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At Lexington One Best Bet — BELLE — In the Seventh Race. I [ i ! i ] i , , . i Considering that it is a Monday, a rather good program has been arranged for todays sport at the Lexington course, and prospects are bright for some good racing. The feature event on the card is the Maysville. Purse, an allowance affair over the futurity course distance, to be run as the fifth event. There are several Derby candidates scheduled to start here, with Lucky Hit possibly the best of those entered. The Milam racer turned in a most impressive race his last time out, and only has to go in the same manner here to prove a repeater. The Versailles Purse, engaging a good band of two-year-olds, at" nit go the way of Clyde Van Dusen. The latter was a game winner of his last start and figures to turn the trick again today. The best play on the card is spotted in the concluding number in Belle, which races for J. C. Milam. The Pennant mare showed all the signs of having returned to best form in her last start and, with plenty of weight off today, should not have much trouble in winning. MERIWICK— BOND SLAVE— JOLLY BOY. The gelding MER1WICK may be the one to prove the winner of the opening race. He raced well while at Havana the past winter, figuring in the pay-off in most of his races. He is in his best form and a race at his best here should find him home in front. BOND SLAVE showed he had lost none of his old-time form, for he only lost a nose decision to One Way in his first start here the other day. Should he race back to that effort he may prove dangerous all the way. Regardless of how JOLLY BOY finished in his race Saturday he appears to have a good chance of accounting for some part of this purse. ODD BET— THK DOCTOR— 31 ISS PINK. Maiden two-year-olds will hook up in the second race, which calls for a dash over the four and one-half furlongs distance. ODD BET raced well enough in his two races to give him the call here. He gets in under a light impost and this should help him in getting out cf the non-winners ranks. THE DOCTOR finished in the money in both of his starts and, on the form he showed in these races, has to be given a chance to get in the picture agin. MISS PINK may be the one to fill the three-hole, should she get away with the leaders. BUN- CALVADOS — GEORGE McCRAXJf. A small band of three-year-olds is entered in the third race, but five starters being entered. The filly BUN, which turned in a good win last Thursday, is our selection as the probable winner. She raced well over the one mile and seventy yards distance in that race and, though todays race will be a little longer, we look for her to show the same kind of speed in adding this purse to her record. CALVADOS should be more at home over the fast track than he was over the muddy track in his first start. A race in his best style should find him ameng the pay off horses here. GEORGE Mc-CRAXN, on his best races, figures third best in this contest. CLYDE VAX DUSEN— FRANK HORAN— COURIER. A good band of two-year-olds will hook up in the Versailles Purse, an allowance race at four and a half furlongs. CLYDE VAN DUSEN figures best and he has but to repeat his win of the other day to take down the honors of this race. FRANK HORAN also was returned a winner in his first start, but as it was over a heavy track, we give the call to CLYDE VAN DUSEN, for he has yet to prove himself over a fast track. COURIER should have little trouble in saving the short end of the purse. He seems to have improved a great deal since arriving here and he may cause all sorts of trouble. LUCKY HIT— COLORATURA-CANBERRA. J. C. Milams Kentucky Derby candidate LUCKY HIT looks the best of the band which is entered in the Maysville Purse, the fifth race on the card. He was credited with an easy win over a good band of three-year-olds the other day and, should he duplicate that performance here, could hand this field a sound beating. COLORATURA is on the improve and has but to turn in a race at her best to prove the most dangerous contender of the field. CANBERRA, on her good race behind Dodgson last Friday, has to be given a good chance to figure in the pay-off. UP SHE GOES— JEALOUS— ERIC. The sixth race, a claiming affair for platers from the older division, has attracted an evenly matched band to make the issue. UP SHE GOES may be the one to prove best for, taking a line on her first race here in which she was returned a good winner over the same distance as todays race, she figures best of the eight starters entered. JEALOUS may cause the mare no end of trouble, for she had a winter campaign over the New Orleans tracks and, while racing there, she rounded into winning form. ERIC, on his morning trials, gets the call over the rest of the field for the show money. BELLE— GEORG IE— EFELDEE. What appears to be the best bet of the day is entered in the last race in the good mare BELLE. The field she is meeting here does not call for much and she has but to turn in her usual good effort to be home a handy winner. GEORGIE. though he will be making his debut of the year in this race, figures as the most dangerous contender, for he has been training well and appears to be ready for a good effort at the first asking. EFELDEE may be able to show enough speed to hold the short end of the purse safe from the rest of the field. SEAGRAVE, on his best races, has to be given an outside chance to get in the picture.
