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LOUISVILLE RACERS 10 CUBA : Horses and Horsemen Leave Churchill Downs for Havana. i a Many Prominent Stables Repre- 1 sented Record -Entries for J Stakes Closed Nov. 15. j ; LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 15. One of the biggest shipments of race horses recorded in tills . country In recent years loft this city Sunday over the Louisville and Nashville, Havana hound. The ; horses are intended for the seventh annual meet- ing nt Oriental Park, Havanas beautiful track. The special comprised seventeen horse cars, two Pullmans and a day coach for the accommodation of trainers and attendants. By the middle of the week the thoroughbreds will .have exchanged the ; mists and chill of Churchill Downs for the sunny, smiling climate of the learl of the Antilles. After their arrival there will be a week of rest and preparation before the curtain rises for the Havana meeting, which will extend one hundred days or more, in which time there will be ample opportunity for the thoroughbreds to garner some of the prizes offered. The Shipment from here Sunday represented only the horses in training which have finished out the fall season at the local track, large individual consignments having already leffr from eastern points as well as from Kentucky. The aggregation of t horses congregated at Havana represents a good class of thoroughbreds and in many instances will . the colors of owners .who are making their K- -iieWUtic-trrentaItfE: XmoTlFTlie stables,that - preceded the" special from Kentucky are those of : Mose GoMhhitt, who, in addition to his own. will handle if number of young horses for Harry Payne , Whitney; W. II. Hall, O. L. Foster, .T. Hurt, J. Burks, A. L. Taylor, A. D. Worley, H. E. Davis and P. J. Montour. All of these stables have reached their destination in good condition. Among the stables that left last Friday was that of John Lowe, with twenty head, including the fast . High Clould and American Ace. The consignment also embraces a number of highly prized yearlings, bred and owned by Edward Cebrian. The colors of George il. Hendrio, the Canadian owner, will be seen at Havana, that owner having commissioned trainer John Walters to take five of the stables horses to Cuba. Claymore and Es-tero were among those that Mr. Walters shipped oh the special. The stable of Williams Hros., which has raced most successfully at Havana in the past three years, was also sent on the special in charge of P. J. Williams, who is arranging to take aji. even dozen horses. BRUCE DUDLEY TOR CUBAN DERBY. The stable of W. F. Knebclkamp, the Louisville baseball magnate, in charge of W. 15. Finnegan, wu3 also aboard the special. The consignment comprises ten horses, including the two-year-old colt Bruce Dudley, which will be the stables candidate ih the rich Cuban Derby. Among the other owners represented on the special were: W. Fouchter, Jim Gass, T. Hoffler, O. B. Potts, Frank Rector, It. J. Fan-is, J. D. Lan-nhau, Tom Brown, Will Dondas, L. F. OLeary, E. Murrav, Al Hamel, George Swain, S. Ti Baxter-John West, J. H. Moody, H. W. Plant, U. J. Hnk J. J. Holtman, W. L. Lewis, James Lavelly. M. M. Shields, C. P. Smith, O. E. Van Winkle, O. Mucken-fnss, W. Simms and Joe Umensetter. Quite a number of jockeys left on the train, and among them were F. Wilson, who has signed to ride for Will Warrick; C. Van Duscn, R. MeDer-mott. Earl Pool, G. Stack, P. Long, F. Mcrimee ,aild J. Roberts. Havana will draw largely upon the Kentucky trucks for its force of pari-mutuel, employes, whicn constitute, two-thirds of the entire number. These men will be on the ground in plenty of time for the opening. Ed Jasper, entry clerk and placing- judge on the Kentucky circuit, who will occupy a similar position at Havana, will be among the early ones to depart. Associate steward Charles H. Lansdale, who has been in charge of the work of arranging for the special horse train, remained here only long enough to see that the special got away in good shape. J. H. Moody, who has been assisting Judge Lansdale, accompanied the train to its destination. John Hachmeister, who will serve as presiding steward at Havana, is now at Naples, Fla., arranging his affairs there in preparation for the departure for Havana. He will go there via Tampa. Entries to the Havana Stakes closed today and, judging by the large number of nominations pouring in, all previous records will be broken. Jndge Martin Nathanson, who spent a few days in Latonia, took to Havana a large list of stake nominations.
