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MATT WINN LEAVES FOR LAUREL Pleased with the Outlook for Successful Meetings at Both Laurel and Churchill Downs. Louisville, Ky., September 4. Col. Matt J. Winn, manager of Churchill Downs and other tracks, avIio has been here for several days arranging for the forthcoming Churchill Downs meeting, returned east today. He will be back again prior to opening day, but Avill not remain for the meeting. Instead he will go to Laurel, which meeting will take up all of his time. In his absence the Churchill Doaviis meeting will be handled by President C. F. Grainger, Secretary , II. C. Applegate and Carl F. Ellwanger. Before leaving here Col. AAMnn expressed much satisfaction over the outlook for a most successful meeting at .the Downs. He also expects that Laurel Avill have the greatest meeting in its history. The stakes at that track this year have filled better than ever. J. C. Ferriss, the Nashville turfman, avIio has not raced in Kentucky for six years, will campaign a string at the fall meetings. He reached here a short time ago Avith thirteen head, coming in direct from Detroit. The band embraced Harry L. Raoul, Magikon, Zudora, Alda, Violet, Rafferty, Arrow, Rochester, Chalco, Katahdin, Adelia and a two-year-old. George Molesworth, the stables rider, will be here shortly. Col. AndreAV Aennie of Ncav York, a large stockholder in the DoAvns tracks, is spending a few days in Louisville. Tom Murphy, recently engaged to take charge of the second division of the A. K. Macomber stable, has arrived here. Before leaving Saratoga he turned over to John AVhalen Clematis II., Bella Desmond and Benevolent, the three horses he had been training for Oscar LeAvisohn. Joqkey Mack Garner may come here to ride under Mr. Murphy. H. II. Phillips, the stables regular rider, is taking on flesh and many not be able to ride in any more races. Local horsemen applaud OAAner Macombers decision to create tAAo divisions of his stable, and they believe his action will be productive of more satisfactory results than haA-e heretofore attended the stable under a single head. They attribute the non-success of the stable to the plan of attempting to conduct such a large establishment under one management.
