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SHORT GRASS HELD IN HTGII FAVOR Deemed Sure to Be a Dangerous Candidate for Rich Kentucky Handicap at Douglas Park Louisville Ky May 10 Many good judges thin the Englishbred horse Short Grass is the probable next winner of the Kentucky Handicap whicii irf the big feature race at the coming Douglas Park Spring meeting Of course this event is not run until the seventh day of the meeting and by that time it is figured the big foreign horse will 1 as tit as it is possible for trainer James McCormick to make him Then again Short Grass has been trained all spring and In fact wintered at Douglas Park and many wist people regard this as in Ills favor He has shown in his work a marked liking for the going at that course courseIn In his two starts here this spring both races were excellent performances OH Ids part Uoaiuir and Hodge l eing the only horses that have finished In front of him this yeur His lirst start was at a mile and then his next was the Clark Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth The Kentucky Handi ¬ cap of a mile and a quarter is at his favorite1 distance according to those informed on his best racing in England Emil Herz the owner of Short Grass thinks the horse has yet to show his best form in this country as the jockeys that havo ridden him in most of his races are hardly strong enough to do him justice He is a heavyheaded horse and a slow beginner the sort that calls for j most viguroi rider He thinks that with a jockey just suited to the horse it will take t wonderful racer to defeat him for the long end of the Kentucky Handicap HandicapAs As horses engaged In the Kentucky Handicap con ¬ tinue to race the event appears to be daily i more open one with such an expert hendicapper as K W Maginn to adjust the weigiits Turfmeir ate forced to wait until next Tuesday to see just what weights he will i ut on Hoanier Short Grass and the two great cracks trained by James Uowo ISorrow and Harmonicon to say nothing of many other probable starters chief of which are Hodge ISradlevs Choice Prince Horniis Double Kagle John Gund Irunze Wing Royal II ITd Crump and Star Jasmine JasmineNothing Nothing could look prettier nor mom inviting than Douglas Park at the present time Everything is ready for the opening next Saturday when the Speculation Stakes will be the feature race of the afternoon afternoonLouisville Louisville has had great racing at Churchill Dowis this spring and no one questions but that the sport will be just as spectacular during the Douglas Park meeting as the same great racing stars of the leading stables of America are now in Kentucky to remain until the summer season is over at La tonia on July 5 next
