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s . a. Latest News and Gossip From All American Race Tracks _ — NX — _ i NX LEXINGTON LEXINGTON, Ky., May 2. Jockey R. Mclllvain, who suffered a fracture of the collarbone when Turn On fell in a race last week, has been removed to his home at Louisville. His condition is much improved. C. W. Riedinger reports that his good mare Oreen, dam of Giblon, Caractus, Orman and Draymont, all of which raced in his colors, has foaled a chestnut filly by Stimulus at his farm near here. The mare will be bred to Prince Pal. E. Gray Drakes Floral Park has foaled a brother to Sweep Park at his Mineola Stock Farm. It is a bay colt by Sweep, and the mare will be returned to High Time. A. Goodman has purchased from S. A. Cowan his half interest in the two-year-old, Mardoon. Cowan bred the colt and recently sold Woodman half interest for ,500 and, on Saturday, Woodman bought the other half for ,000. He says it is the best colt he ever owned. Mardocn is now at Fairmount Park. Clifford Porter will not race his small stable at Churchill Downs. He has arranged to ship direct to Latonia after the close of the local meeting and there await the spring meeting at the Covington track. Upon his promise not to use the horse for claiming purposes, J. W. Brackman succeeded in having the stewards lift the ban against Joe Rudolph, that plater now being eligible for racing here under that condition. It was understood today that the division of the H. P. Headley stable now at Pimlico will be shipped to Churchill Downs Thursday. The stable includes Mike Hall, winner of Tuesdays renewal of the Dixie Handicap and one of the outstanding candidates for the Clark Handicap, to be decided at Churchill Downs. The section of the stable which John Daniels has here also goes to Churchill Downs after the local meeting. Dale Austin, prominent negro jockey of twenty-five years ago, now an exercise boy in the employ of T. P. Hayes, suffered a fracture of the leg above the knee this morning when his mount Wolfy crashed into the track railing. Austin was preparing to work Wolfy from the three-quarters post when the horse wheeled and struck the fence at the gap into the sand track. He was catapulted over Wolfys head and the horse turned a double somersault. Austin was taken to a local hospital. A
