view raw text
- PRICE IN CONTROL. t The controlling majority of the stock of the New Louisville Jockey Club has passed into new and . progressive handB. Particulars of the new deal . are thus given in a dispatch from Louisville to the Enquirer of yesterday. "The new Louisville Jockey Club was today reorganized, and the glories of Churchill Downs are to , be revived on a scale more elaborate than ever. Eighty-three per cent of the stock in th9 club has , passed from W. E. Applogate, H. C. Applogato and Charles Bollinger to Charles F. Price, M. J. Winn and J. C. Boardman, trustees. It has been current- , ly reported that Louis Bell, of New York, is the . power behind the throao, but Mr. Price, who really c engineered the deal, declines to commit himself in K, any way. "Mayor Charles F. Grainger was elected presi- j dent, with a salary of ,000 a year; M.J.Winn, vice-president; Charles F. Price, secretary and , manager, with exclusive control of the racing , department, at a salary of ,000 a year; J. C. i Boardman, treasurer. Mr. Boardman and Louis Seelbach, owner of Seelbachs Hotel, are to have the refreshment and restaurant privileges. The j directors are composed as follows: Saunders P j Jones, .who is one of the largest stockholders; Charles F. Price, Walter E. Glover, Charles F. , GraiDger, Louis Seelbach, M. J. Winn and J. C. . Boardman. "Messrs. Applogate and Bollinger still continue as minority stockholders in the club, but will have no voice whatever in the management. They are said to. have been paid a good price for the release of a majority of their holdings. "The most gratifying feature about the change of control is the fact that Charles Price is to have complete charge of the racing department. No one in Kentucky stands for better and purer sport than does Judge Price and his retirement just on the eve of what was looked upon as the greatest meeting in the history of Churchill Downs was a great disappointment to Kentuckians. But time has won. Mr. Price will again be presiding judge, and, more than that, he will have all to say of the racing at Churchill Downs. " The new management contemplates radical improvements, both in the racing game and in the general attractiveness of Churchill Downs. Thousands of dollars are to bo expended between now and next Derby Day in improvements of a substantial nature. A new clubhouse is to be erected, larger and better purses are to be hung up, new stakes are to be created and every effort will be made to keep in the west the many crack horses which train on this trick and then go directly to the east. If these horses can be kept in Louisville by good inducements then they can also be induced to race at Latonia and at the Chicago tracks, thus greatly improving racing in the west. This is the idea of Mr. Price, and those who know him are confident that he will succeed in carrying it out. , "The other improvements to b9 made at Churchill Downs include a new paddock and a reconstructed betting shed. The present paddock beneath the grandstand will be removed and this space devoted to a public cafe, which will probably be conducted by Louis Seelbach. The new paddock will be erected beyond the botting shed. All the old stables which line the historic course are to give way to new ones. Every building is to be of a substantial character. "Anothor important feature will be the transformation of Churchill Downs into a groat amusement resort. During the summer the infield will be made a vast garden, not unlike those of the Crystal Palace in London, with myriads of flowers by day and colored fountains and lamps by night. Band concerts by Sousa, Weber, Creatore, etc., will be given, and spectacles on the order of Pains fireworks are to be a feature. The cafe will have a celebrated chef in charge, and a table dhote dinner will be one of the regular evening features. "The regular meeting of the stockholders of the Louisville Jockey Club will be held two months hence? when the new officers will be installed. Today, however, at a meeting held at noon in the office of the club in the Courier-Journal building, Messrs. Applegate and Bollinger transferred control to Messrs. Price, Winn and Boardman, as trustees."
