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I FROM THE FAR WEST a Advance Guard From Tijuana i Reaches Louisville. a Shipment Comprises Horses of International Stable, W. F. Knebelkamp and Others. ♦ LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 21.— The advance guard of the stables that had been cam-| paigned at the lengthy Tijuana meeting ar-I rive dMonday morning from the Lower California track and were unloaded at Bougies Park. The shipment comprised three cars and included fourteen horses belonging to the International Stable, six thep roperty of W. F. Knebelkamp. three belonging to Bert Williams and two owned by Mrs. T. Hoffler. The animals stood the long journey well and arrived in good condition. The] fact that the cars were sealed when leaving Tijuana, and entered Arizona from Mexico instead of California enabled horses and their attendants to escape the quarantine regulations imposed by the state of Arizona against all entries from California. The International Stable came in charge of the veteran trainer George Walker, who succeeded J. O. Bussey to the position about; the middle of February. Walker is one of j | the best-known trainers in the country and : j formerly had charge of horses for J. W. Schorr, O. Pons, and the Brookdale Stable, ! j A canadian-owned establishment: also he! I trained for Baron Wertheim in Germany for | I a number of years. C. E. Dale, business : agent for International Stable, accompanied , the shipment and will act as the tsable agent I j I during the Kentucky season. The stables horses included John S. Reardon, Adonis. I Better Luck, Postillion, Sagamore and Doughoregan and the following two-year-olds I : Accelerator, chestnut filly, by Ogden — Phatom ; Up and at Em, chestnut colt, by The Manager — English Esther ; Frances Vic- i toria. brown filly, by Sir Martin — Tea Party ; I | Dutch Girl, bay filly, by Escoba — Manl ! Mooney ; George E. Allen, bay colt, by Zeus j — Squedaddle ; Mark Master, brown colt, by i : Luke McLuke — Yehmilla ; Stay On, chestnut colt, by Ormondale or Stroke — Play On ; Supervisor, bay colt, by Imp Bezant — Rogue. Accelerator, Frances Victoria and Dutch Girl are eligible to the Debutante Stakes, while George E. Allen, Mark Master and Su- j i pervisor have been named for the Bashford Manor Stakes. Trainer Walker reported tnat the stable had disposed of the following two- I j year-olds prior to leaving Tijuana: Hazel Clare. Registration, Dynamic, Curry Desha : Continued on twelfth page. I FROM THEJAR WEST Continued from first page. and Betty Owen. 1 no stable will command the services of jockey J. Woods, a promising Canadian apprentice. Mr. Shimp, owner of the International Stable, is a new recruit to racing and his entry into the sport dates to last summer, when he purchased a number of yenrlings at the Saratoga sales. Tha stable fared well at Tijuana and this success prompted cwner Shimp to try his fortunes on the Kentucky circuit this year. The Knebelkamp outfit was in charge of W. B. Finnegan, who returned with only six of the twelve he left here with last fall. The ones he brought back were I-ady Astor, Locust Leaves, Titrump, Cyprene, Mary Ellen O. and Molly R.. the latter being the property of S. W. Richards. Trainer Finne.m reported that he had turned over Montjoy, Billy Dunn and Virgo to Ike Tullett, who will race the trio at Omaha. The two-year-old Dell Evans was sold to aft. C. Buck by Finnegan prior to leaving the coast. The three that Bert Williams brought back were Dr. Hickman. Irinee K., and Bill of Lynn. Dr. Hickman went wrong last fall and did not race all winter. Eminent and Belle of Elizabethtown comprised the stable of Mrs. T. Hoffler. Fly Cast, which broke down in a race recently, was sold to A. B. Spreckels, who will use her for breeding purposes. MOVE OVER TO LEXINGTON*. Trainer Clyde Phillips transferred six horses of the Oreentree Stable to Iexington Monday morning, and jockey F. Thorndyke went along to ride. The horses shipped wero Rinkey and Dazzler, both eligible to the Kentucky Derby; Moonraker, Quell, Amity Claim and Solis. All of these horses are fit and ready to race. J. L. Shay of Louisville has purchased from ex-jockey Jack Hanover Kennmare. a four-year-old filly by Ballot — Illwill, and has turned her over to Frank Rausch to train. Hanover will leave shortly for New York and expects to lay odds on the Metropolitan tracks this year. James Green, well-known furniture dealer at Louisville, has an almost promising two-year-old in training at Churchill Downs in the care of Bill Mulholland. The youngster is a chestnut colt, by Peter Quince— Irish Ballad. Mulholland is also handling the five-year-old Uncle Hugh, for the Oklahoma sportsman and Royal Sweep, a two-yeir-old bay colt, by Sweep — Royal Lady, the pop-erty of Miss Lucy K. Rogers. Theo. E. Muller was at Churchill Downs Monday morning for the purpose of seeing some of his two-year-clds in speedy action and was gratified to see the progress the youngsters are making under the care of trainer Jim Moody. Rose Girl and Smudge, two of the best in the stable, showed up well in their gallops. It was an off day for the Kentucky Derl.y aspirants and there was no work of importance. Wise Counsellor and Worthmore were both cantered around the course and appeared to be in fine fettle. Black Gold was galloped three-eighths in :38 and pulled up soundly. *
