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RAIN INTERRUPTS TRAINING Xalapa Stable Expected to Reach Downs Sun ¬ day Change in McLean Plans LOUISVILLE Ky April 8 It began raining here last night at midnight and combined until nearly noon today with the result that training op ¬ erations were considerably curtailed at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park ParkW W F Poison was an arrival from Tijuana today His horses which are in the car with several others brought from the Lower California course to Lexing ¬ ton will he unloaded here tomoriow tomoriowTames Tames W McClelland has again changed his plans with the Xalapa Farm Stahle and will ship from Hot Springs Ark tomorrow instead of waiting until April 11 as was his original intention A wire was received from trainer Kim 1atterson this morning advising track superintendent Tom Young to have stalls bedded and a kitchen prepared for the Xalapa outfit upon its arrival Sunday morning Four Kentucky Derby eligililcs are in this estab ¬ lishment Leonardo II lion Ilomme Mulciber and Despair DespairJohn John C Ferriss whose horses arrived several days ago is visiting1 hifold home in Nashville Tcnn 1 J Holtman stopped off hero today en route from St Louis t Lexington The outlook is bright for a revival of racing In Missouri since the passage ef the breeding bill recently said Holt niiin and real business people are behind it 1 T lirannun lias named a twoyearold bay colt by Sweep Droll Colonel Winn in compliment to Matt J Winn general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club ClubTrainer Trainer U N Dick Vestal was forced to absent himself from his duties this morning because of a slight illness illnessMose Mose Goldbhitt has four twoyearolds l elongiiig to Harry Payne Whitney in his stable at the Downs They are Rumple Payroll Noontime and Pinnacle PinnacleJohn John F Schorr today canceled his order for twentynine stalls at the Downs for the coming Churchill Downs meeting lie said that the E B McLean stable will race through the Pimliro meet OttSanil then ship direct to LatoniSs The McLean horses which are entered in the stakes at the local track will be sent down from Covington as the occasion demands demandsReports Reports of Pluribus excellent workouts in New Orleans have caused quite a demand for him among the local wagering contingent today Considerable action for lion Ilomme also manifested itself here within the last twentyfour hours
