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, At Lexington One Best Bet — SERGE — In the Second Race. j j I] j , i J i i t ■ J : , c . " ! ] I j t J ! « i . I t i i I , j [ ; | I . , • ■ i . i • I Saturdays program at the Kentucky Asso- l elation track will most likely be run over a i track other than fast. Rain, which made its 1 appearance here Thursday night, left the ] going in a muddy condition and there is little j likelihood that the track will dry out enough i to be called fast for todays sport. There is a chance, however, that it may border on the slow stage, providing no more rain falls. The Ben AH Handicap is the feature offering on the eight-race program, and is to be run as the fifth event. This is a test of a • mile and a sixteenth, with ,000 added, and a field of thirteen were named in the overnight entries. Marconi has been awarded the top I impost, his weight being 11G pounds. Next in 1 order comes Tempest with 111, then Genial Host with an impost of 108 pounds. The Camden pair. Flattery and Hiram, carry 106 J and 103 pounds, respectively. The latter en- I try is given the call on their light imposts - and the fact that they race well in any kind « of going. The same cannot be said of Mar- € coni. He needs fast going to race at his best. T The Spring Stalion Purse, an allowance affair, to be run as the second race, together with five claiming numbers round out the l good Saturday card. BLUE iRAXITE-LADY HERBERT— j 3IONASTERY. I ■ Platers will mal;e up the field in the opener, " which calls for a sprint over the futurity t course distance. The good mud runner BLUE . GRANITE gets the call. He only lost a head decision to Louis Ruber.stein the other day . after setting the pace for the entire distance, j It was his first start in some time and that race should have done him a world of good in fitting him for todays contest. LADY HERBERT races In her best form over a heavy track and, as the sprint distance Is to her liking, she figures to be a strong con- 1 tender. The old gelding MONASTERY may | account for the show money should he turn in one of his good races. t SERGE— RED LEATHER— SIR JOHN K. j J. N. Camdens SERGE figures much the 1 best of the band which is entered in the 1 second race. In her first start here she liked 1 a muddy track, for she turned in an easy 1 win on that occasion. In her last race she 1 set the pace right to the finish, only to give i way to Tempest. She needs but to race back 1 to either of those starts to prove the easiest l winner of the day. RED LEATHER was the one to follow SERGE home the other day. He may be the one to cause her the most trouble here. SIR JOHN K. should be able to race well enougi in the going to hold the short end of the purse safe from the rest of the field. I 1 LITTLE JACKIE— ESKIMO— HURSTLAND. j The third race, a four and one-half furlongs dash for two-year-old maiden colts and geld- I ings, looks to be a good spot for LITTLE « JACKIE to leave the maiden ranks. The geld- i ings first race was a good second to Courier 1 and, taking a line on that race, he seems to 1 be not far from winning form. A race at his 1 best should bring him home the winner here. ESKIMO may be able to take down some part of the purse, for he showed in his first race that he likes the muddy going. HURST- LAND may prove best of the others for the * show money of the race. PETER PRIM— RODRIGO— POMMOI. For the winner of the fourth race we are 1 selecting the gelding PETER PRIM. He 1 won his first race in such easy fashion, that s we look for him to prove a repeater in ac- 1 counting for the major portion of this purse, t RODRIGO should prove dangerous all the way, for, taking a line on his first race, in I === === ===== ===== == = l i 1 ] j i • I 1 J I - « € T l j I ■ " t . . j 1 | t j 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 l I 1 j I « i 1 1 1 * 1 1 s 1 t I = which he beat about the same class of horses as he is meeting here by five lengths, he figures to be hard to keep out of the money. PONIMOI gets the call for the show money and, should he race back to his last start, may upset the figures. J. CAMDEN ETBT-AC1RKMA— BONIVAN. The J. N. Camden entry, consisting of FLATTERY and the Derby hopeful HIRAM, appear to have an excellent chance of annexing top honors in the Ben All Handicap, and they only have to race in their best style to prove the winner. Both are good in any kind of going, and the last race of Hirams was such an impressive one that he is hard to pass up. FLATTERYS only race this year was a good effort for her and she is bound to improve over that showing. ACIREMA, by reason of her ability to traverse muddy going, is given second preference and, should an outsider score here, we look for this one to turn the trick. She is most favorably weighted with but 100 pounds in the saddle and is bound to prove dangerous if the going is other than fast. BONI-VAN, the A. A. Kaiser Derby eligible, won in runaway fashion in his first start of the year, and his racing today will be watched with interest by many. He is meeting some good company here, and if he goes as well as he did in his last start his stock is bound to soar. MARCONI would earn the preference if the going was fast but, with a slow or muddy track most likely in order, we do not expect him to cut much figure. While he is carrying top impost, that is really not too much for him if the going is fast. POLLY BERNSIDE— YENEITA M.— HELKA DEAN. POLLY BURNSIDE gets the call over the band of fillies that is entered in the Spring Station Purse, to be decided as the sixth race. She won her first start in such good style, that we doubt if any of these will be able to lake her measure, should she race back to that effort. YENKITA M., on her Jefferson Park form, figures as the most probable contender and, should she race as well in the heavy going as over a fast track, she should be found among the pay-off horses. HELEN DEAN, on her last race, in which she finished a good second to POLLY BtRNSIDE, has to be given a good chance to get in the picture. BANTER— STAMPD ALE— WEST WIND. The seventh race brings an evenly matched band of platers to the post to contest over the futurity course distance. BANTER, though he will be making his first start of the year, has to be given the call, for he has been training well and his morning workouts indicate that he is ready for a winning race. STAMPDALE, on his best races in the going, figures as the one to give BANTER the most argument for top honors. WEST WIND raced well enough in his first start to be figured a contender for some part of the purse. COMRADE, on his ability to run in the muddy going, has to be given an outside chance to figure in the pay-off. LA PETITE— QUEENSTON— CASSIE. In the last race we are looking for LA PETITE to prove the winner. The filly turned in a good second to Ponimoi the other day and, on that effort, she has to be given the call for the winners share of the purse. H. P. Whitneys QUEENSTON should have little trouble in getting in the picture, for he showed in his best form in his first start here and he has but to duplicate that effort to prove the most dangerous contender. CASSIE may be able to race well enough to hold the short end of the purse safe. — «
