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JOCKEY KOERNERS ARMY EXPERIENCE LOUISVILLE Ky July 21 Old Louisville cer ¬ tainly looks better than ever to me now This was the comment made by former jockey Edward Koerner of this city when he alighted from a train which brought his outfit to Camp Zachary Taylor where he was mustered out of the military service today Ted Spent a year In France with the American Expeditionary Forces and he was on four fronts and in some stirring engagements He came through without a scratch however howeverWe We had some nose finishes with the Germans said the former race rider but they always fin ¬ ished second f saw any number of soldiers wlio before going into the army were connected wifi racing in various capacities and I never heard of a single one of them who did not make good on the battlefields battlefieldsKoerncr Koerncr went into the military service on May 25 1918 and in less than forty days he was in France lie was sent from this city to Fort Thomas Kyy from there to Newport News and a short while later went across Serving Uncle Sam did not have a tendency to lessen his weight He is heavier now than ever before weighing in the vicinity of 140 pounds poundsB B J Brannon Kansas City turfman pdid a flying visit here to look at his seven yearlings which were recently shipped to Churchill Downs from1 Lexitij ton The main division of his stable is at Sura toga and he hopes to get his crack threeyearold Colonel Livingston back to the races there This horse fell lame while being prepared for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby last spring but is rapidly getting back iuto shape shapeHorsemen Horsemen in this section will have a chance to pick up expense money for the summer beginning Wednesday as there will be twentytwo days of running races at various fairs throughout Kentucky Mt Sterling will open the proceedings with a four days fair July 23 to July 26 Then in order will come Henderson from July 29 to August 2 Union town from August 5 to August 9 Ashland from August 13 to August 16 and Erlanger from August 20 to August 23 Parimutuel machines will be used at all of these fairs and the racing will be under the supervision of William Doudas of Ii tonla Ky
