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1 LOUISVILLE TURF NOTES 8 $ Phil Reilly, Minnesota turfman, is without horses at the present time, having sold the several he shipped to California last fall, but he hopes to acquire several before the Kentucky season is long under way. Reilly has taken part in Kentucky racing annually for a number of years. He is very fond of Churchill Downs and appraises current improvements being made there as some of the most stupendous to be made at any track in his long experience. Tom Young, Downs track superintendent, is in receipt of a request from Paul Kelley for stable accommodations for the big string he races for Mrs. Kelley .and others. Although it may be impossible to take care of him at the Downs, Young hopes to offer him accommodations at adjacent Douglas Park. Ike J. Collins, one of Ohios leading turf patrons, is expected here from Lancaster to inspect the division of his stable over the week-end. The Collins horses in Florida are to arrive here in about two weeks. The stable of Mrs. Val Crane of Chicago leaves next week for New York, according to trainer Ed Trotter. The Crane horses have been at Douglas Park since early in the winter. While a division of Mrs. Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable is to race at Keeneland, ten or twelve of her horses are expected to come here direct from Florida. In all, this establishment will be represented by about twenty-two horses here this spring. The Greentree Derby eligibles are Redbreast, Gangplank and Perfect Peace, while several others are named for other of the Keeneland and Churchill Downs stakes. Jockey Eddie Arcaro, Newport, Ky., youth, will be along. According to advices received Wednesday, the big stable trained by J. T. Taylor is en route here from Santa Anita. Stalls for the horses are in readiness at Churchill Downs. Condition books for the eleven-day spring meeting at Keeneland are being distributed here: Nominations for the various stakes and other information, of interest to horsemen is included in the booklet.
