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LEXINGTON SPRING STAKES #-_. — Dates Announced for Running of Kentucky Spring Fixtures. — « Two New Features Provided — Arrangements Made to Handle the War Tax Proposition. F i L-xingtoa, K.v.. April 8. — Eight stake MM will lie decided during the coming fift***!! days race li line at the Kentucky Association track. The following dates were set for their running: Ben Ali Handicap. Saturday. April 27; Ashland Oaks, Tuesday. April 30; Baby Bond Handicap. Wednesday. May f; Hiuata Handicap, Thursday, May 2; «°;iindeii Handicap, Saturday, May 4; Derby Trial, Monday. May »".; Weideman Handicap, Tuesday, May 7. and the Idle Hour Stakes on Thursday, May 9. Tlie Baby Bond and the Weideman are new slakes. The former will have an added value of SI. 150. while the added value of the latter will be SI .000. First money in the Baby Bond Handicap will lie a Liberty Bond worth ,000: second money will l e a Liberty Bond of 00. and the owner of tin- third horse will get a Liberty Bond worth 0. This stake was decided on as one means of showing pa I riot ism and helping in the sale of Liberty Bonds an I. as all of the horsemen are more than anxious t do their bit to help their country, it is expected that the best horses here will face the barrier in it. The condition Imoks will be ready for distribution among the horsemen in a few days, as they were turned over to the printer today by Judge William H. Shelley. In addition to the eight Make*, then is a liberal sprinkling of 00 overnight handicaps and purse races, and every calibre of thoroughbred will have plenty of opportunity to •«arn brackets at the coming meeting. Because of th" muddy condition of the course. the track proper again was closed today, and the home* which were given gallons used the inside training track. The closing of the track caused the ltoatponement of the first schooling of horses, but barring further rain, the main course will be open tomorrow and assistant starter Jim Osborne will Itegiu his task of educating the two-year-olds at the barrier. Arrangements are being made to handle the war tax proposition here in a manner that will cause no congestion, oven on the opening day. and it is ••ertain that the 1nitcd States government will realise a handsome sum from this source. The patrons who purchase day badges will have to stop •"lily at the one ticket office, as they will buy their ticket and war tax together, while a booth will lie installed to sell war tax coupous for the holders of complimentary and guests tickets who visit the race track only occasionally. Tliey may purchase as many of these couiions as they desire the first day and save themselves the trouble of gettiug in line on future days. Owners and trainers and jockeys who apply for badges at the opening of the meeting will have tit pay in advance for the entire fifteen days, this lieing in accordance with a ruling made by Internal Kevenne departments at New Orleans and Hot Springs last winter. RECENT ARRIVALS FROM HOT SPRINGS. George Chancellors horses, which arrived yester-tuiy. shipped in fine condition from Hot Springs. Chancellor, who hails from this city, has two high-class sprinters in Kniden and Mars Mouse, and he obtained them Isith via the claiming route, the former at New Orleans ami the latter at Hot Springs. On the opening day of the Fair Grounds meeting last winter Kmden ran three-quarters in 1:11% .-:ud Iteat such a sterling performer as Bradleys Choice, setting a new track record, while Mars Mouse has won three of his only five starts, finished second one and third the other time. He al-wavs was running in the best company at Oaklawu Bark. Tony Wallace, who acted as representative of the Tuoroiigbred Horse Association at New Orleans and Hot Springs, was an arrival from the latter city yesterday. W. M. Cain got in from the Va|M r City and his horses are en route by freight. Milo Shields and trainer Charley Hawk stopped off at Louisville to await the arrival of their horses and they will send them on here. Hawk trains the horses owned by Shields. Mardiu Field, Frank Moore and ;. J. Lon-storf. and included in his stable is Bradleys Choice, Clean Up. Ophelia W.. Jack OOowd and many other* which were frequent winners at the winter race tracks. In naming Monday. May 6. as the date for the Derby Trial, which will Ik- for three-year-olds at one and one-eighth miles. Judge Shelley made a popular move, as that will give the starters in it five days in which to lie shipi e J back to the Falls City and receive their final preparation for the big Liuisville event. The Derby Trial has always served to give a good line on the ability of the contenders for the big race, and, as a rule, it marks the first start of the year for them. Having a race in them does them a world of good aud this year the fiol l will Is-, no doubt, larger than ever. Never ls-forc were there as many good two-year-old* available for racing as are quartered at the l.wal track, lraetically every stable seems to have one or wore «f which more than the ordinary is ex-IKcfed. and a number of them have reeled off three-eighth* in better than 3«. while a few have shaded 35. The early spring has given their trainers a chance to get them well advanced in their training ami the rei-ent few days of muddy going will not set them back any. — — i a
