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SPENCE HORSES HOME FROM HAVANA LOUISVILLE Ky April It The stable of Kay S pence the largest money winning establishment at Havana lust winter reached Douglas Park yester ¬ day iu good condition The horses have had a strenuous campaign and will be given a much needed rest Jockey T Murray tiie stables rider who headed the jockey list at the Havana meeting has gone visitJ to his home in Covington for a brief visit J C Ferriss arrived yesterday at Churchill Downs from Hot Springs with fifteen horses and will meetingK rest them up for the Downs meeting K L Fitzgerald arrived yesterday from Havana with Sirocco Sister Susie Yorkville Miss Procter and meetingW Ieatherwit all of which Avon at the meeting W V Thraves the Kentucky oil operator who recently purchased a iwrtion of the Haggin estate for the purpose of establishing a breeding farm was a visitor at Churchill Downs yesterday morn ¬ ing for the purpose of looking over a number of horses with a view to acquiring them He had a talk with O A Bianchi which led to the rumor that he was mgotiating for the purchase of one or more stallionsJ of Mr Itiancliis stallions J W Russwurm secretary of the Tennessee State Fair lias requested the Churchill Downs man ¬ agement to reserve stabling room for five horses which will be shipped here in the course of a week Larry weekLarry Carey manager of the Bevenvyek Stable has written for twenty stalls at Churchill Downs The stable will lie raced here in the colors of J Malier as the owner F J Nolan lias decided on account of the deatli of his mother not to race any horses in his colors this year John yearJohn J Murphy owner of the threeyearold Biincrana passed through Louisville yesterday en route to Lexington His colt is now at Hot Springs in tiie care of William Hurley but will shortly bo transferred to the Lexington track trackThe The stable of Harry Van Ry lias arrived at Douglas Park from Havana Among the horses wore Miss Wright and Storm Bound BoundGeorge George J Long who has been a daily visitor at Churchill Downs for the past month has gone to New York on business connected with the United States Pipe and Cast Iron Company of which he is president presidentThree Three horses belonging to J B Dumestre the Nev Orleans turfman have reached Douglas Park The chief ones are Sandy Lad winner of several races at New Orleans and Margaret N which Mr Dumestre purchased last winter from Will Perkins This will be Mr Dumestres first racing venture on the Kentucky tracks
