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DOUGLAS PARKS RACING ENTICEMENTS IxKisvllle Ky May 1 Douglas Park arrayed in its spring dress is only waiting for the twenty second day of May to roll around when its an ¬ nual spring and early summer meeting will begin with the running off among other feature races of the Kentucky Handicap now Americas most valuable handicap race The meeting1 at this superb racing plant this spring begins and winds up on Saturday It continues for thirteen days ending on Juno 5 5Though Though the Kentucky Handicap has boon twice raced for previously and has always carried an added value of 10000 it lias never before drawn such an array of racing stars in its lists of en ¬ tries as have been named by the leaders of Amer ¬ ican turfmen this season some of whom have come from tins east for the first time in their racing careers this year with the great cracks of both llfelr honie and foreign stables Chief among these are Andrew Millers Roamer the present pronounced king of the American turf AV C Whitneys Har monicon and Pandean both winners In England as well as Borrow another member of this great stable which not only won abroad but last season captured the Saratoga ILamllcap A J Johnsons Quincy Stable Double Eagle Quincy and Trojan winner of the Futurity of 1914 C II Bobbins Buskiii winner of the Canadian Derby and other big stake events James Butlers trio of great three yearolds Pebbles Kilkenny Boy and Last Coin the latter one of the unbeaten twoyearolds of last season A II Hancocks Andrew M and Em ¬ broidery the latter having won two of her starts at the meeting now on at Lexington F B Le maires Norse King which has been racing in great form tliis season II C Ilallenbecks Iron Duke and The Finn for which he recently paid a high price wiiile the westerners eligibles embrace the Lntonia Derby winner of last season John Gund the Canadian Derby winner of last year Dr Sam ¬ uel Emerson Cochrau winner of the Cincinnati Trophy Black Tony and Bradloys Choice two performers for each of which 20000 was once refused Chalmers a groat twoyearold and this season cms of the fastest colts racing the noted English horse Short Grass one of the best stayers now racing Belloc winner of two big handicaps last year David Craig winner of the 20000 Dorval Derby last season and Luke McLuke which won the Kentucky Handicap last season and holds the Kentucky record for a mile and a quarter made in tliis race 202 dividing with Old Rosebud and Roamer tho honor of being the best race develop ¬ ments of the season of 1914 1914Others Others engaged in tliis stake which possess rac ¬ ing merit are Constant Bronzewing winner of several big stakes last spring the Englishbred rolt Devil Fish Leo Bay Star Jasmine Prince Ilermis Robert Bradley Judge Wright Ed Crump Goldcrest Boy Cardigan Watcrhass Rlngling and Hotlge which as a twoyearold was the leading winner of that season and as a threeyearold raced well wellHeretofore Heretofore when groat eastern horses have figured in western stakes their entries have in many cases lx en of a complimentary order This season It is different Many of these stars are now in Kentucky and have boon brought here to if possible pull down the rich prize at Douglas Park on May 22 Witli favorable track condi ¬ tions and corresponding weather that day not onlv will a recordbreaking attendance probably wit ¬ ness the race but it may be that the winner will be forced to go the fastest mile and a quarter ever run in this country to roach the winning line in front of this remarkable field Manager John Hnchmeister is now at Douglas Park getting out the book program of the com ¬ ing meeting and it will lx distributed among the horsemen in a few days The stake dates have nlreadv boon selected and are as follows Hereto ¬ fore the Kentucky Handicap lias Iteon run on the oM nIng day of the moot Ing but tliis season it will not bo run until the seventh day Saturday Mav 29 29The The Speculation Stakes for threeyearolds and over 1500 added one mile and a sixteenth Saturday May 22 22The The Memorial Handicap for threeyearolds nnd ov r 2000 added threequarter mile Monday Decnrhtion Dav May 31 31Tho Tho Spring Trail Stakes for twoyearolds with 2500 added fireeighths of a mile Saturday June On all stake days reduced railroad rates have bcin arranged for by Manager Ilnclimeister from all points in Kentucky lo tliis city cityThe The weights for the Kentucky Handicap will be announced four days prior to Its running
