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CAMDEN HANDICAP WEIGHTS ANNOUNCED. Colonel Vennie Given Post of Honor with 122 Pounds — Seven Races Daily During Spring Meeting. Lexington, Ky., March 31. — ffoBowing a meeting of the executive committee of the Kentucky As sociation, Saturday afternoon, Judge William II. Shelley, r-cia; s cretary, announced the weights for tiie eighth running of the Camden Handicap, ,500 added and a cup presented by the Chairman of the state lta i:ig Commission, for three—year-olds and over, one an.! one-quarter miles, as fol- luw K Ag .Wt Colonel Vennie . .4 122 Pif Jr 1 lit Royal il 5 IN BoUy 5 1U Lady Botha 5 113 N rUle II 5 110 Em I roidery 5 MB Aldebaran 8 109 Marion loo bj . .5 16B Pair Mac 7 luff Water Witch . ..5 MB Daddys Choice .! los John W. Klein...! los All Smiles 5 10S Syrian 5 lus Cant. Bees 4 los Harry Kelly I M Shooting Star ..1 107 Fellowship 4 107 Sprint -I 107 Trappoid 4 107 Age.Wt. Success 4 105 Indolence 0 105 Ninety Simplex ..5 105 Heather Moon ..« MS Haydea 5 MR Albena 5 Krj Hcndroa 4 102 Herbert Temple ..5 10J Cudgel 3 103 Wadswtha Lasi. 5 HE Courtly Lass 5 101 Si v llian I 108 Meditation 1 1M Acabado -i ■"! Assume 3 97 Opportunity 3 97 Penrod • 97 Paddy Dear I 97 Diamond .! 97 I.asil 3 97 The Camden Handicap lias come to be an important spring feature of Lexington rating and the indi-cations are that oil of these well adjusted weights, a thrilling contest will be witnessed by those who are fortunate enough t.i be at the Kentucky Association course on May 5, the date selected for its deel ton. -Camden Named After Johison N. Camden. The Camden Handicap gets its name from former United States Senator Johnson N. Camden. Master of ! Iaril.nl Stud, who suggested it and who was i irtunat • enough to win it with Wheelwright in 1912. Last year One Step carried his colors and finish d third. The race was first rim in 1910 at one mile an ! i n eighth exclusively for Ua :1 v.-ar-old . when Donau wen. The next year the present conditions were adopted and l.eni.ie K Iso won. In 191!! Flora ."ina was victor. Si-cth won in 1914, Indolence in 1913 and Water Witch tost year. Bee ord for the r.rv is 2:0S%, made by IndoUnce. The race in 1*1 1 was worth |8,3fl , the greatest value of its history. The executive committee this afternoon decided tie-,- will be seven raies daily during the spring meeting, opening April 28 and closing May 10, and that added money to purses will av rage BOO*. Ia view of the expected actio:; of He legislature a. Frankfort, by which a big daily license tax will b | at npi 1 race track.-, tiie executive committee uoed the blue pencil on its badge lit :,ii i the number of complimentary admission tickets to be given out this year, will be reduced to a mil ilium. Judge William H. BhcDey was authorised to place the copy for the program book for the entire meet tog i i .he bands of the printer and it will be out in ..!i ait t n da;, s.
