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KENTUCKYS BEST OF YEARS Nothing Brilliant in Two-Year-old Division of the Season. Pall Youngsters Raced Well Three-Year-Olds Failed to Stand the Test. Determining the champion thoroughbreds of their respective ages on the Kentucky racing circuit for the present year is engrossing the attention of many students of racing here, and all agree that with the exception of the two-year-old division the task of placing the remainder of the crowns where they belong is easy. Unanimously, Midway, J. W. Parishs five-year-old chestnut son of Ballot Thirty-third, is proclaimed the all-aged western champion, and this is a title well bestowed. Midway was one of the two horses from this section to set back the easterners in their drive to capture all of the rich Kentucky stakes, Lillian Shaw being the other, and he held the Kentucky Handicap, worth 1,300 to the winner, safe from the "invaders " Two eastern thoroughbreds finished behind him in that stake. Exterminator and Koyce Rools, and in defeating them he served a double purpose, as he Aviped out a beating that he had received from Exterminator in the Camden Handicap at Lexington when lie csTrot3exactljiuit-jisJie. might have been. In the other two stakes that he won the Clark Handicap and Louisville Cup he was opposed only by Kentucky horses and he had no difficulty beating them. The. Porter, John F. Schorrs crack colt, was another to pull up in the rear of Midway in the Kentucky Handicap, and his performances in the east last summer and this autumn make the Parrish horse appear all the more brilliant over his rivals from this section. Lillian Shaw, owned by Jefferson Livingston, halted the easterners in the Kentucky Oaks, defeating Commander J. K. L. Itoss good filly Milkmaid after a rough race. But for her going amiss, no one knows just how good a racer the daughter of Fair Play Early Love might have been, as she came from behind to beat the Ross filly and even had to overcome the obstacle of jockey Earl Sande on the latter grabbing her bridle in an effort to retard her. Naming the champion of the two-year-old division is a hard proposition, due to the number of only fair juveniles that did not make their appearance until this fall. Prospects for a high-class crop of three-year-olds for 1920, which means a lot of good Kentucky Derby timber, -are not bright. Hut if the best youngsters which were shown here winter well, horsemen will have some fair representatives to compete with the pick of the east in the big race. KENTUCKYS BEST TWO -YEAR-OLDS. During the spring meetings at the three tracks in this state the two-year-old division seemed good. Miss Jemima, C. E. Rowes Black Toney Valla filly, easily towered above the rest. Conditions changed considerably in the fall, however, and one after another good juveniles made their appear-iince and not only showed sensational speed, but Btaying Qualities as well. Mile races for two-year-olds were frequent during the latter part of the Latonia and entire Churchill Downs meetings, and they gave the young horses numerous chances to demonstrate their real worth to their owners and trniners, and also served to give the public a line in them as Kentucky Derby prospects. To former United States Senator Johnson N. Cam-flfii fell the honor of furnishing the two-year-old which showed to better advantage than any of her rivals at all distances, and this was Lorraine, a daughter of Ben Brush Amy J. Within a short time she won a race at five and one-half furlongs in 1:0593, another at three-quarters of a mile in 3:12. and still another at one mile in the fast time of 1:39. These three races were run at Latonia, and while she did not win a race at Churchill Downs this fall, it was chiefly due to the bad luck she had, as she started in the Golden Roil Handicap with sixteen other horses and met with repeated interference. She has a worthy stablemate of her own age in JHnee Pal, a son of the famous Prince Palatine, which is the property of J. 11. Wheelwright. This colt won races at a mile, and the manner in which he came from behind to get the verdict stamps him as a long route performer of no mean ability. His race in the Golden Rod was a phenomenal one, as lie was away from the barrier practically last and was forced to work his way through and around In the big field to finish second. Prince Pals final start on the last day of the Churchill Downs meeting saw him defeated by Dresden, a good filly owned by Gallaher Brothers, but it was a hard fought affair, and he was not disgraced by any means. Cal Milam trains both Lorraine and Prince Pal, and he has them in winter quarters at Lexington now. One thing in their favor is that they can run equally as well in the mud as on a fast track, , Continued on third page. f W 30 0 0 by y r- lv r e. T " X 00 0j 00 0 C is ce t 00 00 00 00 00 e, v in to to K KENTUCKYS BEST OP YEARS Continued from first page. Prince Pal being especially formidable in soft going. Busy Signal, which carried the colors of E. R. Bradley to victory in the Golden Rod by a margin of twelve lengths over her opponents, is without a doubt a high-class filly, and there is no reason why she should not be, as she is a sister to one of the best race horses of recent years Bradleys Choice. The daughter of Cunard Sweet Alice has speed galore, but it availed her little in most of her races, because of her running out proclivities. In the Golden Rod, however, she wore blinkers, and they served to make her run true and she made a show of her opponents. Like her brother she can sprint as well as go a long route, and if she maintains these qualities next year she should develop into a good stake winner for the master of Idle Hour Farm. In her final race of the year, which was the stake referred to, she ran a mile in 1:40. LATE COMERS TO RACE FAIRLY WELI. Gallaher Brothers pair, Keep and Dresden, were a long time in showing just how good they were, but they both did it by winning on the last day at the Downs meeting, and both their victories were over the mile route. This is a pair of well-bred fillies. Keep being by Pataud Possession and Dres-to den by Rock Yicw Polly Prim, and going over a long distance of ground seems to be their forte. Dresdens performance was especially impressive, as she came from away back and wore such a good youngster as Prince Pal down after the latter had an apparently safe lead an eighth of a mile out. Peace Pennant is another good two-year-old, but he was not himself during the final part of the Kentucky fall meetings. Had he been as good as he was the day he finished second to Blazes in the Breeders Futurity at Lcxiugion he would have gone into winter quarters with as good a record be-j0, hind him as any of the other youngsters. He had hard racing all spring, summer and fall, and a long rest, which he is going to get, will do him a lot of good. In speaking of two-year-olds which favor a long route Alex Jr., owned by Dan Lehan, must not be overlooked, even though he is still a maiden. He is a son of Ballot Brouzewing, and he runs just like his dam did leaves the barrier slowly and lags along behind his opponents until in the final quarter or three -eighths of a mile. He is a sturdily built horse, and with a winters growth he bids fair as be a good colt. Most of the good two-year-olds of the spring were on the shelf this fall, notably Miss Jemima,. Sara Freedman, High Command, Distinction and West-wood, while Cotton Blossom, winner of the Cincinnati Trophy at Latonia last summer, did not get to the races again after the running of the Breeders Futurity. Westwood is still a maiden, but a horse that can work as fast as he can is bound to show to advantage later. He was an unlucky horse in the spring, only the worst sort of mishaps hampering him. In addition to those mentioned above, other two-year-olds which showed well were By Golly, Marjorie Hynes, Angon, Kinburn, The Swimmer, Black Prince, Alsace, Captain Mac, Claymore, Siren Maid, Sams Boy and Alula. There is always a possibility of some of the lesser lights as two-year-olds turning out to be good three-year-olds. Some evidence in this line was furnished when Sir Barton won the Kentucky Derby. But there is" certainly no champion in sight from the Kentucky two-year-old division of 1919. There were only a few fair three-year-olds in these parts during the season. Had Sennings Park remained in Kentucky and maintained the form that he displayed at Latonia in the spring and summer, he might have proved the best of a fair band. As things turned out. Sway, Stockwell and John O. wound up the year as the best. But they all failed when the eastern horses came west to compete with them in the big stakes. There is no doubt that Jack Hare Jr. must be proclaimed the best sprinter in Kentucky Apparently done for in the spring because of a wind affliction, he came back in the fall practically a new horse and he was high-class as a fast horse and weight carrier. Twice he carried 137 pounds, winning once and losing once by the margin of a nose.. Jack Hare Jr. may be able to go fast farther. In the only race that ho started this fall at over one mile the Falls City Hundicap he finished second after leading the greater part of the way. Sprinting is clearly Jacks forte, though, and his limit possibly a mile. He will do best at even less than a mile.
