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LOUISVILLE RACING OF THIS WEEK. Star Two -Year -Olds to Meet Wednesday in the Bashford Manor Stakes — Kentucky Handicap Notes. Louisville, Ky., May 15. — Now that the Derby is over, the present thirteen days meeting at the New Louisville Jockey Club track may be said to have made a big start and, in the coming week, some brilliant racing will take place. On Wednesday, May 17, the Hashford Manor Stakes, for two-year-old colts and geldings, at four and a half furlongs, is on the card for decision with seventy nominations. This stake will probably mark the meeting for the first time this season of Harry Kelly, winner of the Hreeders Futurity, and J. S. Wards high-class colt Sedan. The much tilked-of crack, Westy Hogan, is another eligible, and among the other sixty-seven entries are many highly-tried youngsters which have not started this year. The Hashford Manor has been an annual feature at Churchill Downs since its inauguration in 1902 and one of its winners. Worth, a year later captured the Kentucky Derby. On Thursday, May IS, the big feature race is the Derby Consolation for three-year-olds, for a purse of ,500, at a mile and an eighth. This event will be practically a renewal of the Kentucky Derby and will no doubt draw together a Derby field of horses, inasmuch as the winner of the Derby, will have to pick up a penalty of five pounds. The weights in this race are 122 pounds for colts. 119 for geldings and 117 for fillies, with allowances for non-winners of a race of the value of .,500. with a liberal allowance of twelve pounds for maidens. One of the feature races yet to come at the Downs is the Kentucky Oaks, which will be run on the closing day of tin- meeting. Saturday, May 27. From New York W. R. Coo is sending his crack filly Jacoba to run in this race, and the other probable starters embrace a band of exceedingly-good racers of this age and sex. including in the number the recent Ashland Oaks winner Mandy Hamilton. Dolina. Lucky R., Kathleen, Julia L., Lady Always, Rapids, Hausa, Helen Thompson and Regina. The Kentucky Oaks, as last year. has ,500 in added money, and has a history as old as the Kentucky Derby, having been first run in 1S75. Manager John Haehmeister has received word from the east, in the last few days, that Andrew MiUer*S great gelding Roamer will probably lie shipped here the last of the coming week, or early the following week, to meet his engagement in the Kentucky Handicap, which will be run at Douglas Park two weeks from the coming Saturday. Roamers last work in the east was a mile in 1:42 and, according to trainer A. J. Golds-borough, the famous son of Knight Errant is now rapidly rounding to racing form. It is believed that trainer James Rowe is pointing Hromo as the Whitney starter, with Rorrow, for the big stake at Douglas lark. There are some wise horsemen who regard Hromo as really the equal, if not the superior, of any of the great three-year-olds owned by the New York turfman. This brother to Leoehares is doing superbly in his training now and it will lie recalled that he ran a most remarkable race in the Futurity of last season, when he finished second to his stable companion Thundrerer, giving the brother to Regret four pounds. Manager Haehmeister has set the date for the running of the Latonia Derby on Saturday. June 17, which will be the fourth day of the coming Latonia meeting. Trainer William Wallace thinks now that he will be able to get Big Smoke in racing condition to meet his engagement in the Latonia Derby. Another three-year-old that is at present being especially prepared for this Derby is Colonel Ven-nie, the star of J. Livingstons stable, which trainer II. R. Rrandt has now got to training again. It seems possible now that Colonel Vennie will Ik even able to perhaps start a time or two before the Downs meeting is over, or, anyway, during the coming spring meeting at Douglas lark. It is noticeable this year that not a few of the big racing patrons from the east, who came to this city to see the Kentucky Derby run, are remaining to take in the rest of the racing season in this state. Even, in many cases, those who at once returned home after the Derby was run. are sure to come back to Kentucky this spring and next summer to see the other great races programmed at the three big tracks. W. E. Walsh will probably ship to the Downs early this week, to start several times at the present meeting, his speedy mare Lady Moonet. which has been off the turf for quite a spell. She was fired and had a bad ease of blood poisoning last fall. She is now entirely recovered and is one of the grandest -looking mares in training, standing sixteen hands high and weighing 1,100 pounds. She recently worked throe-quarters over the Latonia track in 1:19. Walsh said that she will work there again early this week and. if she comes out in good condition, he will ship here at once to the Downs. This mares dam, Moonet, recently foaled a handsome chestnut filly by Jack Atkin. He has booked her to be mated with Rock View. R. F. Carmen reports that he has already several fine su;k!:ngs by his Kentucky Derby winner, Meridian, and which baby youngsters are the first of tl.e get of this son of Rroomstick. Carmen also has several yearlings by his good racer. The Turk. These colts and fillies are the first of the get of that horse, which won the Withers Stakes in 1910 and was one of the best three -year-olds out in the east that year. Carmen thinks that both these young horses will become successful sires in the near future. He is securing for his racing stable, from time to time, fillies of good class. Which, after they are done racing, will become members of his breeding stud. Geatga Strate, who has been succeeded by Early Wright as trainer for the Kentucky division of George Wingfields stable, will shortly leave for Reno. Nev.. to take charge of the far western branch of this turfmans string, he training the division that will be raced at the Reno meeting next summer. Strate. who has many friends here, at one time rode horses in Kentucky for Orville West, Jr.
