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KENTUCKY TRACKS ALREADY CROWDED Enough Horses on Hand to Start a Meeting Right Now Expect 1,000 After Saratoga Closes. Louisville, Ky., August IS. Even, though the opening of fall racing. in Kentucky is .nearly a month away, there are at the present time more horses quartered at the two Louisville tracks, Douglas Park and Churchill Downs than ever before at this time of the year. There are enough horses here right now to start a race meeting tomorrow and with the number of applications, which have been received from owners and trainers racing at Saratoga", there will be at least. 1,000 thoroughbreds on hand for the local racing, which begins at Beech-mont course on September 20. Those owners whose horses are quartered .at Douglas Park now and the number- of horses they have are Jefferson Livingston, twenty-four; chiefly two-year-olds, and in charge of trainer W. Covington; John W. Schorr, seven, in charge of Jim Everman; R. L. Rogers, two; E. , O, Arnold, five; H. G. Gorin, 3; C. C. Van Meter, five;- A. L Kirbv, sixteen: W. R. Sallee, se.veji; John Lowe, eight; C. .T. Brockmiller, two; John S. , AVai-d,- thirteen; Frank Rector, two; .Bills and Koerner, one; Charley Rowe, six; Johnny Paul, six; Howard Oots, four, in charge of trainer Danny Stewart; L. Marion, one; John Huffiaan, one; R. Darling, one; Marshall Bros., five; II. Aan By., six; Jim Everman, ten of his own; J. M. Stowe, four; Keystone Stable, !; AI Austin, seven, and Will PerkinS; three. From now on the trainers will begin to set their charges down, as many of them plan to race at Lexington and then come back to Douglas Park The number mentioned above does not include the-yearlings, which must be moved out of the track when the racing starts, in accordance with a hew order of General Manager John II. , Hachmeister. Douglas Park Track in Good Condition. Track Superintendent Charley Nolte has the Douglas Park track proper in excellent condition as he has had a force of men nt work on it throughout the summer. There is nothing to b done in the way of improving the plant for tin fall meeting, as it is now one of the best -appointed race tracks in the country froiii every standpoint. Although the Jefferson Livingston two-year-olds cut little figure in the. racing of last, spring, it is expected that they will prove good purse winners next autumn, as they have summered well and .they are a promising looking baiid. Only a Tew nt the large band of two-year-olds in the Livingston stable were ready to race at the spring meetings and trainer Mose Goldblatt made a wise move when he sent them back to Douglas Park for the summer. They are mostly foreign-bred youngsters and, likt-the majority of the juveniles from abroad, they were slow in coming to hand. A two-year-old to .improve wonderfully with a summers rest is Aiolet Bonnie, owned by At Kirby, and which gave much promise in the spring. She formerly had a habit of fretting to such an extent in the paddock that it seemed to affect her ability to run and she also had a habit of running out. She seems to be settled in her ways now and in her morning trials she makes the turns like a seasoned horse. She has an abundance, of speed and should prove a good one next fall. She is by Transvaal Mary Day and therefore a sister to Blackie Daw and .1. Rufus. General Manager Hachmeister is expected here within the near future to legin the preliminary details for the fall meeting, but the office of the Douglas Park Jockey Club will be kept at the La-tonia track until a short time before the local meeting opens. Glad Papp Will Race in Kentucky. Local turfites hailed with Joy the announcement that Papp, G. AV. Lofts good two-year-old, is going to be raced on the Kentucky circuit, as they are anxious to see him try- conclusion with the best in these parts. He will find plenty of sturdy opposition around here, as, there will be any number of good youngsters available .for the fall racing. Thus far three jockeys have been drawn in the draft here for the United States army, Roseoe Goose, Eddie Martin and .F. Stevens but all. have been rejected because of being" under weight. Goose, who was seriously injured at Latonia last spring will resume riding for the AV. H. Baker stable next fall. At the time he wis hurt, it was thought that he was done for but his gameness and pluck pulled him through and had it not been for being called for examination on account of the drafting process for the army he -would now be riding at Saratoga. Al Luzader now has three yearlings at. Douglas Park and he is expecting a few more in a short while. He recently returned from Saratoga where he obtained the youngsters and he will break them at the local track. The horsemen, who are summering at Douglas Park and Churchill Downs, will have a chance to earn a little expense money at the Kentucky State Fair which begins September 10. Running races will be a daily feature of the speed program and it is expected that they will be more interesting than ever because of the fact that there are more horses here to draw from for the daily races than ever before. Fount Kremer, secretary of the Kentucky State Fair, is an ardent admirer of the thoroughbred and he- will see to it that sufficient purse money is hung out to draw out the good racers.
