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LEND INTEREST TO DERBY TRIAL Lexington Racegoers Anxious to See Sun Briar in Action — J. N. Camdens Health Improved. I.-xington. Ky.. April 11. — The re|iort that Henry Ni Daniel will bring Sun Briar here to start in the Derby Trial was pleasing news to local turfmen. Sun Briars presence will lend a lot of interest to the Derby Trial, as it will mark his first start over a Kentucky race track, aud racegoers in this section an- anxious to see him in action. Former Inited States Senator Johnson X. Camden, who has been seriously ill for some time, is able to get alMHit now better than in several years. He at tended a meeting of the directors of the Kentucky Association yesterday uioruiug. Senator Camdens horses this year again will Is- trained by J. C. Milam. Tli.- program l«« k of the Lexington meeting will lie ready for distribution among the horsemen Fri-dav afternoon. It. L. Baker n turned today from I trip to I.uis ville aud be reported that all of the horses wintering at the two tracks there are unusually well advanced in their training. Ah was the ease last year, every stake rim at the Kentucky Association iiieetiug this spring will carry with it a valuable trophy in the form of a loving cup or piece of silver plate. These trophies are eagerly sought l.y the horsemen and in many homesteads of prominent turfmen they are regarded as the real show pieces. The "railbirds" who have just gotten in from winter race tracks are a busy lot right now trying to pick out the various two-year-olds which have shown more than ordinary sjieed in their work. They are on the scene early iu the morning and they stick close until well along iu the afternoon. studying Hie marks of the various youngsters.
