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* I At Lexington One Best Bet — SIXTY — In the Sixth Race. m ?J el c c b« h 3t v ti cl ii *j a : j t, sl tl A ! in if c r f Z A n ■ a d • t ■ t a e J . l • I is _ I » i J I t c . The program offered by the Kentucky Association at Lexington today brings well matched fields to the post in the various events. The Mundy Landing Purse, the feature race of the day, brings five Derby eligibles to the post. The race calls for a contest over the one mile and seventy yards-distance under allowance conditions. J. X. Camdens Hiram may be the one to prove best, but Black Beetle and Lieutenant Mans-fied figure to make a strong bid for top honors. Sixty figures much the best of the ten starters entered in the Eminence Purse, which will be run as the sixth race. He has been turning in seme fast morning works and tht dockers say he has lest none of his old time sliced. The rest of the program, w7ith the exception of the secend race, calls for claiming races, with evenly matched fields of platers entered. LOT IS RUBENSTEIN— MY VALET— RED GRANGE. We are selecting LOUIS RUBEXSTEIX to account for the opening race, a sprint over the futurity course distance. He showed he has returned to his best form, for, in his first start here Monday, he turned in an easy win. He is getting weight off from that race and this should help him in proving a repeater. MY VALET, on his workouts, appears to be his best form and should prove dangerous he races to his morning trials. RED GRAXGE can do much better than his last race would indicate. If he is in a running mood, he should have little trouble in saving the short end of the purse. CLYDE VAX DUSEX— LITTLE JACKIE— THE DOCTOR. The second race is a half mile dash for maiden two-year-old colts and geldings. Fourteen youngsters are entered with CLYDE VAX PUSKN getting the call for the winners share of the purse. He only lost a head decision to Prank Horan in his first start, after setting the pace right to the finish. A duplication of that effort should find him out in front today. LITTLE JACKIE showed he possessed a turn of speed, for his race behind Courier the other day was creditable. He has but to race as well today to figure strong contender. THE DOCTOR figures best of the rest of the field for the short end of the purse. VENDEUSE— DIYOT— BUN. Three-year-ohls will make up the field in the third race, which ca!ls for a contest over the one mile and seventy yards distance. J. X. Camdens colorbcarer VEXDEUSE may be the one to prove best. The filly seemed to have rounded into best form during the win- ter months at Jefferson Park and, as she io in under a light impost and the distance to her liking, we expect her to win. A race at her bost should bring her home the winner here. DIVOT turned in a winning race in his first start here. Taking a line on that race, he figures to be a dangerous con- tender all the way. BUX has to be given a chance for some part of the coin, for her winter campaign was a good one. ATHENS— THUNDER CALL— YAXQLISH. Another band of two-year-olds will parade to the post in the fourth race, but this field will be asked to show their wares over the four and one-half furlongs distance. For the winner we are selecting the filly ATHEXS. She raced well at Havana during the past winter, being out of the money only once hi five starts. She finished a bang up third the other day over a muddy track, but, with the improved track more to her liking today, she should have little trouble in accounting for the major portion of the parse. THUNDER CALL figures as the most probable contender. His last race at Jefferson Park was a good effort and a repetition of that race should find him up with the leaders here. VANQUISH does not figure as high as the first two mentioned, but he may be able to hold the others safe for the show money. HIRAM— BLACK BEETLE— LIEUTENANT MANSFIELD. The five starters entered in the Mundy Landing Purse, the fifth race on the card, are all eligibles to the Kentucky Derby. They will be asked to race one mile and seventy yards under allowance conditions. HIRAM stacks up as the most likely winner. He finished a good second to Martie Flynn in his first start of the year the other day. The heavy track was a little too much for him on that occasion, but, with the track more to his liking today, he may prove a hard colt to beat. BLACK BEETLE has not been seen under colors this year, but, taking a line on his morning gallops, he seems to bo ready for one of his good races. LIEUTEXAXT MAXSFIELD is another that will be making his debut of the year. He should account for the short end of the purse if he races in his true form. SIXTY— CHARLIE BERGIN— BRILLIANT. H. P. Gardners SIXTY looks to be much the best of the band that will hook up in the Eminence Purse. The dockers tell us the gelding has been burning up the track in his workouts and that he is ready to bang down in front. Should he still possess the same speed as he demonstrated last year, he should prove an easy winner here. CHARLIE BERGIN gets in with a light impost and a race in his best style should find him proving the most dangerous contender for the winners share of the purse. BRILLIANT, on his Jefferson Park races, has to be given a good chance to take down some part of the purse. VALENCE— rRETTY RUN— EFELDEE. The last race of the day should find VALENCE home the winner. She had a winter campaign at Havana and, while racing there, she seemed to have rounded into her best form. She will take plenty of beating here, for the distance and weight seem to be in her favor. PRETTY RUN, on her race the other day, in which she was only short by a neck of beating Juel Jean, figures to make VALENCE race at her best to be home the winner. EFELDEE, though unplaced in her last start, finished close up and, with a little better start today, she may be able to finish up with the placed horses of the race.
