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Show I FOR THE PONY LOVERS I nnn . nnn nnn nnm 1 TURF NEWS AND YARNS use for it. I mite laud on a long one an then we can have a party when I levo here before goin to Lfatonia. Even if you aint got any munny let me here frum you. Yrs OLD MAN CBIT. By JACK SAL LEE. LOUISVILLE, Ky., O.t. 2. Keen I'.ompetition and close finishes havo marked the fall racing (in Kentucky. During the meeting at Lexington and again at Douglas park close finishes marked a majority of the events. In many instances only the official of-ficial placing decided the players as to which horse had been successful. The class of sport has been up to the standard stand-ard which has been set for Kentucky for several seasons past. While the meeting at Douglas park, which onded Tuesday, was a success, the .Jockey club fniled to make as large a profit as a year ago. However, Douglas Doug-las park did well considering the year and the state of business in tho Blue-grass. Blue-grass. Kentuckians are getting more distance dis-tance racing this fail than usual and it has proved more popular than the sprints. Secretary Waner H. Pearce, who compiles the programme books for all three tracks in the state, has been catering to the tastes of the public, which has safely established hun in the friendship and confidence of the lovers of the thoroughbred. There is considerable comment in racing rac-ing circles about racing 2-year-olds before be-fore April 1. As the rules now stand at the various winter tracks the baby racers are sent to the barrier on January Jan-uary 1. In reality the youngsters then are not more than eighteen or ninteen months old. Several turf authorities of the east have been pointing out that youngsters which are not raced until summer, when they are in reality 2 years old, withstand the campaign on the turf much longer than those which are started as soon as the jockey clubs put on races for them. To Race Babies. Judge Murphy, the presiding official at Jew Orleans, has announces that he will abide by the majority, and put on races January 1 for the baby racers, but that he would prefer not to have 2-year-old races during the winter meeting meet-ing in the Crescent City. Tho question has been discussed pro and eon, but it is doubtful if any change is made in the present rules of the Jockey club regarding the "juveniles. Those who favor keeping the 2-year-olds off the track until August 1 point out that a large per cent fail to stand racing as 3 -year-olds, and declare that this is due to heavy campaigns on the turf as "year -olds. Three well-known performers on the turf were retired permanently to the nursery this spriDg. They are Free Lance, The Manager and Luke McLuke. The valuation of these three as placed by the owners is over $100,000. George J. Long put Free Lance, the winner of the 1912 Latonia Derby, in his Bash-ford Bash-ford Manor stud, this spring. He was mated to several mares. However, this was not the first stand made by the noted performer. Mr. Long has four weanlings by Free Lance and he says they are as sightly a lot as he has had on his farm in a long while. Free Lance had trouble with his legs and this caused his retirement. One of the biggest sales of the fall season was that of Luke McLuke, the sensational Ultiinus colt of John W. Schorr, to Jack Keene. As soon as Keene had purchased the stallion he announced an-nounced that Lake McLuke had been seen under colors for the last time. Luke McLuke still holds the Kentucky record rec-ord for a mile and a quarter. He is a great big horse, built along real racing lines. Ho gives much promise as a sire, as his blood lines are equal to any in the country. The Manager is the other noted performer per-former to doff his colors forever. T. C. McDowell, the Lexington turfman, has decided that it will be of no avail to attempt to get tho horse back to the races on account of bad legs. The Manager Man-ager leaves a good ecord behind as well as splendid blood lines. This year McDowell Mc-Dowell bred the famous King's Daughter Daugh-ter to The Manager, and horsemen are watching with reat interest the arrival ar-rival of the offspring. If the foal proves anything like as good as either sire or dam The Manager will have made his reputation. Tennessee Crop. F. J. Pons, the Tenessee horseman, is in Kentucky for the Churchill Downs meeting. He is not racing any horses at present, but has several yearlings on his farm which are 'to be given their trials next month. Great Heavens, Judge Wright and one or two other sires are now in the Pons nursery. Pons has suffered suf-fered a great deal from ill luck in the past few years on the turf, but he feels now that with, the present crop of racers rac-ers he will be able to overcome recent losses. In the grade of handicap horses there is no outstanding star. None has been developed during the meeting at Lexington Lex-ington or Douglas park. Prince Her-mis. Her-mis. star of the Marion stable, seems to have regained his best form and is running run-ning with the bst of them with credit. The old campaigner is one of the favorites fa-vorites of the Kentucky circuit, but during the early fall season he was in bad condition. A feature of the season has been the return to form of the Schorr horses. Honest John has won several good races this fall with Ed Crump, Goldcrest Boy, Dick Williams, Mars Cassidy and Lady Vandergrift. Ellison seems to have trained off, but should win some good races before the snow flies in November. No-vember. Lindenthal has run a couple of good races, but was in with horses which outclassed him. In his last race Tuesday in the Louisville cup at Douglas park, he ran second to Hodge. The latter is now at the top of his form and has earned coough this fall to keep him through the winter. He has won this fall iii Kentucky something like $3000. The son of Tvan the Terrible has spread out a good deal during the summer, despite de-spite the fact that he was given a strenuous stren-uous campaign. Primero Looks Fine. Primcro. from the McDowell barn, looks like the best youngster uncovered around here this fall. However, Prince Harry has earned the laurels so far, but Primero has started only once. Prince Hairy has won from the best in these parts, but both victories seemed rather on the fluke variety. His owner, J. H. Stamper, Jr., still maintains the youngster young-ster is worth $10,000. Big Smnk'e will be bard to beat from now on, as well ;is Franklin. However, properly weighted, weight-ed, Primero apparently looms up as the best of the lot. Racing in Canada wound up last week and the horses which have been racing in tho Dominion have been shipped either to Laurel or to Louisville. The influx from the Dominion gives both the Kentucky and Maryland course? as many horses as they can care for and it is sure to improve the sport in both states. Marion Gnosby. at one time considered consid-ered a promising ju enile, has shown an Inclination to rare to his workouts. He lias won his last three starts m selling racs. Kaeh time he won the same wav, eajinj through tho stretch. His owner, M. C. Moore, has ahotit the shiftiest plater seen in thse parts in a long while and tho halter men are eyeing, him with envy. This may cause Aloore to send the son of Marathon in handicaps in the future. Old Man Crit. Looeyville. Sept. -28, 1915. Old Timer: They say it is a long lane that don't run up a blind ally an that wuz my stattus over at Duglae park the last day of the raeteing. 1 bets on Hodge, Marion Goosby and Reno on Wed. at Dug-las. Dug-las. I thinks -to myself that at last I have a chanst of gittin a bank role .what will see me threw the winter. But I calculated without with-out any rele judgment. I bets like a wild man, and the fats in the fire. I see Judge Murfy in goin to hant the touts at New Orleans Or-leans next, winter an am goin to git somebuddy to keep keer of me at Jewrez if I cant land down in the Cressent Citty. I sez to Judge Murfy cant you give a pore man a chanst and he sez this aint no fake prizze fite we are runnin, but a game that is on the up an jp. It has turned awful cold an of mornins at the track the wind ius cuts rite threw you like you didnt have no close on. I laid a second hand merchant to a good thing Mon. an he didnt hand me a reef. I walks into his place of bizness that nite and asts him what he is goin to do about it an he sez he will give a over cote if 111 pick him a winner for the next day. I sez Ed Crump an picked up the fust cote I cood lay hands on an runs for it- He tride to ketch me but I bete the barrier an won by a cupple of lenths. Ed Crump feil down next day an I aint bin nere that feller since. Tho over cote aint as long as my reglar cote but it is warm. I seen the Old Square Deeler foolin round them wires in the telegraf offis. I ast him if he wuz a operator an he sez yes a dam pore one as he coodnt win on a hoss a mile the best. These here boys said there wuz a guy here from Noo York that wuz a wonder at pick in winners but I seen him lite a match over that gasoleen they give over the bar at the track and I wuz offen him. Old Timer it wood have did you good to have saw sum of them saddle hoss guys down here at the races. They wuz bottin on hosses of the saddle tipe an wonderin why they wuznt winnin. One of them bets on Beech Comber becuz he looked like Prince Rowe or one of them saddle stallyuns. If a rele live hossman wuz to go into the saddle hoss bizness he oughter clene up the fust yere an retire. Mister Tom McDowell from down in yore country has a nice 2 yr. old "in Primero. This feller runs like a good one. Major sez he is goin to win a nice race rele soon. Von should oughter string along with him. , They is the buttinest goat in one of then barns on th'1 back side of the track you ever seen. He ' runs into me the other nite full tilt an I thought Iron Mask had run ovet me. They is a little Goat over there to. Tm goin to nock the daylights outen him an tell him to tell his dady Crit done it. They was sum guy at the Downs the other day raisin Cane bout tho racin game. He sed the sport was all crooked. T found out he had hot 2 dollers to show on the no . ountest hoss in the race. He sot rele mad when T tole him that they didnt send no hack for him or that he wore no ball :in chahe. Am goin to send you a live one in a few davs. Vnu shood send nie ten if you aint- got enny other |
