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SOME QUICKSTEP HANDICAP ELIGIBLES. 5p6ed of Blind Baggag-e — Candidates for the Cincinnati Trophy— J. B. Goodmans Stable. I.atonia. Ky.. Jinn 38. In t as the Cincinnati Trophy, to be raa aext Batarday, will deride the two year old championship of the wist, so will the Quiikstip Handicap, which i- to be the stellar of f« ring on tomorrows prog raw Ml tin- Milldale coarse, go far to settle tin- mpreautej in tin- sprinting division in this aertiaa for baraea tin .wars old ami aver. Blare the spring raeiag ai ntm opt aed • •ii April 28 at Lexiagtoa, the crack sprinters have met each tier tine- and lime again, limit r ilif ferent conditions and with liilVertnt weight adjust aaeats and several of the Inst of theai have reversed decisions over t lie another, which makes the championship still in doubt. In hi allotm.-ui ,,f weight-; for the Qaichstep llandiiap. Racing Secretary .1 1.. Campbell gave l-.liud baggage, K. R. Itradl ya four year old son ..f Sain l.ove Not. 128 poaad*. which is the top im post, as Old Rintebad, to which lie assigned 132 pounds, will sot he here to rue. There are many i.oi-.men aii. I turf eathaaiasts in thla section, who believe thai l.liml Baggage - tie- best sprinter in Aineriia today, but In was bisiten at Loaisrille with big weight nil. There is hardly an] doubt but that he i an take the measure ,t any spriatt t in tie- west today eqaaily weighted ami. farther moi". | he i r is hardly any doabt but that he raa run three -quartern in 1:11. or evea better with light weight, if ridden out. The races he has wan in Kentucky this gpriag have been easy for bha and in one rate i-e ran three -gaartera of a mile in 1:11 , eased up. The tfairkstrp has an added vahae tif 82,098 .nil it closed witii lixty five noin ilia t ions, which will give it :i i, it vain- in the neighborhood id" 82,510. Ill nr«ioiis visit; it has been won lv such craek sprinters as Kathleen, Hodge, The Widow Moon and Ilclois. Hodge and Helobi made the best time in it during the lour yean of its existence, as they both covered the three-quartera in 1:11%. Itieeiit ;ri:.!- of some of the eligible* for Hit Quickstep indicate that it will be a bird fought race throughout. This spring in Keatucky the -printer - in the handicap division have shown to unusual advantage, a quarter la better than 28 ami a half mile close to 48 being run olf upon BUUIIinui OCCaaioas. There are more good -printers in III stake and handicap division in the BhatglBSS state now. than ever before and they are all eligible to the Quickstep Handicap. Final Ladies Day of Season. In nddilioli to tomorrow bt ing tiie midweek stake day. it alao will be the final Ladies Diy of the season. General Manager John H. Hachmeister li s-bat n unusually liberal to the ladies Ihis season, as he has fixed two days for the m to be In. guests of the Latoiiia Jockey Club, when Stcke races were on the program ami as a result tiny get the benefit of witnessing some high daaa rating. Since Tex 1Orm. ins victory in the Valuation Stakes, owner W. II. l.aker has been bemoaning that he did not nominate him for the Cincinnati Trnphy. This stable baa four iiami d for this big event, but tin- form displayed by the youngsters from this barn this spring. To Coi-man looms up as being the best. lie won til- first race of the year at five and om- half furlong*, for two year -idds. in these parts and cam.- from last place to get ihc verdict and carried 121 pounds, conceding weight to every horse in the race. The excellent showing of Hamilton A. in the Valuation Slakes. in which he was beaten a head by Tex Koinian. gained many admirers for him for the Trophy. The son of Toddington-Ilollvbush ran a good, game race ami he is sure to improve by it. He has started only a few times and is regarded by C.d. W. B. Apulegate as one of the best youngsters he has owned in years. He is being trained by Kay Speiue. an excellent Conditioner of two-year-tdds. His trainer is confident that he will I*- able to hold his own with Bheuha ami Viva America in the rich event. The three most favored horses for the Trnphy, l.scoba. Viva America ami .las. T. Clark eon thnna to train ill perfect style and tie big race on next Saturday will in all probability If one of the best contests for youngsters ever decided at the I.atonia race trick. There is no drawback to any of this trio as far as gaineness is concerned and while Viva America to date has shown He-most early speed, she will have to keep running fast every inch of the way to outspeed the Other two. Ocean Sweep Will Represent George J. Long. Trainer Pete Coyne has announced that of the five horses nominated by George J. Long, his employer, for the Cincinnati Trophy, he will depend on Ocean Sweep, wii.uer of the Debutante Stakes at lanhuilhv to get the long end of the purse for him. This filly is a rare piece of boraefleah and in her last race she caine from far back, which shows that the distance of three-ijuarters will be helpful rather than detrimental to her chances. It has always been the ambition of Mr. Long to win the Trophy localise of the trophy it-elf. but the best he could ever do Was to finish s. e,, n I in it with Sir lluou in 1988. lb, as well as trainer Coyne is confident that this year the silver service or plate will be taken to ■aahfavd Manor, as he is sweet on Ocean Sweeps chances to win the big race. American, a brother to Binary George, which Jefferson Livingston purchased from Kome Bes-pess for a fancy figure, will be the only starter from this establishment in the Trophy. American is by Diek Welles Animosity, and in his first two starts finished second and third and ran green bath times. Mr. Livingston named five horses for the big two-year-old stake, all English bred. Lion. Melus. Bpearteae, Day and Delnian ami when he found that none of them would be ready to run in it. he purchased American, so as to have worthy representation. When it comes to owning a winning "claiming stable" J. R. tloodnian is in a class by himself. He now has five good racers. Liberator, J. J. Alurdock, Qipoey Ceorge, Droll and Kinney, all of which he claimed, and all of which are capable of holding their own on any race track. Coodiuaii is not a vengeful clainier, and does not take horses because he does not like their owners or because of personal grievances, but because he wants good horses and has found this a good way to get them when they are in condition to win. As a rule he runs them for an amount closer to their true value than the owners from whom he took them and, as a result, he does not lose them. For Fair May Not Race Again. After much hard and patient work and just when it looked like his efforts had been crowned with success because of one victory, Dr. 0. M. Miller has again been forced to let up on For Fair and it will, in all probability, be a long time, if ever, when the Ron of Fair Play — Fairy gets back to the races again. After his win it seemed certain that the horse would stand, but his Ipjjs are bad and in his next start he gave way. This made the fourth time that he had fallen lame and further patching of his bad legs will be a hard task. i Trainer Jack Baker finally got Dr. Samuel, a Canadian Derby winner in condition enough to score again and, although the horses he beat did i . Continued on second page. SOME QUICKSTEP HANDICAP ELIGIBLES. Continued from first page. not amount to linieh as racers, the P.ryn Mawr— I.ardell.i gelding showed hi. best form and. if BOth-iug further bappeas to him. he will be fighting it out with the st ike horses in Kentucky again next fall. He was ..n th shelf f,,,- ;l boig while and even after he was brought back to the races, lie was slow in coming to hand, but he is good right now. Dr. Samuel is entered in some stakes at Windsor and owier Baker has said that he will nominate him aplenty in tho stakes on the Blue-BXSSS circuit next fall . Pete Mclter is in charge of the pari mataels department for the remainder of the meeting, lone Btrod being at Hamilton. Out., acting as the Chief of the same doparlitu at at that rack. This is not Mothers first experience at running the betting ring in Kentucky, as he was in charge last yen-while Klrod was ill and his long and continuous service in various capacities at many tracks through out the Pnited States has served to fit him well to hold down the position. Kentucky this season can boast of a "night horse" in Pandymo, a two-year-old Cade — Felicity fillv. She is owned bv the Tackott Stable, of which S. I». Lee is the chief mogul and. although she is said to have worked in sensational style several times, none of the "elookcrs" hare ever seen her on the track in daytime, except when in races, according to their statements. June Collins, her trainer, selects the wee small hours of the morning, before day breaks to work her, but thus far she has not finished in the money.
