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ENDURANCE RACE ELIGIBLES Trainer W. Woodard on Way East With Kentuckys Representatives for the Three Hundred Mile Contest. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 27. William Woodard, who is conditioning five thoroughbred race horses for the three hundred mile endurance race to be run in October from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., to Camp Devens, Mass., stopped off here yesterday en route to Putney,- Vt., with his charges. The horses under his care are David Craig, U Twenty-three. Moseowa, Helmet and Majella. "If ever race horses were thoroughly fit for a grueling test of stamina, these- five are," said Mr. Woodard, "and I look for them to win the big race without much trouble. They will meet horses of all types and nations, but in my opinion tho Kentucky thoroughbreds will show them the, value of their blue blood. I have been training them all summer up in Kentucky, where there are plenty of hills, and the quintet stood the gaff remnrk-ably well. The veteran Helmet, sire of numerous winners on the American turf today, acts like a two-year-old, and I am placing a lot of dependence on him. The conditions of the race call for the horses to cover sixty miles a day, and I am not worrying a bit but what those which I am training can accomplish that feat easily." The five racers which Mr. Woodard Is taking east are the property of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, Thoroughbred Horse Association and Kentucky Jockey Club. The Thoroughbred Horse Association is responsible for the Blue Grass State having representation in the endurance contest, and this organization has spent quite n bit of money in an effort to get horses worthy to uphold the name of "Ibis state against foreign rivals. E. R. Bradley tendered the use of Helmet in the race, and lie has announced that he will give trainer Woodard a fee of ,000 if this horse wins it. David Craig, U Twenty-three and Moscowa are well known to local racegoers, all having frequently been seen under colors at .Churchill Downs.
