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PLANT BROUGHT UP TO BATE 1 LOUISVILLE RACING ASSOCIATION EXPENDS THOUSANDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. Historic Churchill Downs in Splendid Condition for Nearby Opening of Fall Racing Work-Outs and Gossip of the Course. Louisville, Ky., August 31. Improvements made liy t lie Louisville Racing Association at Churchill Downs since last spring represent an expenditure of several thousand dollars. From one meeting to the next this association inaugurates many changes looking to the comfort of the public, the facilitating of its business and the general improvement of racing conditions. The administration oliices have been overhauled and connections have been made with the paddock and the offices of the racing secretary and his clerks. The interior of the administration building has been so arranged so that, once inside, a person i may have access to any office. One of the chief improvements is in the quarters occupied by the I jockeys. A shower bath and other conveniences have been provided for the riders. Quarters for the calculators have been enlarged and a tire-proof vault has leeu built. In this vault will be kept the records of the association, also the daily receipts from the betting ring. When finished the parl-mutuel department will be perfect in arrangement and will equal the system of any banking institution. At the upper end of the bettiug ring, adjoining the pari-nmtuel combination stand, three cashiers Ikixcs have been established. These will be used in times of congestion for the cashing of 5 and 0 tickets. The last relic of the early days of the regime of Col. M. Lewis Clark the historic clubhouse has been removed. In its place is now being erected a neat cottage for the use of the superintendent. The front of this cottage faces on Fourth avenue. . The Downs course has been resoiled and the uneven part of the Inner tield lias been leveled so that one standing In any part of the grounds may see every move in a race. Another big improvement is .the widening of the clubhouse turn, where the seven-f eighths races are started. The old board fence, long aii e.vc-"sore, has been removed. Still another improvement is an office for starter Mars Cassidy and his assistants. Here these officials will come after eacli race. .Tames Jacobs, chief of the track police, also lias an office. The main executive department of the Louisville Racing Association is no longer in the Atherton Building. It is now at the entrance to the clubhouse. The arrangement is excellent. Here may be found the clubs library and, in fact, everything in connection with the management of the association. .Many horses were worked for speed at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park today, trainers availing themselves of the improved condition of the tracks, which were fairly fast. The best work-outs were: Al Midler Half mile in 50J. easily. Angelus Three-quarters in 1:19, cantering. Anv Port Half mile in 52J: is ready. lSutter Ball Half mile in 502; has all his speed. Danger Mark Three-eighths in 30; looks good. Del Friar Three-eighths in 3!, cantering. Edna Collins Three-eighths in 37s; could have run faster. Rye White Half mile in 5,!. handily. Falcada Seven-eighths in 1:32: looks good. Ilarrigan Half mile in 51, easily. Indian Maid Half mile in 52, easily. Jim Oaffney Half mile in 51. cantering. Marv Davis Mile in 1:47, handily. Mud Sill Three-eighths in .".Si, easily. Oakland Ouarter Mile in 24, handily. Pink and Mack Quarter mile in 25J. handily. Robert ltruce Mile in 1:51, cantering. Round the World Half mile in 50J. easily. Royal Report Milu and an eighth in 2:00; first inile in 1:43, handily. Sauce Quarter mile in 20, cantering. Short Order Mile in 1:50; in hand all the way. Spindle Mile in 1:5:1; is training well. Turret Three-eighths in 40; will soon be ready. Acting Secretary Ed Jasper received a request today for twenty-two stalls for the big string of John W. Schorr, now racing in Canada. Seven of the horses will come from Windsor and the rest from Toronto. The Tennessee turfman informed .Mr. Jasper that he will surely have a starter for the four-mile Kentucky Endurance Stakes. The string he will bring includes Star Charter. Hamilton, Edda, John Rcardon. Planutess, Topland. Sherilf Nolte, Senator Sparks. Ayliner, Terrible lioy. Lady Eastman, Casque, Fulfill, Jawbone, Lady Keif, Froglegs, lianives. John Fendergast, Bayerin aud Scrimmage. Mr. Schorrs entries for the Endurance Stakes are Ayliner, Star Charter and John Reurdon. Trainer John Walters has only three horses old enough to race. They are at Douglas Park. All are training well, especially Mclvor. The others are Trayinore and Banhorn, the latter a maiden two-year-old. Mr. Walters has six yearlings and he expects to add several more to his string during the Lexington yearling sale. The veteran trainer, James Griffin, is at Douglas Park with a string of seven horses. Six are two-year-olds and the other horse in the stable at present is the stake winner Fairy Story. The six t wo-ycar-olds are: Miss Juneau, Brosseau, Chartier, Pierre Dumas, Letourne and Miss .Minard. Two yearlings raised tmder trainer Griffins supervision near Lexington will be sold in the coming sale for the reason that they are Kentucky-bred and of a lineage that promises good prices, while there are ten of the McCullough yearlings in Illinois, which will be about all trainer Griffin will care to handle next season. One of these colts is by the Brooklyn Handicap winner, Suioniian Debacle. Hie other is bv Hippodrome Hurrah, by Hanovw. The dam of the latters colt is a brother to Ora Valley, the highest-priced mare sold in the dispersal sale of MeGrathiana Stud a few years ago.
