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ISSUE PROGRAM BOOKS . Lexington Schedules Eight Races Saturdays and Stake Days. . One Thousand Horses on Kentucky Associations Grounds Awaiting Opening on April 17. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 3. Program books for the fifteen-day spring meeting at the Kentucky Association course here, from April 17 to May 3, were being distributed to horsemen today and, for the most part, the book arranged by racing secretary William. H. Shelley, is one of the most attractive which has made its appearance here in several years. The cover design is a picture of a mare and foal and, besides the program of races that will be decided during the meeting, contains the other data usually found in such pamphlets, including the officers of the Kentucky Association, racing officials, track records, etc. The officials for the meeting here include the following: Thomas C. Bradley and J. J. Graddy, stewards ; Sherman Goodpaster, L. C. Bogenschutz and W. H. Shelley, placing judges ; "William Hamilton, starter ; W. H. Shelley, handicapper and racing secretary ; L. C. Bogenschutz. clerk of the scales ; Dr. J. T. Chawk, paddock judge ; S. K. Hughes, timer ; Brownell Berryman, patrol judge, and E. A. Weidekamp, manager of the pari-mutuels. TWO OrEIG FEATURES. For the opening day. secretary Shelley has scheduled seven races, headed by the Boones-boro Turse, for three-year-old fillies, and the Phoenix Hotel Purse, for three-year-olds and over. Seven races will be run daily with the exception of Saturdays and stake days when eight will be run. The first of the stake races to be decided will be the ,000 added Camden Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, which will have its twenty-first renewal Saturday, April 19, the third day of the meeting. This race was won last year by R. E. Leichleiters Cartago, and the nominations this year include such outstanding performers as Clyde Van Dusen, winner Of the 1929 Kentucky Derby ; Mike Hall, Stars and Bars, Jean Valjean, Devon, Bossie, Current and others. The Ashland Oaks, one of the leading three-year-old filly races in the "West, will be run, for the thirty-seventh time on Wednesday, April 23. The Ashland Oaks has an added value of ,000 and will be decided over the one mile and a sixteenth route. Rose of Sharon won last year. The nominations this year include virtually every three-year-old filly, of merit in the West, including Alcibi-ades, Manta, Kincsen, Chelys, Sunstroke, Henriette Hardies and Lucile. DATES FOR STAKES. The other three features are the Ben Ali Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, which will be run Saturday, April 2G ; the Hinata Stakes, for two-year-old fillies, April 30, and the Idle Hour Stakes, for two-year-old colts and geldings on the closing day. May 3. Secretary Shelley has arranged a liberal sprinkling of high-class claiming races that will assure Kentucky patrons of a high grade of sport. As usual, the lowly platers will have their inning, although the lowest claiming race is ,200. I S. S. Combs is president of the Kentucky Association ; Thomas S. Scott is vice presi- j dent and general manager ; Miss M. Louise Wilson, secretary and treasurer, and the directors are Messrs. Combs and Scott, J. T. Looney, Thomas Piatt and Miss Wilson. Nearly a thousand horses are already on the grounds and the majority of them are j ready to race. I
