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1 WASHINGTON PARK NOTES I $ . John Oliver Keene and Hal Price Headley, who have long been breeding and raising horses for the purpose of racing in their own silks, will offer thirty-two thoroughbreds at auction this Friday morning at 11:30 oclock in the Washington Park paddock. Twenty-one of the horses are owned by Keene and eleven by Headley. The sale will be under the direction of E. J. Tranter, and John Bain will serve as auctioneer. Max Hirsch, trainer of M. L. Schwartz Gusto, reached Washington Park from New York in time to direct the unloading of that son of American Flag. He believes that Gusto will come through with the best effort of his career and prove tough to down in the American Derby Saturday. Edward Tranter, who will conduct the sale of the J. O. Keene and H. P. Headley horses here tomorrow, got in from New York. He was met here by T. B. Cromwell, who came up from Lexington. Jockey C. McCrossen, who is with the Dixiana Stable, leaves Saturday for Latonia. Boatswain, W. M. Jeffords American Derby candidate, will be saddled for that race by Preston Burch, who developed the son of Man o War. Burch gets in tomorrow from New York. For Saturday, American Derby day only, post time for the first race at Washington Park will be 2 oclock. Scratch time the same day will be 7:30 a. m. at Washington Park and 7 a. m. at Lincoln Fields. Jockey R. Tilden leaves tomorrow night for Cleveland and on Saturday will ride Pana Franka in the Juvenile Stakes at Bainbridge Park. C. Turk, veteran rider, checked in from Kansas City. M. Verbus, an exercise boy, was reported to have suffered a severely wrenched back in a fall from the filly Miss Huntress when she caromed into a fence at Washington Park. G. R. Hamilton, who has been making the engagements of J. Maiben, has taken over the book of W. Elliott, Australian jockey, who gained fame as the rider of Phar Lap. John Letellier, son of August B. Letellier, prominent turf patron of New Orleans, and Miss Udell Sprout were joined in wedlock at Memphis, home "of the bride, Tuesday. The young benedict is well known throughout racing circles. M. N. Porter was an arrival from Lexington and will remain for the American Derby. After arranging for the return of the three-year-old Economic to New York Sunday, "Happy" Buxton entrained for New York this afternoon.
