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LEXINGTON RACES BELOW STANDARD General Haig Improves and Takes the Feature Dash Easily Prince Pal to Louisville LEXINGTON Ky April 2S There was an ab ¬ sence of enthusiasm n connection with HIM after noons racing and the sport on the whole was below the standard for these parts Much of this was duo to the absence of the better grade of racers ami the wintry conditions prevailing The track was a difficult one and owners kept their better horses in their respective stalls A mile ami a sixteenth dash was the heailliner and General Haigs easy victory in it after having played hare anil hound with the others from the start caused some unfavorable comment Geijeral llaigs im ¬ proved showing over his race of Saturday was pro ¬ nounced nouncedThe The juvenile dashes each at the halfmile dis ¬ tance made up much of the card but the young ¬ sters were of the ordinary variety Quick Aiew and Last Rose respectively ridden by Lyke and favorites were each easy winners but All in Hlack a former winner and regarded with great favor in the dash that she started for proved a pro ¬ nounced disappointment for she failed to even get a part of the purse Hlemished which cost Str 0 as a yearling winning from Jetsam nti Miss Dora DoraLouie Louie Ixiu annexed the opener after a tussle to dispose of Viola Park ParkRafferty Rafferty had little difficulty in winning the third race after overhauling Hilly Joe JoePrince Prince Pal will be shipped to Louisville tomor ¬ row and await the bugle call in the Derby before he again races lie came out of his last start with a cut on his tendon and the veterinarian ad iMd that he be stopped from racing to enable the injury to heal thoroughly before his Derby start startItecause Itecause of the bail track the race at a mile anil a quarter intended for today received only one entry causing the substitution of an extra race to complete a card of seven dashes dashesFifteen Fifteen thousand dollars is the reported sum that Kay Spence received from Larry AVaterbury for tin transfer of jotkey Murrays contract The AVaterbury horses will be shipped East at the close of the I vijKfti raciiijj T TJefferson Jefferson Livingston bought this morning from Charles Moore the yearling colt by Aulcain Con ¬ spiracy spiracyTrainer Trainer James Rowe of the H P AVhitney es ¬ tablishment has announced that he intends to ship John 1 Grier Upset and several others of the Whitney horses to Louisville John P Grier is regarded as a certain starter in the Kentucky Derby DerbyGeneral General Manager Matt J AVinn went over to Louisville this morning to give bis attention to some needed details lie will return here tomorrow tomorrowThe The application for trainers licenses of G M Johnson J Jones L Wcdderstrand and AV Fin uegan hehl up pending further investigation were granted this afternoon by the license committee committeeTrainer Trainer Max Ilirsch gave Donnacona a fast half mile this morning the colt covering the distance easily in ii2
