Spring Trial Stakes Saturday: Billy Kelly and Other Star Two-Year-Olds Counted on as Sure Starters., Daily Racing Form, 1918-06-07

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e SPRING TRIAL STAKES SATURDAY Billy Kelly and Other Star Two-Year-Olds Counted On as Sure Starters. Louisville. Ky.. June ti. — The Spring Trial Stakes, to lie run at Douglas Park on Saturday, will in all probability have a gross value in excess of !5."i,000. if there should be as many as twelve starters, the gross value of the stakes will be $." .3S0. of which the winners net pertiea will be S4.3NO. The second horse will receive $."iM. the third 00 and the fourth will save its stakes of 00. Billy Kelly, W. F. Poisons unbeaten juvenile, to which the two-y.-ar-ohl crown of the western turf is unanimously conceded by virtue of hhl string of successes over the best of the juvenilis that have been seen in action on western tracks since the opening of the season, is among the elig-ibles for the Spring Trial Stakes, and undoubtedly will be numbered among the starters. He will have to carry the extreme penalty of six pounds impost d by the conditions of the race, making his weight for the race 121 pounds. None of the other prospective starters- will he paaattaai. Lilly Kelly has been training satisfactorily since his last apitearance in public and the dockers say that he will lie on edge for filling his engagement Saturday. It seems probable that his opposition for the race will be drawn from the ranks of such well-known voungsters as O. A. Biaiichis Seimings Park; K. K. Bradleys Believe Me Oirls and Latter Cake: B. J. Brannons St. Bernard and Colonel Livingston; J. N. Camdens Madras: Oallahcr Bros. I.allistite; II. II. Hewitts Sam Bell : Oiorge J. Longs Lancelot; J. C. Milams Hidden Jewel; Col. K. 11. Taylor. Jr.s Col. Taylor: illiams Bros. Legal, mat Morris and Waldens Ticklish. The last-named is said to Ik- a colt above the or-dinarv. Be is by King James— Tickle, and therefore a half broth--r t;» the good filly Ja,K. straith.. He made his fiist start today and won. though poorlv rMdSB. Cl-.ckers have tabbed him as a prospective star on the strength of fast trials. 1


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