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KENTUCKYS RACING DATES Lexington Opens the Campaign with Ten Days of Racing Louisville to Follow with Nineteen Nineteenand and Latonia with Thirty One Officials Appointed LEXINGTON Ky March 22 The Kentucky Ttnc ing season will open at Lexington Saturday April 24 and close at Latonia AVednesday July 7 an ag ¬ gregate of sixty days according to the allotment made today by the State Racing Conimission ConimissionThe The meeting was presided over by J O ICeono the vicechairman and Messrs Thomas C Mc ¬ Dowell Ernest Pollard and Robert AV Hunter were also present the only absentee being Chairman 1 N Camd who is at Hot Springs SpringsThe The dates are Lexington Saturday April 24 to Wednesday WednesdayMay May 5 10 days daysLouisville Louisville Saturday May 8 to Saturday May 29 19 days daysLatonia Latonia Wednesday Juno 2 to Wednesday WednesdayJuly July 7 31 days daysJohn John P McLanghlin was roappointod supervisor of pariniutuel pooling AV L Lewis was rcappointcLl official timer of exercise trials and F A MeCaho of Mt Sterling was selected to succeed L C Thiel son of Louisville as telegraphic censor at licensed tracks Purses at Lexington are to average SOO per race at Louisville 1200 per race and at Latonia l liOO iOO per race added money This is the same as last spring springThe The following officials selected by the Ken ¬ tucky Jockey Club wore approved by ttio com ¬ mission missionCharles Charles F Price Samuel C Nuckols Jr and Andrew H Leonard stewards stewardsWilliam William II Shelley and Edward Jasper placing judges judgesA A H Dado starter starterCharles Charles F Price AVilliam II Shelley and Idward Jasper haiidicappers haiidicappersWilliam William II Shelley racing secretary secretaryN N II McClelland clerk of the scales scalesAV AV V Walsh tinier tinierAV AV E Phillips Edgar Ronshaw and K G Floyd patrol judges judgesDr Dr J T Chawk and Dr Hradloy paddock judges judgesDr Dr Lewis Ryans track physician physicianAndrew Andrew H Leonards appointment to the stew ¬ ardship will prove a popular addition to the stand Ho has an inherent love of racing has been a horse breeder is a student of blood lines is a writer of turf topics knowing both running and trotting horse lineage and has that firmness of conviction which is usually described as bone bone He is a soninlaw of the late AVilliam Cassins CoodFoo and is a brotherinlaw of Major Thomas C McDowell who felt complimented that his kinsman had been chosen without any sug ¬ gestion on his part This seat in the stain last year was filled by Sherman Goodpastor secretary treasurer of the Kentucky Jockey Club who created the vacancy by voluntary withdrawal withdrawalThe The Thoroughbred Horse Association bulletin was designated to be the medium of the official publi ¬ cation of the state racing commissions minutes notices and announcements announcementsAll All applications for licenses will bo referred to the three racing stewards for approval or disap ¬ proval after which they will be submitted to the commission for action This means that jockeys and trainers who have been guilty of turf frauds or irregularities known to the stewards have small chance to got a license in Kentucky All applica ¬ tions are expected to bo in before April 1 other ¬ wise the foe will IK 2 each instead of 10 10The The commission instructed James Hrooks ap Goorgo Stone having left the service of J O and J II Keene contending that his contract has expired was ordered not to work for anyone until it is established that his contract has expired An examination of the original contract is to be made within a few days by Colonel John K Allen attorney
