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CHURCHILL DOWNS CHANGES Straight Chute a New Provision lor Dashes of a Mile Stables Coming1 In from All Direc ¬ tions Damask Now Slight Kentucky Derby Favorite TOriSVTLTE Kv Mnroh 27 Work on flip now milt chute at Churchill Downs is nltnost com ¬ pleted At the coming spring mooting horses in races it tliis distance will have i straight course of fiveeighths f a mi1 I0 chute was built on some of tho property acquired last aiitnnin liy the Kentucky Jockey Club It was necessary to move a couple of stables in onler to make way for it One section of tin old shod row containing sixty stalls was torn down and in its stead wore erected two new barns with housing capacity for seventy two liorses liorsesVliile Vliile extensive improvements for tlie conven ¬ ience of the public are being made at the Downs the horsemen are not being overlooked by any menus Kvcry barn has been given a thorough in ¬ spection so that any faults in them can be reme ¬ died Thus far this spring a number of them have been remodeled and sanitary conditions have been improved one hundred per cent In addition to this electric lights have been strung along the roads loading around the stables and will lessen the dancer of fire caused by the use of lanterns lanternsA A lottiir was received from In mo Kvans at Aikon S C by track siiperinteiident Tom Young today request fifteen stalls for the Gifford A Coohran horses He did not state on what date they will be sent here Mr Cochran has a pair of Kentucky Derby dibbles in Horsagliere and Ardito Hoth wore sired by His Majesty which stallion is also his property The former finished unplaced in his only start last year while tin latter won one race in five starts startsThe The horses of Dr I K Clark nid O L Plaokford roniinent Texas lireeders ami which are almost all twoyearolds will be stabled at Douglas Iark Trainer It X Dick Vestal will bring them here from Xew Orleans as soon is lie can got a car ac ¬ cording to advices received from him Kvory horse in the care of Vestal wasbred by its owner ownerOnly Only part of the horses owned by J O O II Koene will be taken to Lexington to race and the greater part of thorn will not get into action until tin Churchill Downs mooting opens Trainer G II Keene lias high hopes of the veteran Moscowa win ¬ ner of several cup races on the Kentucky circuit turning in his share of victories this year as he is training well now after being lired Moscowa fell lame last autumn and after tin firing irons were applied to him was allowed to rough it all winter with apparently good results Jockey William Hong who rode at Tijuana for a short period recently is connected with the Kocno establishment establishmentlames lames Kvorman one of the old school of train ¬ ers has fourteen liorses at Douglas 1ark tin property of various owners and a few of his own Kvcnnan passed up winter racing this year and has been in winter quarters at the Iteechmont course since last autumn Jockey Ieo Canfield his contract rider lias returned from New Orleans and is assisting in getting the Kverman horses into condition for Hie coming spring season seasonCoingo Coingo Denny who rained for T C McDowell for a long time is now with the 15 1 Uranium stable here The Irannon establishment is another that wintered at Churchill Downs All of the horses in it appear pretty well advanced in their training trainingThe The tone of a letter received from John Walters trainer of the Ceorge M Hendrie horses indicates that he will ship his charges to Douglas Iark about April 1 They are now at Onllntin Tonn whore most of them have been in winter quarters Kancher nnd a couple of others which were in Xew Orleans have rejoined the stable in the Tennessee city and all will be sent hero together togetherAlthough Although no open future book is being innilo here on the Kentucky Derby many individual wagers on its outcome are being made by local sportsmen anil Damask is ruling the choice at odds of S to 1 Several days ago it was possible to get is good as 12 to 1 against his chances but since the horsemen and turf followers have seen him in action at Churchill Downs tlie odds have been out
