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CONVENIENCES LACKING IN OLD .DAYS. Louisville, Ky.. April IS. Horsemen of today at times grumble when assigned stabie room 11W especially to their liking, would have no cause to complain had they experienced the trials and tribulations of trainers and owners when the New Louisville Jockey Club was striving for a front place 011 the racing map at the time the late Col. JI. Lewis Clark became its ruling spirit. Then not a few horsemen, to secure comfortable and convenient stables, bad to erect their own structures and when a turfman contented himself with one of the regular track barns, all improvements made were charged up to him. Of course these expenses were allowed to lap over until the end of the race meeting, but were deducted from the turfmans winnings in th tinal settlement. Now. for weeks before a big race meeting, the stall rent is lifted and every convent euro is placed at the disposal of horsemen, free of extra charge. Yet at times a discontented owner and trainer comes along and can find nothing to suit Ids exacting taste. Capt. S. S. Brown. JIaj. B. G. Thomas and James A. Grinstead and their like in the early racing days in the Falls City built their own barns, which structures passed away when ground was broken for the present grandstand on the north side of the track. Today an invitation to a horseman carries with It a cordial welcome to occupy stabling free of all cost, which in the old times entailed an expense on iwners and trainers which made a big hole in the earnings of their horses.
