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SUN BRIAR TO MEET ESCOBA ♦ Two Crack Colts Will Clash at ■ Lexington in Derby Trial. ♦ Viva America Works Fast Mile — Many Improvements at the Track About Completed. * Lcviugton. Ky.. April 16.— -Judge William II. Shelley has returned from Louisville, where lie went m Saturday to confer with owners and trainers whose horses are quartered at Douglas Park and Churchill Downs, regarding their shipping tan for the race meeting which opens on April 23. A majority of the stables from the Kalis City will leave there between Wednesday and Saturday, as tliey cauuot olitain cars before that time and all will Is- here in ample time for the o|M uing. "Trainer Henry McDaniel is going to send Sun I.riar over on Thursday, according to his present plans." said judge Shelley, •"and jockey W. Knapp i- coming aloud to ride him in his engagement at tli- local track. John Wards horses will leave probably the same day. so it is an assured fact !h;«t. Iiarring a mishap to Sun Briar and Escoba, they will hook up in the Derby Trial on May 0. There is an unusual amount of interest in the Lexington meeting, not only among the horsemen at Louisville, but among the racing patrons as well -: ii-1 many motor parties for the opening day are being arranged." With a return to spring weather today, the Kentucky Association track was crowded from daylight until after noon with horses. The going was good and with no more rain, it should be at its best by tomorrow. Two more sessions of schooling two-year-old* were held and the youngsters were not only educated to facing the tai»e. but they were taught to break wlien the barrier went up. V. T. Worthingtons Viva America, which is a Kentucky Derby candidate, as well as a candidate for the Ashland Oaks and Kentucky Oaks, worked a good mile in 1:43. after going the first three-tiuarters in 1:14. This filly has been training in excellent fashion and her owner is confident that she will dispel the theory that she is only a sprinter. She has all of the early speed which won numerous races for her last year and site leaves the barrier as fast as ever. Another good work was that of Ietrovna, which went five-eighths in 130%. Trainer Cal Milam sent Solly three-quarters in 1:1S. but the big sprinter was simply cantering. Buford, which threatened to develop "into a stake horse at Xew Orleans last winter and failed because he would not leave the harrier with the others, worked a mile in 1:44. He was never better in his life, hut it remains to be seen if his habits at the barrier will show any improvement. Jockey Julius Dursch. contract rider for Pat Ktiels-lkamp. arrived from his home in Illinois. where he has been resting up since the Hot Springs meeting closed. Kuehelkamp is sptiiding a few days iu Cincinnati. NEW PRICE BLACKBOARD IS ERECTED. A new hlacklsmrd showing the prices paid in the pari-niutuol machines has l een installed in the center field. It is attached to the new timers stand mid is a lug improvement over the oltl one in that it is right opjiosite the center of tb » grandstand and can be seen plainly from all parts of the grounds. The workmen are now within a few days of finishing the many improvements. St vera 1 hundred new chairs have been installed in the grandstand n ud the only remaining work now is iu the betting iwviliou. The paddock will be made into a park, like the acker Kentucky tracks, and benches and chairs will be placed ou the lawns for the con veil -ieii -e of those who wish to witness the races from this part of the grounds. Applications for trainers and jockeys licenses were distributed among the horsemen and riders at the Kentucky Association track today by Sam Xuck-«d«. secretary of the Kentucky State Racing Commission. This body will Meet on April 23 to pass on these applications and a warning is being issued to tliose who desire itermission to race iu this state to have their applications in in plenty of time. It is expected that quite a few surprises will Is- handed out in the way of refusing liceuses this spring, as the commission will l e "tougher" than ever on some |ieople who got into disrepute at the winter race tracks. Entries for the Phoenix Hotel Handicap, the feature of the opening day program, will close on next Saturday, and weights will lie bulletined on Monday. This ra -e will be at one mile and seventy yards and Judge Shelley said that he cx|tects a large ami high-class field for it. as it will serve as a preliminary for the Iteu Ali Handicap, to Ik- decided on April 27. J. A. Seckington has named one of his two-year-olds Mack Garner, in compliment to the well-known jockey. »h is now riding for K. L. Itaker. It is a bay or brown «-olt by Seth — Flaruey and is said to have shewn some good work. He is a candidate for the Idle Hon.- Stakes, to be ruu on the last day of the meeting. May 9. The opening of the local meeting is only a week away and eve ry train helps swell the racing colony here. M"st of them are coming from Louisville and Cincinnati, where they have Ix-en "freshening up" siiu-c the winter meetings closed, but quite a few came in today from Bowie. H. Eugene I -igh was an arrival today from Hot Springs. Ark. He lias twenty-seven horses at Oak-lavra Park awaiting shipment to Graveseud as soon as he can get ears.
