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KEENELAND PARK NOTES The veteran Walter Lilley has made application for a jockeys license and is galloping horses daily for trainer Steve Judge. Lilley, one of the finest two-year-old riders in the Middle West, is down to 112 pounds, and hopes to get as low as 110 when the weather gets warmer. Paul Keester was an arrival from Dayton, Ky., and reported to trainer Ben Eyerman, who is handling the J. B. Respess stable here. Keester hopes to do 113 pounds on opening day. Headed by the four-year-old Sis Blaze, trainer H. W. Steele will campaign four two-year-olds for M. J. Connelly, Lexington breeder. The young racers have been named Jack Hi-Jack, Honey Child, Kentucky Queen and Play Doll. The fourteen head that L. K. Rogers, local trainer, is conditioning for various owners found quarters at the Lexington trotting track. In the lot are seven two-year-olds which Rogers has ready to run at Keene-land. Robert Hollis, 16, of Ludlow, Ky., is scheduled to embark on his riding career during the summer. Hollis, under contract to J. B. Respess, gained his early experience with Howard Oots and has been galloping horses more than a year for Respess. He is considered a good prospect by trainer Ben Eyerman, and weighs ninety pounds. The only horse that H. C. Ragan has at this time is the consistent Alice Highland, which performed creditably at Hialeah. It is the first time in many years Ragan has been without his own two-year-olds, having disposed of his yearlings at the Lexington sales last fall. C. R. Valentine has but one horse of racing experience in his stable at the trotting track in Wee Hedwig, a three-year-old. Valentine is prepping four two-year-olds which have not been named and is expecting another from the farm. The veteran Smooth is the only horse that J. F. Rector has in training. King Tea, which has been turned out here, will be taken up and placed in training for racing at Dade Park this summer. Glove and Silk Covering, which sported the Rector colors for several years, were sold at New Orleans. Roy Stomer was an arrival from Miami and has been engaged by Raymond Workman to make his mounts during the coming meeting.
