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CHANGE IN LOUISVILLE SITUATION. Ill" Louisville Courier Journal puMiahea the f"i . inu . under in Fl Paso date line: rtiongh ii has not been officially snnounced, i Is stood here that, as ha* been the custom in lymisrille since 1908. Churchill Down* will ! ■ tin only i r.-i.k in tin- fails City t . conduct a spring race lug m 1012.." And the following special from Lexington appeared in the Cburier-Journal slsaal-t ineously: •The Kentucky State Racing Commission 1ms received applications t,,r racing licenee* from the Sew Louisville Jockey Club, the Douglas Part Rae-. • Association, tin- Lntonls Jockey Club and the Kentucky Association. i Lexington, and the com-uiiKsioii hni sin... received no intimation of any ..!,•._-,■ in th.- intention of these organisations to I ,...! race meetings iiii- spring. Carter the law, ap it ions for license to race must be made before February 1 .! ea !i year by anj organisation expecting to bold a race in. -tin- during that year. cations for racing .hit.- must be made .-it least iinit days before the proposed race meeting i- to .. tin. ■.. applicatioa for racing dates has yet been HI, ,; wnh the commission. A meeting f the Racing Commission will be held as soon .-is Chairman K. f. ciaj returns from Florida, probahlj about March 1". At v 1 1 i -~ meeting ii is expected that dates will be assigned for tin- different race meet-i _- t.. I..- held in ih- state tin- - pring. Tin- application t..r raring license and failure !• 1 til.- application for dates therefor Indicates nothing n regard to an; compromise which maj have been i ...1 lietween Churchill Down* ami Douglas Part. mi -imply that tin- Racing Commission ha- not notified "t any -m-li rompromlse. There i- no • ison. however, why Douglas Park should not with- ■Irau it- application for licensi to race. If it wanted ;• ii might u-. it next tall, a- n.akin_r tack mi application binds ii in m » aj ."
