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SOME INTERESTING RACING Minto II Easily Gallops Away with Lexingtons Chief Race Woodtrap Outstays Game Cock Owner Hcadley Wins with 25 25Colt Colt Gossip of the Track LEXINGTON Ky May Inleresling racing came this afternoon despite the absence of stars from six of the dashes The feature race at a mil and a sixteenth found Minto II an outstanding favorite ami an easy winner He displayed a high order of speed from the start and at all points held Midway safe The bitter showed improvement but had to be forced out to land in front of Kiku KikuIn In tin claiming handicap at a mile anil a six ¬ teenth Voodtrap showed the way throughout but at times lie was forced to his utmost to shake off the suddenly improved Game Cock CockHal Hal Price Headleys Planet a colt that he bought for jili won tin fourth race for twoyearolds Ho ws the longest priced winner of the afternoon afternoonJefferson Jefferson Livingston today sent Jeano a three yearold daughter of Dick Welles Winter sis tci to Wintergreeii and Xinthon the same age by Marathon infandcl sister to Gypsy Queen to J It Kespess farm at Erlanger Ky where they will be used for breeding purposes The former will be mated with Col Vennie and the latter will go to the court of Koyal II At present Col Vcn nie has seven of his progeny six colts and one filly running about the Kespess farm while Koyal II has five The Col Vennie youngsters are said to bear a striking resemblance to their sire sireMr Mr Livingston has been here during the entlru neeting and numerous visits to the variousibrci l iug farms iu this vicinity have resnUcdlirTiisac rniring ten yearlings They are assembled at W S Paynes farm and will bo sent to Churchill Downs about July I to be broken His recent pur ¬ chases are a black colt by Vulcain Conspiracy u chestnut colt by Peter Quince Pandora Girl chest ¬ nut filly by Pataud Aradia chestnut colt by Hrum niel La Mode black colt by Jack Atkin Tchcra brown colt by Watervale Topsy Hello chestnut colt by Tony Honero Pretty Dale chestnut colt by Irummel Pannella bay filly by Hallot Sadie S and a bay filly by McGee Donno Moiia MoiiaIn In addition to these Mr Livingston has a year ¬ ling chestnut colt which he bred himself by Kock View Orlo The dam of this one is a daughter of Orby which won the Kpsom Derbv for Uichard Croker CrokerDAMASK DAMASK SENT TO LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLEMose Mose Goldblatt shipped his horses and those of 11 P Whitney which included Damask and Cob ¬ webs to Louisville this morning Goldblatt felt well satisfied with Damasks race in the PIne Grass Stakes for it did not require Ambroses ad ¬ mission that lie had given the colt a bad ride to istablish that with better riding Damask would hsve won wonSome Some of the J W Schorr E IJ Hradley and W J Young horses were shipped this morning to Louisville LouisvilleSandy Sandy Heal and Herron were among the Derby eligibles that reached Louisville yesterday yesterdayW W F Poison has had several flattering offers for Pcace Pennant sillce his nine Grass Stake race He is held as one of the choices for the Kentucky Derby Doiinacona and the Whitney entry are slightly favored over him himJockeys Jockeys H Garner and J Glass were among the jockeys from Maryland this morning II Garner will have the mount on Herron in the Derby DerbyEugene Eugene Elrod has arranged for a special train t leave Wednesday night for the accommodation of the advance brigade intending to be at Ixtuis villc for the Churchill Downs meeting and to carry over part of the mutnel equipment here hereAV AV T Andrsou stopped off en route from Cal ¬ ifornia to New York where his horses have win ¬ tered He will go to the metropolis after the run ¬ ning of the Derby DerbyAfter After the finish of the first race M C Frakes sold Finis to A Smitha for ir00 She will be trained by James Haker HakerPat Pat Dunne made an auspicious Kentucky begin iing when his Harry Hurgoyne the first to carry his colors this season iu these parts led Duke of Devonshire to the finish in the third race raceDan Dan Lehaii duplicated his successes of last years last day at Latouia by carrying off a double Easter Flower and King Kose figuring as this after ¬ noons successful pair Itoth won by the closest kind of margins and were ridden by J Pitz PitzJockey Jockey K McDcrmott was suspended for five days by the stewards f r cutting acros the others soon iVter the start in the fourth race raceProminent Prominent among the visitors Ssiturday was Governor Edwin P Morrow of Kentucky It was tin first visit of the chief executive to a race track for some time Governor Morrow is an enthusiastic r cing devotee devoteeGallaher Gallaher Hrolhers string of fourteen horses was transferred to Louisville Saturday morning Jockey 1 Hanover who will ride for the stable will go fj Churchill Downs tomorrow
