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FEATURES OF THE ST. LEGER HANDICAP. Ixiiiisville. Ky.. October 2.— Next Thursday Octo-i#r 7 the closing day of the present Churchill i towns antumn mating, the St. Lcger Handicap, at nvo miles and a quarter, will lie run. In the earlv veais of racing at the Downs in the .riii" there was always a three-mile race and in i he fall a four-mile race on the program. Coming ■ .wn to later times when the Kentucky Baeing i omuission suggested the four -mile Kentucky fcn-i ura uce Stakes, it was the Churchill Downs traik that outbid all other Kentucky curses in coinpeti-io.i for this ra v and in its three vears history -aril ve-ir it was run off over the Downs course liie first vear the Downs management added ,000 .i tin- stake second vear ,500 and the last season , was decided in 1913. 0,000 was added. Vs great as was the interest in this four-mile race with the geueral racing public, it never became miliar with the horsemen, owing to the fact of it hen being the onlv race of its kind in this country. s,-c. turfmen claimed that if was impossible for iiiem to get their horses thoroughly fit to go such route of "round, even in the autumn. It must be dmitted that we have no trainers today with a "w exceptions, who have the patience to thoroughly •it • Iwirse t« go four miles. s a Result, when the death of Maj. F. A. Dain -erHeld of the Kentucky State Baeing Commission. Vcnrred he having been s|Kinsor for this race the vent was abandoned and the St. Lcger Handicap nlfstitutod as the long-distance feature race at the I towns its distance lielrig the regulation cup course of two miles and a quarter. Now two of the Ken-•uckv courses also have races of two miles and over • ud "the sport here is iu a fair way now to promote ih • development of stamina and endurance in the llM.rnturlibred horses raised, not only in Kentucky. throughout North merica. ,it elsewhere T_ St I egcr Handicap has thirly-two entries. . Ih- wei-hls in the race were announced several 1 ■tar* -i-iT its conditions requiring that these lie announced ten days prior to the day of the race. Vmotic the prominent eligibles to the event are a 1 of pVoved g-nl racers, all with the reputa-,; m i . ler ,. Jr li*iii« tble to cover more than a sprinting J lis -,u.,- .Tf gronnd. Thee Include Hodge, winner of he TouiKTille Cuo: Bingling. winner of the St. iT-M-rlast vear: Bancher. winner recently of three WdisiViee races in Canada: the American colt. • IUK.V recently brought back from Kugland by the lurfmau us.ar I.ewisohn: Putts and alls. • New- V«.rk -. t oeeeir ld colt in the stable of Mrs. I.ily A. the Kentucky Lndurance I iv -ston. who twice won stakes with her two mar. s. Kotemia and Pand.rina: : link Tonev for which K. B. Bradley at one time refii«Hl $" mVh . and such other well-known racers s 1 hat -ire at present in active training as One Step. • M.«L-..e. Hank DDav. Kxpectalion. Star Jasmine. • Christie" Besign. I.indenthal. Oowell and Water r Wiieli From this band will probably come a large » t.l.i f„r the big race ami. as Hodge is asked to 1 earrv the .rushing weight of 10 pounds, he will by ni. means even should lie win the race, have the » .alk-over it might lie said that he scored iu the re-■ - i:.t Louisville Cup race. •je. ir the placed horses, as well us the w inners. the St Lcger iu its early history as » stake race ■■ threeveir-dd- are many stars, whose perform-•Hiees have shell luster on the American turf. These embrace King Alfonso. Ten Broeek. Creed-iuV»» ;. Veri Crua Felicia. leveller. Tortuna. I ord d Murnhv Bucktie. Aurelius. Luke Blackburn. Fellow -tl . iv lizzie S Apdlo. Boatman. Monarch. Loftin. I.-whittan Teti BookiT. Irish Pat. Sir Joseph. Mon-• 1 ole Long Dance. Herron. Outbound. Fucle Bob, , liilov Rudolph. Semper Rex. Irish Chief, Sabine, , 1 lizabeth L- and Buck McCann.
