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LEXINGTONS STAKE DATES Secretary Shelley Announces the Program for Feature Races H P Whitney Largest Nominator Nominatorto to Kentucky Stakes with 192 Entries TOI7ISV1LTE KY March 10 Racing Secretary William II Shelley today announced the stake dates Tor the coining Iioxington meeting The lien AH Handicap will open the season on April the Ashland Oaks will be run on April M the Hinata Stakes April US the Blue Grass Stakes April 30 Idle Hour Stakes May 8 and Camden Handicap on the closing day May 4 4Col Col R It Inker came down from bis home in Lexington to spend si few days on business businessMore More rain fell here last night and while the downpour was of short duration it was unusually severe and jet the race tracks far back as far as drying out is concerned For the first time this year Churchill Downs presented a real live appear ¬ ance and despite the mud a large number of horses were out for gallops over it itStalls Stalls were bedded down today for the W Clark horses which are scheduled to be shipped from Xew Orleans by trainer George V Barnes within the next day or so The Clark outfit will be quartered at the Downs DownsArthur Arthur Hoard prominent business man of this city lias agan embarked in racing on a small scale Ie Bnncro a twoyearold chestnut colt by Tony Ponero Aunt Dee is the nucleus of his stnliie and the youngster has extensive stake en ¬ gagements in this scctieii C C Van Meter is training him uiiMiiKu iimiihs jor iii i nris being distributed amoii Failure tO make application for license by April 1 ihtlirs a financial penalty penaltyA A compilation of Ihe stake nominations for the nilre coming Kentucky season reveals that Harry Iayne Whitney made the largest number of entries 3ll In addition to these lie named seventeen for the Queen City Handicap to be run next autumn at Liatonia LiatoniaOther Other large nominators were Commander 7 K L HOMS H5 K R Bradley 13 and the E F Simms 1 P Oliver W MeClelland confederacy 119 ROSK entered eleven in the Queen City Bradley seven twentythreeLouis and the Simms establishment twentythree Louis Tjiuber newly appointed trainer of the Kentucky livisiiii of the Commander Ross stable left for the Kast last night t arrange his plans for the coming season with Ross and Redwcll He will lie absent from here for three weeks and will bring buck Ihe horses to be campaigned by him
