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FLOCKING TO LOUISVILLE TURFMEN GATHER FROM FAR AND NEAR FOR MEETING AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. Txcellent Card Provided for Todays Opening and Plenty of Good Material Available for Days to Follow Numerous Arrivals Past Few Days. Louisville, Ky., October S. After a four-day interval, Louisville patrons of racing will again be enabled to enjoy tbeir favorite sport tomorrow, when Churchill Downs opens its gates for its rail season of eight days. Never were conditions more propitious for a successful meeting and the Churchill Downs management .expects to entertain record crowds throughout the meeting. The spacious and beautiful plant never appeared to better advantage tliau it iloes in its present state. The numerous Improvements that lias been made since the spring meeting makes Churchill Downs take rank Willi the most extensive courses in the country. Everything is in prime condition for the opening and interest in the sport is even keener than Unit which preceded the racing at Lexington and Douglas 1ark. Secretary L.Vuiau II. Davis and his able assistant have provided an exceptionally meritorious offering lor the inaugural days racing. It includes the Falls City Handicap, ."2,001 added, six furlongs, which numbers among its starters some of the best splinters now in these parts and should result in an interesting contest. Five other dashes at various distances will bring together good lields. During the past week ever one hundred horses have reached here from various sections of the country and lully six hundred are now stabled at Douglas lark and Churchill Downs. As a result of the excellent material available, the secretary should provide attractive cards every day. Anticipating a big volume of speculation for the entire eight days, Eugene Klrod, who is in charge of the luutuel department, has decided on operating twenty-three machines of the , . 0 and 5 variety. The same number of cashiers will constitute the dally payoff force. Next season it is intended to install at Churchill Downs, Douglas I ark and Latqula 0 and 0 machines hi addition to the 0, and machines. The 5 machines .will be eliminated. mtp There were several arrivals today from Canada and eastern points to swell the ranks of the own-Hera, twiners and Jockeys here. Judge Charles V, W Irlce returned today from Laurel, where he has been a visitor since the closo of the Douglas Park F meeting. lie stated that the Laurel meeting is receiving splendid support and is successful in every particular. The betting in the mutuel machines is increasing steadily and tile total handled daily is up to the managements expectations. The Dowie course, where bookmakers are operating, is also Joying prosperity, according to report. ihil T. Chinn, who is in charge of the twenty yearlings bought in England for Jefferson Livingstons account, intends to keep them at Churchill Downs this winter, where he intends to give thern their initial racing lessons. The older horses that Mr. Chinn brought from England and which will be run lu the iuterest of .7. F. Kelly will be seen under colors during the coining Churchill Downs meeting and later will be transferred to Latonia to race. The twenty-two racers owned bv Jefferson Livingston that are in charge of Herman K. Brandt will be campaigned for the remainder of the Kentucky season, but it is unlikely that they will 10 raced during the winter. C. 15. Daniels shipped his horses from Douglas Park to Dallas. Tex., where they will be raced during the fair meeting there and later taken to Juarez for the one hundred or more days of racing there. The winter campaign is attracting horsemens attention now and many are at sea as to where to ship to. Charleston, New Orleans, Havana and Juarez have announced intentions of conducting winter meetings, but for the present Juarez is the only track with definite plans. Plans for the opening or the track at Charleston and the length of the meeting there remains vague, so far as the public is concerned, but those who are supposed to know elaini that the racing will begin at Charleston alsiut November 21 and continue until January 9, and that the Havana meeting, according to the latest report, will begin January !. It Is the intention of II. D. Drown, who will manage the Havana meeting, to barter a big steamer to transport the horsemen and their stock from Charleston. There would be many willing to ship to New Orleans if they were assured that the racing there would he a certainty, but until those in charge of the Crescent City venture can furnish assurances to the horsemen of their ability to carry their meeting to a successful conclusion, little notice will ha taken of the attempts to revive the sport in 1-ouishnia. The Kentucky State Racing Commission members will meet tomorrow forenoon at ten oclock in the office of Con. W. D. Haldemau at the Louisville Courler-Journel Building to transact some turf busi-ntss. The chief business will be the passing of the 3-ule to permit promiscuous claiming of beaten horses in selling races. Jockey Gross will, It Is said, be given a license to ride. The Churchill Downs track is in superb condition. As to how the horses now racing in this country -oinpare with English horses of merit mav be lemonst rated during the coining eight days of racing at Churchill Downs, as P. T. Chinn has ready :i number of English importations he recently brought over the ocean anil he intends to race them here within the next few days. They are doing well Jn training considering their long journey and be expects them to make good in Kentucky this fall. These are chiefly the horses that were raced successfully in England by Km II Herz.
