The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-04

sldng in the judges stand and with Jack Campbell a his assistant it is a certainty that this end of the sport will be unusually wei taken care Of. In additi-n to serving a associate judge Mr. Campbell will also be racing secretary. and in this office he has no superior w. R. Norvell vii, be the clerk of the scales a position (Which he held down lasJ year and A. B Dade will handle the barrier ]. ]. Mack essey is the paddock and patrol judge, {, and w. Martin the timer. On the whole a more capable let Of officials could not be found. and this insures good and clean sport.
 A was the case at New Orleans, route racing will be feature of the Oaklawn Park meeting, and In his first prog amme book Secretl:y Campbell has provided numerous opportunities for horses which favor a distance of ground to win purses Last season plenty of distance racing was given the turfites here and it always proved popular, as the route events were al- ways the hardest fought races.
 4 new rale in yoeue at Oaklawn Park this year is tho claiming rule whereby all starters in selling race including the winner are subject to claim. Promiscuous claiming of horses will he curtailed by the clause in the rule which provides that clal- mant must have a horse in the race This is the same way the rule was worked al the Fair Grounds. and it gave lot of satisfaction. and in fact was the only selling race rule that did meet with the approval of majority of the hcrsemen.
 There will be no dearth Of good jockeys here this season, and there will be quantity as well as quality. Rid CTS from all parts of the country haze been arriving for week past, and many have left the other winter race tracks to come here and ride. With the exception of Jockey Frankie Rob
 nsOn, who has gone to Charleston, S. C., the leaders in the riding ranks at
  accept mounts here This will include Jockeys Crump T. McTtaggart, Lyke, 1 Williams, Murphy, Buxton, and many | others. Jockey Tommy McTaggart has | been resting at his home in New York | since the Fair Grounds closed and his l brief vacation no doubt will do him a lot of good. He was never in better form in his life than at the present | ttme as his saddle work at the Fair Grounds showed.
 Starter A. R. Dade is another who has been enjoying a brief rest aer his A days work at New Orleans He has been taking a vacation at his : home in Henderson, Ky, but is.now on, the scene ready for action here While | en route from New Orleans to Tender ! son, Dade stopped off a day in Mem- ] phs, Tenn. fer a visit with his old !, friend Capt. James H. Rees. [
 Although there will be no two year !, old races at Oak,awn Park according l Go the present plans, the horemen who wanted them put on seem to be ga is- fled now, and they are offering no fur ther complaints. If a man has any | other horses except two year olds he ] should have no opportunity finding a race to run in, as the initial pro- { gramme book calls for races >with con ditions Of every description, giving gocd horses and bad horses plenty of chances to race.
 In view of the large number of | Campbell naturally expects to have to | exclude many horses from races and | he will keep a throw out list" so , that horses excluded will he first in inc on the eligible list when they are | again entered. A close watch will be | kept on owners entering two or three 1, days in succes sion in order to always | keep on the eligible list and they will | find themselves running their horses pretty often, as they will not be allow ed to scratch out when they find ! tough spot" at their cwn plea rure.
 Feature races each day will be | named after local firms. hotels, bath l houses and other institutions. This was done last year and several Of the firms presented handsome loving cups | to the winners of events which were run in their honor
 Turfites from Kentucky were dumb founded when they looked upon Old Rosebud, 1914 Kentucky Derhy winner i in action on the race track for stiff | workout, and he made them sit up and take notice by the way he ran. Thus far in all of his works here the son or 1 Irncle-Tvory Bells has pulled up in grand shape, and Trainer Frank Weir !