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. DERBY MEETING OPENS AT CHURCHILL DOWNS sa a Clark Handicap and Daniel Boone Purse Feature Inaugural Program Crack Band of Handicap Horses in Clark, While Law rin, Mountain Ridge, The Chief and Lassator, - Derby Eligibles, Are Named for Purse ---------..------. -------- ! LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29. Prospects for one of the finest races of the meet ing was seen when twelve of the thirty-nine eligibles, a number of them ranking among the outstanding handicap horses of the country, accepted weights for the ! ,000 added Clark Handicap, stake feature of tomorrows opening day program at Churchill Downs. However, with the Kentucky Derby only a week away, the meeting of four eligibles for that 0,000 race in the Daniel Boone Purse, another of tomorrows eight events, also Is arousing much interest here. The fields for the two events, in post position order, along with weights, probable jockeys, owners and trainers, follow: CLARK HANDICAP. PP. Horse. Wt. Jockey. Owner. Trainer. 1 Bacon 114 J.Mayer. Tall Trees Stable .L. ODonnell 2 Old Nassau 112 R.Dotter H. P. Headley D. A. Headley 3 Galsun 108 I.Anderson Calumet Farm F. J. Kearns 4 Main Man 124 W.F.Ward J. B. Respess H.Hoffman 5 Mars Shield 116 A. Robertson. . . Milky Way Farm R. McGarvey 6 Teddy Haslam..l09 I.Hanford C. N. Mooney H. Chappell 7 Eagle Pass 124 E. Steffen Valdina Farms J. J. Flanigan 8 Dnieper 109 A. Robertson. . . M. Goldblatt M. Goldblatt 9 Sceneshifter ...122 J. Westrope .M. Howard E. H. Sande 10 Mucho, Gusto... 120 W. Garner Ramsey and Coppage K. Ramsey 11 Zevson 116 P.Roberts .Mrs. E. H. Bartlett J. Baumbach 12 Arabs Arrow... 105 ... Louise J. Hickman G.Hardy DANIEL BOONE PURSE. PP. Horse. . Wt. Jockey. Owner. Trainer. 1 Lawrin ... 120 I. Anderson .Woolf ord Farm B. A. Jones 2 Lassator 117 E. Steffen. Valdina Farms J. J. Flanigan 3 Montain Ridge. 117 A. Robertson. . .Milky Way Farm R. McGarvey 4 The Chief 120 J. Westrope M. Howard E. H. Sande . . i..- - - - - LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29. Churchill Downs, the setting for Americas premier turf spectacle, the Kentucky Derby, which is to be presented a week hence, will inaugurate its spring meeting here tomorrow afternoon, and if advance enthusiasm and interest is any indication, the season may be the biggest in the long and colorful history of the local course. With Louisville and Kentucky thoroughbred lovers already thoroughly racing-minded and Derby visitors beginning to trickle into the city from all over the country, Churchill Downs is anticipating its largest opening-day turnout in many years, and is entertaining hopes for a crowd of nearly 100,000 for the sixty-fourth running of the Derby next Saturday. The rambling grandstands, clubhouse, mezzanines and terraces, the expansive lawns and grounds, the numerous buildings and the track itself have been put in spic and span order for the reception of Churchill Downs guests who will be amazed at the grandeur and beauty of the plant. Some 45,000 plants, in addition to the per-mament shrubbery, have been set out to enhance the natural beauty of the grounds, while all the buildings have been repainted in the traditional green and white. Numerous additions and alterations have been made this spring for the comfort and pleasure of racegoers, and a new electric odds board and reviewing stand have been constructed in the center field. The center field also has been terraced to permit Derby D.ay spectators to view the big race from that point, and access to this section of the grounds is reached through an underpass. FOUR DERBY ELIGD3LES. Sharing the spotlight on the opening program with the Clark Handicap, which drew a field of twelve crack routers, is the Daniel Continued on twenty-ninth page. I 1 I j j 1 j 1 j DERBY MEETING OPENS AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Continued from first page. Boone Purse, in which four Derby eligibles are to match speed over six furlongs. Those which were named for this sprint, which is to be offered as the fifth race, are Herbert M. Woolf s La.rin, Maxwell Howards The Chief, Emerson F. Woodwards Lassator and Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Mountain Ridge. Lawrin, winner of Hialeahs Flamingo Stakes, signalized his fitness for a return to competition several days ago when he worked a mile in 1:38 ina sensational burst of speed and probably will rule the choice in tomorrows engagement. Both Lassator and Mountain Ridge were seen under colors during the Keeneland meeting, but The Chief, running mate to the Derby favorite, Stagehand, will be making his first start since he was acquired by the Howard stable last year. The Clark is an open race and may produce one of the most exciting contests in its long history. Ready to contest tomorrows running are such, handicap luminaries as Emerson F. Woodwards Eagle Pass and J. B. Respess Main Man, which will shoulder top weight of 124 pounds each; Howards Sceneshifter, assigned 122 pounds; Ramsey and Coppages Mucho Gusto, which gets in under 120 pounds; Mrs. E. H. Bartletts Zevson and Mrs. Mars Mars Shield, the lone filly of the field, which must shoulder 116 I pounds each, along with. Bacon, Old Nassau, Teddy Haslam, Dnieper, Galsun, and Arabs Arrow, which will race under imposts of from 114 pounds for Bacon down to 105 for Arabs Arrow. NATIONAL ATTENTION. The Derby annually focuses national attention on Louisville and the Downs in early May, and for several months it has been impossible to obtain boxes or reservations despite the fact that the seating capacity has been greatly increased over last year. In addition to the normal interest which any Derby arouses, the race has even greater appeal this year because of its promise of bringing together so brilliant a field of three-year-olds. While the classic may not engage more than fourteen or fifteen horses virtually ever; entrant is a star in his own right. While chief interest centers in the running of the Derby, Churchill Downs has surrounded .the 0,000 spectacle with eight other attractive stakes and handicaps, five of which will be presented during the first week of the meeting. Among other fixtures there are two, the Clark Handicap and the Kentucky Oaks, as old as the Derby, they too having had their first runnings back in 1875. The Clark Handicap, a ,000 race for three-year-olds and upward at a mile and a sixteenth, features tomorrows program, while on Tuesday the Derby Trial Stakes, a mile contest for three-year-olds which looms as a preview of the Derby itself, is down for decision. Two days later the Louisville Handicap for older horses will be run over a mile and a sixteenth and on Friday the Debutante Stakes, a five furlongs dash for two-year-old fillies. And then, the next day, Saturday, the Derby for which all fans are waiting. OTHER CHURCHILL STAKES. The other stakes to be run on subsequent Saturday afternoons are the Churchill Downs Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, at seven furlongs; the Kentucky Handicap, at a mile and a furlong and also for older horses, and the Kentucky Oaks, a mile and a furlong stake for three-year-old fillies. On the last day of the season, Monday, May 30, the fashionable Bashford Manor Stakes, five furlongs event for two-year-olds, will be renewed. All of these stakes drew large subscription lists and should do their share to maintain the high quality of the first weeks sport right down to the Decoration Day finale. Col. M. J. Winn, president of the track, is gratified by the prospects for wonderful racing, also the enthusiasm of the racing public in the Derby and meeting, and is proud to note that the sport will engage the horses of many of the countrys most-distinguished owners. All preparation, as for many years past, has come under his personal scrutiny, and the extensive manner in which he has improved the famed course is sure to make it more popular than ever. FASHIONABLE STABLES. To mention only a few of the more fash-ionable stables to participate in the meeting, the list includes those of Mrs. Payne Whitney, Joseph E. Widener, William Woodward, Warren Wright, William DuPont, Jr., Emerson F; Woodward, Charles T. Fisher, Mrs. Ethel V. Mars, Maxwell Howard, Willis Sharpe Kilmer, Herbert M. Woolf, Johnson N. Camden, R. Wallace Mcllvain, Ike J. Collins, James W. Parrish, Arthur B. Hancock, William E. Smith, Theodore E. Mueller, Leo J. Marks, Arnold Hanger, Patrick A. Nash, Richard J. Nash, Willard Wilson, John Marsch, H. P. Headley, Morris Vehon, Mrs. Frank J. Navin, Mose Goldblatt, Jake Low-enstein, M. L. Emerich, Anthony Pelleteri, Roscoe Goose, A. L. Ferguson, Mrs. S. Bryant Ott, Thomas Taggart, Howard Octs, Mrs. R. J. Murphy, Frank P Letellier, James C. Stone, James Cox Brady, Mrs. Emil Dene-mark, Al G. Tarn, Herbert M. Lape and James Graham Brown. Most of these stables are fortified with capable jockeys, and riders to be seen, as a group, will compare with the finest to assemble for a meeting anywhere. j
