The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-05


thoughts of many men, the country
over, turn toward Lexington. Ken
lucky, almost like needles to mag
net And indeed, the comparison is
true one For Lexington is a mag
net-an irresistible one. Why? Well
1T is easy to say.
Everybody has heard of the Blue
Grass Region of Kentucky" 1t is one
OF the most favored spots in the en-
tire IT, S. A. Situated almost in the
center of the state and comparatively
small in extent, this famous region is
known all over the world for few
choice products which surpass every
thing else of their kinds. First and
foremost of these products are the
various breeds of live stock And
foremost among these are the horses.
Lexington is the metropolis OF the
Blue Grass Region. 1t is the head
quarters Of all its industries and. in
addition, one of the historic towns of
the Old South.
October is the chosen month for
their pilgrimage. because Of two
things. At no other time of year is
the blue grass so beautiful region
and visit to. and tour through it, SO
delightful. And at no other time is
Lexington itself SO ma gnetic-for
of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed
ers Association the greatest speed
carnival Of the world, and the means
of assembling together there hun
dreds of the finest, fastest and most
valuable horses in existence.
Began so Years Ago.
1t is almost fifty years since the first
race meeting of the Kentucky Breed
ers was given. The beginning was
very humble. The Civil War only
short time before had devastated the
state and it was slowly struggling back
to normal conditions. Many of the
great stock farms in and about Lex
ington had suffered severely during
the conflict and many of the breeders
had lost their lives or their fortunes.
But slowly the pendulum swung back
and the tide of returning prosperity
set in. In ten years time the Ken
lucky Breeders meetings at Lexing
ton we're beginning to attain ma tional
fame. In ten years more they had
risen to the dominant position which
they have ever since occupied. This
was due to the managerial genius Of
ties that existed and made the most
of them. Today he is president of the
Kentucky Breeders Association and
the man who controls it's policies and
stages it's annual events, which have
no equal.
The race meetings Of the Kentucky
Breeders are still held over the orig
inal track which was built half a CEN
fury ago. Despite this fact. it is the
fastest one in the world. Here in 1912
Uhlan made the worlds trotting rec
ord of 1853. Here in 1916 Lee AK
worthy made the worlds stallion rec
ord Of 1853 IA. Here in 1905 Dan
Patch made the worlds pacing record
of 1855 IA. Here majority of Amer
ica's champion trotters and PAGERS
have, before crowds which have as
sembled from all parts of this country,
from Europe, and even from the far
off Antipodes. battled through the
greatest races of turf history.
The Kentucky Breeders meetings
at Lexington always last through the
first two weeks of October, the choic-
est month of the twelve in the Blue
Grass. This year the opening day is
to be Monday, September 80, and the
program carries through, with the
intermission' of Sunday. until Thurs
four races are contested daily, and
day, October 10. During this time
their total value is about $4,000. The
far-famed classic" event of 1.-The
trots" (as Lexington's races are fam
iliarly called) is the Kentucky Futur-
ity, for three-yea r-olds, which is worth
about $4,000 to the winning colt
This race is decided on Tuesday, Oct
ober 1. Then there is the historic
Pennsylvania Stake. the most famous
of all annual races for aged trotters
1t is worth $4,000 and is decided on
Thursday. October 3.
Many Rare Attractions.
Around this great race meeting.
which draws throngs from every state
in the Union. is the wonderful scenic
Of 'the Blue Grass" in
the mellow month of October, when