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KENTUCKY RACING COMMISSION MEETS TODAY Lexington. Kv.. March 31.— The State Raring Commission will meet here tomorrow. It will proceed as if it had not been decided by Judge liar besun an iinconstiiiitiou.il body. Beyond ihi do forecast of tlieir probable action is obtainable to night. Charles F. Grainger, accompanied by Colonel Matt J. Winn, came over tram Louisville iliis morn ing. and Colonel Milton Young are the only members of the commission now in the city. They declined to talk. Directors of the Kentucky Racing Association. who are to meet tomorrow morning in advance . the meeting of the commission, are tonight apparently at m-j on the duestioii Of a spring meeting at the local track. Some favor giving a short meet in*, and standing a loss. The others are opposed to racing unless the l ooks go on. We Intend to give I meeting at Chun lull Down." „.iid Colonel Winn, when asked concerning What LowJarUle wants. -And we are going to lol low the rules of the racing commission and reaped their wishes. If they sa we must have mntuels, we will not want more than eighteen days. If Ihev will sanction hookmaklng, we will ask for twenty loin days. We may be able to bleak even with iniiincK. I. lit cannot BOSSthly make any money. As to dales, we vv :i lit to begin oil Monday. Mav 3. pro. wding Lexington, if there is to be a meeting there. will agree lo the lasl week in April. If not. we will begin later in May. I aseas t lie commission Will sain lion bookmaking. it is my advice, and 1 iclb-i t the sentiment of the majority of the stockholders in the Lexington track, that no meeting will ha attempted here this spring. "There Is no money in Hie local treasury to offset ■ loss. II was all taken up by the loss Incurred last rail. There is in addition to this, a debt of nearly 0,000 on the original purchase of the plant from tin- estate of Captain Itrown that has lo lie paid before the Kentucky Association gets a clear title to the pioperty. "Right here I would like to deny the statement that Leads A. Vila holds the controlling interest in the Lexington truck. He does not own one dollars worth of slock. The track cost 0,000. of which about 0,000 lias been paid off. Of this .7. .".on was subscribed by Louisville people and the remainder is 1 1 ■ I.I by Lexington people. 1 am counting E. R. Bradley, who has ,000 worth of stock as one of the Louisville party. D. X. Mnrphv. a Louisville architect, has 15.000; W. ». IVppeler has ,000; Mr. Grainger and myself have ,500 each-Charles F. Price has ,000. The remainder is held in smaller amounts. It is purely a stock com l.api willi many stockholders and none of the stock is in lie hands of Cella or unv person living outside of I lie slate, unless it he that E. R. Bradley claims his home as Chicago."
