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1 ! i i LOUISVILLE SPRING RACING ENDS TODAY. Spring Trial Stakes Features Closing Day at Douglas Park — Both Louisville Meetings Successful. Louisville. Ky.. June S. — With tomorrows racing at Douglas Park anil the running of the Spring Trial Stakes, will come the end of the Spring ruling season in LouiaviDe and it will mark the windup of two of the most successful race meetings in the history of the "sport of kinds in this city, lag! I Isllj has this been true of Douglas Park, which is increasing in popularity each year with the local racegoers, due to the liberality of General Manager John Haehmeister, who has spared neither money nor pains to give the racing fans the best possible in the way of high class mort. Tin- Spring Trial Stakes baa served as ■ fitting finale to the spring racing season in this city. since Douglas Park mar into existence and it has been won by four of the fastest youngsters thai ever looked through a bridle. Old Besebad, now the holder of many track records: Luke, which ran tic-fastest three-quarters ever ran in Louisville. 1:10%; Dulse and Harry Kelly. This aeusou the choice for it is Bacohu, which has thus far maintained a perfect record and has gained the reputation of being the best youngster shown in Kentucky. The sin of Broomstick -Christmas Star has worked for the race la such a manner as to lead one to be- lieve that be cannot miss. It is true that few really high-dam two j tar obis have been shown in the Blue Grass state this spring, but what g I ones have been seen nailer sill.s will contest in the Spring Trial Stakes. This stake serves as a preliminary to Uw SI.0OO Cincinnati Trophy, which is run annually towards the close of the Latonia meeting. Thus far. however. Old Itosebud has been the only bone to win both of these stakes and iii one of them he established a m w record for the distance, five eighths, for two year olds and in tie other, which i-- at three -nuarten, be ran it in 1:13%, which is remarkably fast time for a two year old at this distance la the spring. With its Hit nominations the Spline trial will have a net value of ,5011 or more, making it the richest in its brief history. It is the most valuable two -year obi stake in this state with two exceptions, the Breeders Futurity at Lexington and the Cincinnati Trophy and it has more added money to it than the Breech is Futurity. Big- Crowd Expected Today at Douglas Park. General Manager John II. Haehmeister is planning to entertain on.- of the largest crowds of the meeting for tin- Spring Trial Stakes, as this day will be the last time that the local people will have to see tin- thoroughbreds in action here until next fall, lb- and Racing Secretary J. B. Campbell have arranged to give tin- public all that it may desire, in the way of a high -Haas all around racing program and there are several races on it that could be Classed as features. When it comes to g. Ming painfully injured, but not seriously enough to keep him out of the saddle, Jockey Jack Hanover is iu a cbwa by himself. t Churchill Downs Hanover sustained a fall from a horse which caused half of his body to be black and blue, but be ganely resumed riding the next day. Yesterday he was astride of Katie Canal and, while going to the pant, Baseata kicked at his mount and her heels came in contact with oae of his shins, tearing most of the skin oft of it. but he did not cancel I, is mounts, although the injury canned I im a great deal of pafcs. HanoMi is rilling in better farm than ever this year even though he has a great ib al ..f trouble in keeping down to a riding weight. Harry Pial and Eddie Polling, who recently went into partnership with a small stalil • of iao.s. are meeting v ith a fair measure of i mucus ami in two dajs tiny have Won two faces with Miss Ianuie and lit! Pietd. Kink has been actively connected with the turf for some time in rurioun eapaeitio, an. i raced a big stable of bancs at Hot Busings last spring, while Delling bus 1 a the right hand man for John W. Schorr for several years past. . J. Williams b training the banes owned by this pair and he has some good material to work with. ov t. at the stewards at Douglas Park have re fused the farther entry of the horse Dengro, it is doubtful if a race track can be found with the exception of the half miters,, where he can race. Stewards Charles I. Price and T. J. Clay rated that he is too dangeruaa a horse to allow- to run. as he is a man cater anil previous to this rulinu. he bad been barred by starters A. B. Hade ami Jim Milton for bad post behavior. He i; a s] ly ani mil. but a jockey takes a long chance in riding him. as he is vicious and invariably attempt! to bite the boy astride of him on the legs. Douglas Park Track Exceptionally Fast. Horses in these parts are making a practice of running a quarter of a mile in better than 23 and especially at Douglas Park. The latest to perform this stunt was Arthur Middlelon. which was in the lead for the first half mile in a race won by Ihocii.n. Half miles iu better than 47 are common and the caliber of horses that are running so fast leads one to believe that either the hois -s show vast improvement at Douglas Park, or else the track there is much faster than at any other track in Kentucky. Such speed can be expected of Blind Baggage. Bringhurst. Kathleen, Chalmers and their kind, but when selling platers run so fast it causes the turf men to wonder. With the arrival of jockey Metcalf. who Rot in yesterday from New York, the Jefferson Livingston stable will have two heavy riders to jiil.it its hones, ltoscoe loose being the other, but when it conies to getting a light apprentice rider, trainer Mose ioldblatt will have to scurry around some, as the good light riders are scarce here. Iu the early spring jockey Willie Crump was the lightweight rider for the Livingston establishment, but since his departure to Canada this stable has been without the services of a good light boy. While tin- auction sale of horses was going on in the paddock yesterday. Michael Joseph Shannon. better known as "Mickey," sat idly by watching the proceedings. Shannon has sold horses at auction at the various tracks in Kentucky for years and lias always had good sales. He is going to get an auctioneers license at Latonia and conduct a few sales at the Milblale track. The Gene Elrod special train, carrying owners, trainers, jockeys and followers of the racing in general, will leave for Cincinnati tonight at 8:15 oclock. Mr. Elrod, who is in charge of the betting rings at the four Kentucky race tracks, has been running special trains for a quarter of a century from the various race tracks in this state and the "Elrod Special" is a term frequently heard towards the close of the meetings.
