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BILLY KELLY IN DEMAND Several Offers Made for the Win ¬ ner of the Flash Stakes May Race in Name of New Owner Ownerin in United States Hotel HotelStakes Stakes Today By J L Dempsey DempseySaratoga Saratoga Springs N Y August 2 The easy success scored by Hilly Kelly in the Plash Stakes yesterday has caused considerable attention to be attracted in his direction Several overtures have been made by owners for his transfer and it is possible that Hilly Kelly will race in the name of a new owner in the United States Hotel Stakes tomor ¬ row W P Poison owner of the gelding wired trainer Win Perkins that he would arrive here to ¬ morrow morning to pass upon several offers that have been made for the gelding by various owners anxious to buy him Last spring at Louisville Ed ward H McLaen endeavored to buy him but the 25000 that Poison asked for him was regarded too high though lie was still unbeaten at the time He suffered defeat in his next start and this was chiefly the reason that he is not the property of Mr McLean now According to trainer Perkins he suffered a slight injury on the occasion of his de ¬ feat and that he is now fully recovered His vic turv 111 the Flash plates him In the Iront ranks ami it will be interesting to see how he will acquit himself with the acknowledged eastern stars starsG G II Keene and his brother 1 O Keene were among the newcomers this morning from Lexington Their horses are at present resting at Keeneland Farm near Lexington We have called off the sale of our yearlings at Saratoga said J O Keene and at present It is undecided if we will offer them at public auction It might be how ¬ ever that we will decide to sell later in this season Most of the yearlings are sons and daugh ¬ ters of Luke McLuke the dams being well selected and choicelybred mares and as good an appearing a band of individuals as one would want to see The Keene Bros will remain throughout the sales salesHon Hon Frank M Johnson circuit judge for Cook County Ills and an ardent devotee of the thor ¬ oughbred sport is among the arrivals and will spend his vacation in these parts partsE E It Hradley was notified this morning of an accident to the Cunard Lady Languish colt which necessitated his destruction Lady Languish is the mare that Major Helmout paid 2500 for as a weanling Binding Tie another in the Bradley establishment has developed knee trouble and will be retired from racing for this year yearAfter After The Brooks victory yesterday J E Grif ¬ fith was approached by Commander J 1C L Ross who expressed a desire to purchase or lease the good jumper that lie might wear his colors in the KM Cross Steeplechase Mr Griffith refused to part with the horse under any conditions conditionsHARRY HARRY SHAW ARRIVES FROM SOUTH SOUTHHarry Harry Shaw who recently left New York for New Orleans to assist the lodge of Elks there in several massive activities pertaining to the war and Bed Cross returned yesterday with glowing reports of the success achieved with the various undertakings He also displayed a highly prized platinum initial fob presented to him by brother Elks as an appre ¬ ciation of his splendid assistance assistanceThe The horses of John W Schorr including his re ¬ cent purchases left for Douglas Park Kentucky today from the Empire City track in charge of trainer Louis Tauber E It Bradleys By Heck will go with the consignment and be transferred later to Idle Hour Farm near Lexington LexingtonHemy Hemy Dorr and II Greenbaum wellknown in turf circles in New York arrived this morning from the Crescent City and will take in the racing for the remainder of the meeting meetingFrank Frank II Brown at one time trainer for the late James II Keene is here without horses He is desirous of getting back into harness and would accept the care and management of some good stable and might later decide to open a public training establishment establishmentC C J and Neil Enright were additional arrivals this morning morningCharles Charles J Odell who at various times was ex ¬ tensively interested in racing as owner and layer came in this morning from Savannah Ga and will make an extended stay stayA A It Bresler lias again taken over Tom McTag gart Airago and Masda formerly trained by C DeWitt Tom McTaggart while at exercise this morning ran away four miles due to the bit of his bridle breaking breakingCounterblast Counterblast in B J Brannons stable bled slightly after a workout this morning morningSande Sande and Lunsford the pair of western riders had a vacation today neither having a riding en ¬ gagement gagementJockoy Jockoy Schuttinger has about fully recovered from the effects of the fall in which he broke his collar ¬ bone and will resume riding next week weekJockey Jockey McAtee has contracted to ride for the I W 1C Coe stable
