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ACTIVE AT LEXINGTON - Balmy Weather and Improved Track Conditions Prevail. Tannery Impresses Spectators With Present Good Form Uncle Matt Works One Mile. LEXINGTON", K, April 5. Balmy weather and improved track conditions greeted horsemen at the local Kentucky Association track this morning and, needless to say, there was a return to maximum training activities for the first time in some days. The- track, white dull and deep in some spots, presented a busy scene from dawn until dusk. An appreciable improvement in the footing was noted as the day progressed, and many good horses were under saddle for ambitious and useful work during the morning. The afternoon hours of training was interrupted by the schooling of two-year-olds, yet many noteworthy trials were recorded before and after the two hours during which more than 100 juveniles went to the barrier for lessons in starting. Prominent among the morning workouts were those of Edward F. Prichards Tannery and J. R. Devereauxs Uncle Matt, candidates for the coming Kentucky Derby, and other prominent fixtures for three-year-olds. Tannery, which trainer A. Baker had on the track at an early hour, galloped three-quar-jters in 1:18, while Uncle Matt came out just before noon and worked one mile in 1:45, handily. Tannery ran the first quarter in :2573 and the half mile in :52. His work pleased his owner, trainer and numerous admirers among ;the big colony of horsemen at the old track and was accomplished with ease. This son of Ballot and Blemished lias come in for high regard in these parts and increasing support has hammered down winter book quotations against the chestnut until now he threatens to command a place among the favorites. FINAL QUARTER IX :23. Uncle Matt began at the. stand and worked his way back to that point by running the first quarter in :27. half mile in :54, and three-quarters in 1:20. The son of King Gorin Frances M. galloped through the down hill quarter of the stretch in good fashion and his ability to run the final quarter in twenty-five seconds impressed. Hieatt Brothers Chariot ran one mile in 1 :4G, handily, while W. S. Dudleys Pay Blades traversed three-quarters in 1 :17, under mild pressure and J. B. Respesss Busy galloped three-eighths in :40. Trainer Art Gold-lilatt will give the son of Busy American a faster workout tomorrow. Bianchi and Williamsons Baffling Star, which, like Chariot and Pay Blades, is among the lower flight of eligibles for the Churchill Downs feature, ran one mile under restraint in 1 :50. He was timed in :25 for the quarter, :51 for a half mile, and 1:19 for three-quarters. The return of good weather permitted resumption of work on the part of the corps of men renovating the local plant. The historic plant is being almost entirely overhauled and S. S. Combs, president of the Kentucky Association, is satisfied that completion of the costly program will result in the most complete course in the record of racing here. Mr. Combs reported that applications for stable accommodations for about six hundred horses had to be turned down, but is satisfied that the record number of horses quartered on and near the grounds assure the best material for the impending fifteen-day meeting. HOWARD HORSES ARRIVE, Arrivals from New Orleans yesterday and today included J. P. Headleys Paradise Stock Farm Stable, Jack Howards string and two racers owned by E. E. Mooar. Howard brought Greenock, Islam, Genghis Khan, La Golondrina and others, while Headleys big stable embraces twenty-one head William Penn, Facility, Pendergrass and Goodbye Summer and three others in the Paradise establishment were sent to Headleys Paradise Farm when no increase in the number of stalls assigned the local turfman could be made. Apprentice G. Land arrived from New Orleans with Howard and J. Cavens came along .with the Headley stable from the same point. H. R. Penny, breeder and owner of Columbus, Ohio, returned to that city after spending several days here. He has nine horses in training at the local track. Jealous, the only horse owned by Edward Haughton, trainer of the western division of Mrs. Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable, was bred to Paul Weidel and tranferred to the Haughton farm. George Collins reported the arrival of the .first foal of the season at his Thistleton Farm, near Frankfort The youngster is a bay colt by My Play Lucinda. A division of the stable C. H. Trotter has Continued on tenth page. ACTIVE AT LEXINGTON Continued from first rase. at Churchill Downs is expected here next week. It will include Chancellor, Supreme Sweet, Spectacular and Rolling Sea, the property of Trotter and T. J. Browns Sneezer. Apprentice Willie Carroll and L. V. Bellew, Jr., son of Carrolls contract employer, are visitors. Bellew reports that his father shipped the horses of J. C. Ellis from Florida to Dade Park, where they will be freshened up for the coming Exposition Park meeting. The stable goes to the Aurora track late this month. Walter Taylor, acting for H. P. Headley, sold at private terms to J. Lewis, the three-year-old fillies Fig Leaf and Sheila Byrne.
