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MYRTLEWOOD ON KEENELAND INAUGURAL CARD TOPS FEATURE FIELD Starter Thursday in Keen Handicap and Ashland Stakes Saturday. Track Much Improved and Everything Ready for Tomorrows Opening of New Track. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 13. Myrtlewood, crack four-year-old filly in the stable of Brownell Combs, local owner and breeder, will head the field in the Keen Handicap, featuring the inaugural program at Keene-land Thursday afternoon. Combs stated today that the daughter of Blue Larkspur and Frizeur not only will seek victor in the ,000 event at six furlongs but that if the track remains fast and she comes out of that engagement in good condition she will start back on Saturday in the Ashland Stakes. The latter event is at a mile and one-sixteenth for fillies and marcs and is endowed with ,500 by the Kceneland Association. In both events Myrtlewood will be called upon to shoulder top weight, her assignment in the Keen Handicap being 123 pounds and in the Ashland Stakes 125 pounds. The latter race will mark her final appearance under silks as she will be retired to the stud this winter. With the arrival from New England today of Baylor Hickmans stable it seemed certain that Myrtlewoods opponents will include Dusty Dawn, whose impost will be 114 pounds. Greentree Stables Black Buddy, John Hay Whitneys Glceman, Shady Brook Farms Visigoth and Hal Price Headleys Fraidy Cat and Pelerine were previous arrivals and are expected to accept the issue in the opening feature. The track was considerably drier for the workouts this morning but it was still heavy and somewhat deep in spots but tomorrow should find it in at least good condition because of warmer weather and bright sun today. Clarence Drinkman, track superintendent at Arlington Park, has taken charge of the local crew and he promises the course to be in tip-top condition for Thursdays racing. MEMORY BOOK WORKS. The condition of the track today prevented as many horses from working out as had been intended by the trainers and only slow trials were undergone. Several horses in the Greentree Stable were asked for speed, Memory Book covering a mile in 1:48, handily, and Black Buddy the samo distance in 1:50. Racing secretary Charles McLennan had his full staff assembled today with the arrival of Larry Bogenschutz and Fred Burton. They came from Lincoln Fields, as did William Hamilton, who will do the starting. Hamilton announced that schooling will begin immediately and will be held every morning at 8 oclock out of the half-mile chute. Bogenschutz and Burton will serve as placing judges, along with Sidney Brown, and Burton will double as clerk of the scales. The patrol judges will be S. Winters and Walter Jones, the latter replacing C. A. Kenny, who is engaged at River Downs. Many more horses arrived today from various points, the principal arrival being tho Hickman string of five, headed by Dusty Dawn and also including Stjensund, Witch Wings, Arabs Arrow and Tyr. S. Bryant Ott brought his stable of six horses, headed by Maple Ricca, from Lincoln Fields, and George Arvin arrived from Laurel with several horses owned by Mrs. H. T. Archibald and himself. WHITNEY HORSES ARRIVE. Yesterdays late arrivals included the division of the C. V. Whitney stable in charge of J. A. Heaiey, which came from Laurel, and Hal Price Headleys horses, which were Conttnutd on thirty-fourth page. I MYRTLEWOODONKEENE- LAND INAUGURAL CARD Continued from first page. shipped from Belmont Park in charge of Duval Headley. Apogee is the principal member of the Headley band, but she may not race here because of her engagement in the Selima Stakes at Laurel a week from Saturday. Sparta, Pelerine and Fraidy Cat are among the Headley horses engaged in the four Kecneland stakes. Other stables expected tomorrow include the one trained by Tom B. Young, which is coming from River Downs, and with their arrival stable accommodations will be practically exhausted. There is a total of 590 stalls, and they will be occupied by 525 horses, practically all of which are ready to run. Johnny Gilbert, one of the countrys most noted jockeys, arrived yesterday from New York and will handle the J. H. Whitney horses. Willie Ncrtney accompanied the Whitney division here, and Earl Steffen is expected to do the riding for the Headley stable.
