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MALDENS PIiANS. John E. Madden, the Lexington turfman, has begun active preparations at Louisville with his horses, which are quartered at Churchill Downs, for the seasons campaign. Ha says that he will give them his full attention from now until they were shipped east the latter part of April, says an eastern exchange. "I have forty-five head at the Downs, said Mr. Madden, and if they turn out as well as my lot did last year and the year before I will be satisfied. Louisville is the place to train horses; at least, I have always found it so. The climate just suits the thoroughbred. It is neither too hot nor too cold. The water and the air are better for the two-year-old than any other place. It is their native heath. "Time has proven my conclusions. Every year the best racehorses are trained in Louisville and bred in Kentucky. Look at the good two-year-olds last year: Savable, the winner of the Futurity, was trained at Churchill Downs; Irish Lad, Mexican, Skilful, Acefull, Early, Merry Reel and many others received their preparatory work there. " It is unquestionably one of the handiest places to get to, and the best racecourse in the west, if not in the whole country. It is the safest track for the youngster, and I will never cnange my training "quarters as long as I am in the racing business. " I will not let up on my horses from now on for sleet, rain or cold weather. I am prepared to get the ready early. I did it last year, and the woather was very bad for five or six weeks, and X will proceed in the same way this year. " The youngsters by my favorite horse Mirthful look equally as good as those by the same sire did at this time last year. I think I have got some fine ones in the lot, perhaps not a 0,000 one, and mayhap I will want more for one or two after the season gets a little older. "I will reside at the Gait House permanently until I go east. My business is with my horses, and that is whore yon will find me. "
