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, | 1 1 1 ■ t r 5 - I 1 i . . j » Award Silver Julep Cups j In Many Keeneland Races Owners of Seventeen Farms Hare i Features Named in Their Honor j LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 12.— The practice j j of awarding silver julep cups to owners of • the winners of seventeen of the more im- I portant overnight races at Keenelands meeting will be in vogue again this spring , when the session opens at Churchill Downs : on April 15. This is in addition to the attractive trophies which go to the winners I of the stakes events. Presenting of cups j was inaugurated five years ago and since j j that time several hundred cups have been j ; presented. This spring, however, may be the last time for the duration that the cups can be I awarded to winning owners because they j | are no longer available. The seventeen i ; j which will be presented this spring were in i i the Keeneland trophy room before manu- • i facturers halted production. The cups are presented to the winning , horsemen by owners of the farms for which 1 1 the respective races are named. Among the ! farms which are presenting the cups this 5 . . spring are Charles T. Fishers Dixiana 1 j 1 Farm. Brig. Gen. Fred W. Rankins Cave i , , Hill Farm. Thomas Piatts Brookdale i I Farm, R. W. Mcllvains Walmac Farm, ■ E. K. Thomas Timberlawn Farm, Wallace 2 1 1 Muirs Stony Point Farm, Maj. J. S. Lan- -1 j sills Scarlet Gate Farm, Mrs. Silas Masons s ; , Duntreath Farm, P. A. B. Wideners Elmen- - j j dorf Farm, Miss Elizabeth Daingerfields s 1 Haylands Farm, Capt. Baylor O. Hickmans s | | Glenview Farm. Lt. L. L. Haggin II. s Sycamore Farm. Charlton Clays Marchmont t; Farm, Col. E. R. Bradleys Idle Hour Farm. U i Col. John Hay Whitneys Mares Nest Stud, I, Lucas B. Combs Runners Rest Farm and 1 J Ensign Elmer Dale Shaffers Coldstream a I Stud. Several owners who have been racing at ,t j Keeneland since the practice of presenting g | I the cups was inaugurated have accumu-! - ! lated complete sets. Each cup is engraved d j with the name of the race and the date on n ; which it was won. Many of the winning g owners have added the name of the horse e which won the race. Each of the five stakes run regularly at it t Keenelands spring meetings includes a 1 trophy, and the winning owner in the W. H. Shelley Handicap, named in honor of the j veteran racing official, also will receive a handsome trophy. All become permanent fc property of the winner, except the historic 2 Lexington Bowl, which the winner of the - j 0,000 added Blue Grass Stakes retains s for one year.
