I the haze it may he said that they tire on probation as it were in this state and that tlmy may expect to get the gate unless they wall in the straight and narrow path pathThe The commission passed the rule requiring a malilcn we to he given each dav but the amount of the purse was not spccllied The proposed rule iHrmllting any one to claim a horse out of n selling race was laid on the table The com ¬ mission ruled that all minors shall he barred from the betting rings on Kentucky tracks and live apprentice riders were refused licenses because they are under sixteen yeara of age A rule pro ¬ posing that the maiden race be given each day until August 1 and every alternate day thereafter was offered and it will lie over untij the next meet ¬ ing The commission had l eforo It two contracts on Jockey Max Garner onq signed by his father to iWliUtoaAfc Calii and the other signed by his rn PlpstofjF L Holland Tlie commission de ehredthat before Garner is granted a license the parties concerned must agree upon a single con ¬ tract The commission will not undertake tp say for whom Garner shall ride rideThe The commissioners approved the rules as amended at the meeting of March 20aud the following new rules were adoDted adoDtedIf If the walkover except after a dead heat is the result of arrangements by owners of horses engaged 10 portion of the added money or any other prize need be given Any money or prize which by the conditions Is to guVtp the horse placed second or in any lower place fn the race shall if the winner have walked over or no horse has been placed be dealt witli as follows If contributed by the owner it shall go to the winner If a dona ¬ tion from any other source It shall he given givenWinner Winner of a certain sum shall mean winner of a single race of that value unless otherwise expressed in the conditions conditionsDeclarations Declarations and purses when there are only eight entries or less must be accompanied by 5 per cent of the first money When less than seven en ¬ tries remain none shall withdraw without the con ¬ sent of tlie stewards In purse races with more than eight entries owners may declare out to that number free of charge The right to declare free shall be determined by lot if occasion should require requireThere There shall he a maiden race given each day at each of the tracks operating tinder a license from this commission No minor shall be allowed In the beting ring of any track operating under a license from the Kentucky State Hacing Commission CommissionNo No boy under sixteen years of age shall be granted a license by this commission commissionTin Tin following new rule was offered hut under the rules of the commission must lay over thirty days before dual adoption adoptionThere There shall be a maiden race given each day at each of tlie tracks operating under a license from this commission until August 1 and every alternate day thereafter Not less than twenty per tent of such races shall he for maiden tlirecJearolds and upward upwardThe The track was in poor shape this morning and the horses were required to go around the dogs The best moves recorded by the work watchers were wereHello Hello of Hryn lawr Threequarters In 122 122Hilly Hilly Joe Threeeighths in 18 18Bulgarian Bulgarian Mile in 150 150Cash Cash On Delivery Threeeighths In 3S 3SCharley Charley McFerran Half mile In 55 55Copper Copper town Fiveeighths in 100 Dr Carmen Half mile in 52 52Eil Eil Weiss Fiveeighths in 112 112Harhard Harhard Threequarters in 121 121Howdy Howdy Howdy Threequarters fn 129 129Iron Iron Mask Onequarter In 24 Korfhage Threequarters in 120 120Malabar Malabar Fiveeighths in 107 Marshon Threequarters in 124 124Nobleman Nobleman Threeeighths in 40 t tPrince Prince Eugene Threeeighths in IlSfc IlSfcQueed Queed Threeeighths in 38 38Kcqulram Kcqulram Fiveeighths In 109 109Hol Hol ert Kay Mile in 158 158Stout Stout Heart Threemiarters In 120 120Tillies Tillies Nightmare Threeeighths In 38 38Transit Transit Threeeighths in 40 40U U Steppa Threequarters in 125 125Undaunted Undaunted Fiveeighths in 100 100Woolen Woolen Threequarters In 121
