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i i , : ; f LEXINGTON TURF NOTES $ LEXINGTON, Ky., April 16. Otto W. Lehmann, president of the Arlington Park Jockey Club, and a visitor, probably will see his colors carried in a number of races before returning to Chicago a week hence. He lias six two-year-olds and three older horses here in training under William Pinch. Lloyd Gentry is due from Douglas Park with a strong division of the big stable he is training for H. C. Hatch, prorninent Toronto enthusiast. Gentry has selected Montanaro, Bad News Bob, Brother Rank, Black Cloud, Blackberry, Dolan and Little Scout to campaign here. Bad News Bob and Brother Rank, well remembered for having finished second and third as named in the Louisiana Derby, are expected to compte with the best of their age here, and one or both may earn the right to carry the Hatch silks in the American Derby, Washington Parks stellar feature. W. C. Weant shipped Photograph, Our Pal and Lady Clarence from Douglas Park and they will campaign here under the Weant silks. D. E. Stewart came in from Churchill Downs with, a big division of the J. N. Camden stable, and a formidable string of the horses of Harry Payne Whitney were due from the same point later in the day. The latter will include Gotoit, Niato, Grizel, On the Air, Tantivy and Blot, the property of Mr. Whitney, and Golden West and Polly-wog, which race for Mose Goldblatt, trainer of the western division of the Whitney Stable. Rainstorm and Eton, the latter a two-year-old, are the only racers which Joe Umenset-ter has for racing at this time. Umenstetter, for years identified with Kentucky racing, expects to increase the size of his stable within a short time. An important addition to the consignments scheduled conducted at Tattersalls on the evenings of April 28 and 29 are the horses of the estate of J. C. Eaton. The Eaton consignment embraces ten head made up of brood mares, sucklings, yearlings and horses in training. Jack Murray is working among the horse-, men here in the interests of the coming Fairmount Park meeting and reports quite a few nominations for the 5,000 added Fair-, mount Derby, to be run on May 24. Racing secretary William H. Shelley released the first issue of conditions for the Churchill Downs meeting and they were dis-; tributed among the horsemen this morning.
