The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-20

b reopen and a renaissance of the spoI
1Zgher now than 1t has been since til
our years ago.
superintendent James P. Ross of
|6xington has received orders for sta
ID room at the association course for
ore horses than he can house. Eff
erts are being made to make more
on for the thoroughbreds and by the
1ddle of the week it is anticipated
sot extra stable room will have been
cured by the jockey club. More high
|9ss horses than have been at the old
|6ck in several years will race out
'e meeting at Lexington
The reason of the Lexington track
ming to the front is that four big
|akes are offered there in place Of
|ediocre meetings as in the past The
of course, is the headliner. 1t
q breeders purse aud will bo worth
|mething like $500 this season, which
|akes the event as rich as the Ken
cay oT Latonia derbies. Practically
the best 2-year-ods have been
med 30 start this season in this
Fept. The Bluegrass stakes, which is
|orth something like $500, is in reality
|e Kentucky derby trial, as the Ken
|Cky derby candidates usually meet in
|Is race each spring. Those which
'ow little staying qualities in this
{ont are thrown out of the blue rib
20 event. This season Hawthorn. He.
rs, Foundation and several other
<rby cracks are scheduled to meet.
Rmden Handicap.
\ The Camden handicap, which was
|Qndsd four years ago by Johnson N.
tmden. owner OF Helios. holds a prom.
|cnt place on the e!even.day card. This
an all-aged event and usually brings
lEcther good field Of distance horses.
ne other big race is the Ashland Oaks,
|1leh was discontinued several years
10 1t was re-established last year.
ne Ashland Oaks. which is along SIM
IA lines to those of the Kentucky Oaks,
for 3-year,o!d fillies, and Is at ouu
ie. Last year there were classy fill
sent IN this race. and this season
- brought out greater field Of nomi-
es. All -FOUR stakes are steadily grow
~ and In them the officers Of the as.
;f1ation track feel that within the
r. year or two they will prove suf-
|r1ent attraction to bring together the
~ horses in training
~ all tie horses which have ever
Ifn sent to the post in the Kentucky
ippy none has attained the popularity
Hawthorn, the giant son OF Hast.
sks, which seems TO be the great s.
r-old IN America. Hawthorn has
OWL wonderful form in all his trials
is up TO hard race right now. He
be worked IN the derby early next
fek. and then shipped to Lexington,
"a q
4egrass stakes. There he will meet
eli0s and Foundation, his most for
Iuaole rivals for the championsbip.
blnegrass stakes viii go long
W this spring toward showing tbe
rst likely derby winner
Heiios, pride If the Bluegrass seams
fertaln starter in the big race. The
OF Star Shoot has shown all the
fed this spring which he had one
ago. Johnson n, Camden, owner
tlelios, has been trying for several
*rs to produce derby winner, and
soon as his Star Shoot geldinp de.
Leo everything in sight last spring,
Immediately took Helios back to the
m, Since then Helios has been han.
lel3. AAE 'ne oeroy
hoWCA ESCCUEU.
Inc track at Churchill Downs ia
~ May 10, it is possible that the
fpy record of 2;05, which is held by
rlaian, may be lowered. Both He.
and hawthorne are front runners.
81, nave shown remarkable sprinting
1ethty. horsemen expect this pair to
put, head and head for the first six
longs or the journey, and then one
4 hkely to falter Foundation is an.
s&rer horse which has shown q liking
mile route. and may cause the
Yontes lot of trouble during the
mile OF the big race.
X nose who favor Ten Point, a HIGH.
& ced colt from the Aste stable claim
this youngster will lny off the
Nfiy pace and then come on home when
leaders have exhausted themeelyes
'dentally the sharpshooters have
"a playing Ten Point rather heavily
d [ns winterbook. backing down to
rourbon Beau, the noted SON of Star
Joy. which suffered broken leg q
ago, cannot stand training. and
peen retirad. He will be placed in
tqd, preferably somewhere in Ken.
fky: by his owner, Tom ColIins NJ
- xerk. Bourbon Bean showed signs
q, poming back this spring, but when
~ ~ IN training showed that he could