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LOUISVILLE RACING OVER MOST SUCCESSFUL FALL MEETING EVER HELD THERE COMES TO CLOSE Patronage Falls but Littlo Behind Record of Prosper ¬ ous Spring Meeting Qowoll Takes Golden Rod Stakes Meridian in Winning Form Louisville Ky October 1C One of the best fall sessions of racing ever held at Churchill Downs came to a close this afternoon with the victory of Pliant Never before during a corresponding period In the fall has the same amount of interest in racing pre vailed locally Financially the meeting exceeded by far the most sanguine expectations of the man ¬ agement Au idea of the immense interest displayed in the sport may he gleaned from the fact that the total of the betting during the ulno days exceeded 900000 a daily average of more than 100000 This nearly equals the volume of speculation in the spring when conditions are regarded as more pro pitious The management was singularly fortunate during the meeting in the matter of weather In ¬ dian summer conditions prevailed throughout and counted greatly in the success achieved Getaway day attracted a t ig attendance The feature offering the Golden Rod Stakes for two yearolds at threequarters under selling conditions was contested by an ordinary lot with Gowell the favorite turning up as the ultimate winner over Nobby with Donerail third The stake was worth 1470 net to the winner winnerThe The handicap at threequarters which preceded the stakes went to Meridian which ran in his best form and finished a length In advance of Jim Basey with High Private third The latter might have been a more serious factor but for Interference that he suffered at the start due to the bolting of Prin cess Gallawiiy After the finish High Private waa worked out to the mile which he ran in 140 The extra effort was in the nature of a preliminary to his start in the Autumn Inaugural Handicap which will feature the opening at Latoula next Saturday Mishaps SaturdayMishaps were frequent during the afternoon and began in the opener when Xrlseo and Xiitbefcaine to grief as a result of colliding as the barrier was re ¬ leased B Steele on Luther escaped with a shak ¬ ing up but C Turner on Crisco had to cancel the remainder of his engagements because of his numer ¬ ous avoriteeThe bruises Crisco was a wellbacked f avoritee The Turney stable was again a sufferer in thesec ond race when My Fellow the favorite finished out of the money mostly because of interference that he suffered when Obert on Helen Burnett bumped him sharply just before turning into the stretch Mud Sill with clear sailing had little difficulty la lieating Dick Baker The Carman Adair Baker feud begun last summer at Latonia again cropped up after the race when Mr Carman bid Mud Sill up front his entered price of 700 to 105 But failed to get him himThe The biggest upset of the afternoon came with the running of tha fifth race when Vintergreen suf ¬ fered decisive defeat by Swannanoa The latter showed vastly improved form as compared with a previous start but trainer Young held J Henry to blame blameThe The closing dash was run almost in darkness and the colors of the horses could not be distinguished with accuracy until almost at the finish Pliant made a great sprint during the final quarter and won the first purse of the meeting for F J Pens PensAfter After displaying the time of the first race as 103 timer Liudenberger made a correction to 107 He claimed that the fault was wltfc the man dropping the time flag flagJudge Judge Price made two reinstatements during the afternoon He reinstated jockey C Peak who had been suspended at Latonia for a series of offenses and jockey Vandusen who was ruled oft at Juarez Mex for faulty riding Peak will do the riding for George J Long during the Latonia meeting and will be CoyneA under the direct charge of trainer Peter Coyne A goodly number of owners trainers jockeys and race followers departed tonight for Cincinnati on the Elrod special specialPrior Prior to the running of the Golden Ro l StaTres Nobby was bought br v F Knebelkamp from C C Van Meter and the colt Tan in the Interest of his new owner ownerP P D Weir bought King Stalwart Of E R Bradley today at private terms termsMatt Matt J Winn will leave on Sunday next for a brief stay at Colorado Springs before going to Juarez Mex He was highly elated with the court decision in New York exempting directors from lia ¬ bility for betting It surely means a revival of racing in New York was his comment commentAdvices Advices from Charleston S C announce that candidate Peebles decisively defeated former Attor ¬ neyGeneral Lyons in the primaries for the office of attorneygeneral Mr Peebles success in the primaries is equivalent to his election He is known to be favorably inclined towards racing and a re ¬ sumption of the sport in Charleston is a llkvly pros ¬ pect the coining winter If racing Is resumed it probably will be inaugurated about January 10 10Considerable Considerable interest was indulged in by the owners during the day as to proceedings at Porter Ind An auspicious opening there will cause many owners to send some of their horses north to engage in tho racing at the new track
