Evening star., 1896-04-14
RACING IN ENGLAND
The Season Opened Abroad With the
Newmarket Meeting.
AMERICAN Horse Was UHPbACED
Nearly Six Hundred Horses on
Churchill Downs.
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES

NEWMARKET, England, April 14.-The
Newmarket Craven meeting, which COM
menced today. was eagerly awaited by the
turtles. as 1t marked the opening OF the
regular racing season, and is likely to
throw light on the Derby prospects. But
there was additional interest in the racing
today, as it was the occasion Of the debut
of Mr.. Pierre Lorillard's string of Ameri-
can horses, his entries today being AMI
sette, King of Bohemia and Glaring.
/ The weather was cold and stormy.
The first race in which an American horse
competed was the Visitors Plate Handicap,
$50 sovereigns. in which Mr.. Pierre Loril-
lard's King Of Bohemia was not placed.
j. Newton's gelding Forceburn was first,
w. F. Wishard's Helen Nichol second, and
w. NJ. Redfern's filly Confessional third.
Not. one Of Mr.. Richard Croker's horses
has reached here, although he has Albany
and Red Banner entered for the Ashley
Plate, and Sir Excess for the Babraham
Plate tomorrow, etc.
Mr.. Lorillsrd during the meeting may also
run Magic or Sandia for the double trial
plate. Gamecock or Pigeon Wing for the
Ashley plate; and, BESIDES Mr.. Foxhal
keene has Faustina and a brown colt en-
tered for the Column produce stakes.
In the race for the thirty eighth New
SOVerGlxlS
each for starters, with 500 sovereigns added,
for three-year-olds, there were four start
ers. Leopold Rothschild's Galeazzo won;
Sir ]. Blundell Naples Palaverer. second;
the Duke Of Westminster's Attainment,
third. The course was the Rowley mile.
In the next race. the F1tzwilliam plate of
$40 sovereigns sweepstakes, sovereigns to
60 to second horse, Mr.. Pierre Lorillard's
r. Waldie Griftith's Princess Anne; Baron
de Hirsch's Chantilly, second, and F. c.
Clayton's All Moonshine. third.
Mr. Lorillard was again unfortunate in
of 10 sovereig1s each with 500 sovereigns
added. His entry, Annisette II, was un-
placed. Eleven horses ran, and R. A. Os-
wold's Mena won; G. s. Revelts Villager,
third.
LOUISVILLE. KY, April 14-Secretary
Price today issued the book programs for
tie spring meeting of the new Louisville
Jockey Club. Nearly $4,000 will be dis
tributed during the twelve days beginning
on Derby day, May g. Ten stakes, inciud-
ing the Kentucky Derby Of 5000, will be
run. while the overnight purses will be
$4OO each and the handicaps $500 each.
From present indications the meeting will
be the greatest one ever held in Kentucky.
All the crack horses are engaged in the
stakes, including Ben Brush, Prince Lief,
Rsmiro. First Mate, Semper Ego. Berclaire.
Nimrod. Ben Eder. Lady Inez, Faraday
Rudolph, Ida Pickwick End several hundred
Others. o. ,,ti,.
There are nearly 600 horses on the grounds
at Churchill Downs and by the time the
saddling bell rings there will be about 800.
New Bicycle Records. ~"
CORONADO. Cal, April 14-scveral BIZ
cycle records were established yesterday.
w. ]. Evans lowered the amateur flying,
unpaced, half-mile record by Clark of
Denver, to 81. w. J. Edwards rode half
mile. flying start, unpaced, In IS 3-8, es-
Bench Show at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 1.-THE an
nual dog show Of the Philadelphia Kennel
Club opened here today with an over
crowded entry list and every promise Of
great. success. Some of the most famous