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i 1 1 1 j . , . , . , I , CHURCHILL DOWNS IN READINESS Track and Buildings in Fine Condition Macombers Great Band of Yearlings. By C. A. Bcrgin. Louisville, Ky., September 55. Colonel Winn is optimistic regarding the Downs meeting and anticipates that all records for attendance at a fall meeting will be eclipsed. . He says tiiat the unusual interest in the meeting is being taken by eastern turfmen, and many of the notables in the racing world have assured him that they will bo here to take in a few days racing, at least. The St. Leger Handicap, to be run on the closing day of the meeting, will be the big magnet that will attract visitors from the eastern cities. The exodus of horses to .Lexington started in earnest yesterday. French Brooks sent the horses belonging to Middlcton and Jones, all of the animals leaving here in perfect condition. I. Connelly, the jockey under contract to the stable, had not put in an appearance, although, ho is long overdue. It is expected lie will report at Lexington. Kay Spence will take only five of his stable,, leaving the remainder at the Downs in care of Wm. Finnigan. The stables of Joseph Umensetter anil- W. A. McKinney will be sent forward. Thursday. Al Kirby will send his stable the same day. KACOMBERS ROYALLY-BRED YEARLINGS. The thirty-six yearlings that William Reed is breaking at the Downs for A. K. Macomber, arc about the best-looking band that have been seen on the local tracks for many years. Nineteen are English-bred, while the remainder are home-breds. The foreigners comprise part of those that Mr. Macomber purchased early last spring from J. B. Joel in England and which have been in this country less than two mouths. They are all royally-bred and must have cost Mr. Macomber a small fortune. They are the progeny of such sires as Prince Palatine, Spanish ..Prince, Sunstar and-other noted stallions. Following is, xi partial list: Bay colt, by Prince Palatine The Jade. Chestnut colt, . by Spanish Prince My Dolly. Brown colt, by Prince Palatine Verne. Bay colt, by Spanish Prince Sweet Maiden. Brown colt, by Sunstar Fair Lassie. Chestnut colt, by Spanisli Prince Modify. Bay filly, by Sunstar Sweet Lassie. Chestnut filly, by Sunspot Beguine. Bay filly, by .Spanish: Prince .Verity... Bay filly, by Prince Palatine Sun Glass. Bay filly, by Spanisli Prince Sunwise. The Amerlcnn-breds are also a fine-looking band and are principally the get of Uncle, Star Shoot and Jim GalTney. Among the number is a bay colt by Unek Ferrol, for which Mr. Macomber paid 0,000 at the Saratoga sales. A bay colt by Uncle Claudia cost him .500. while he paid ,600 for a black colt by Star Shoot Court Plaster. A filly by Star Shoot Sweet Marjoram, therefore a half sister to Bringhurst, which cost Mr. Macomber ,700, is also included. There is also a brown colt by Vulcain Thirty Third, a half-brother to Buckhorn and Midway. Horsemen, who have looked over the collection, believe that out of the number, that their owner will be able to show some high-class two-year-olds next year. The entire number will be left in charge of their present trainer until November, when they will be divided and a part turned over to Tom Murphy to train. In all probability they will be wintered at the Downs, instead of sending them to Belmont Park, the stables headquarters. NEW WESTERN RECRUIT TO RACING. Ex-jockey William Walker, who rode Baden Baden to victory in the Kentucky Derby of 1S77, and who also rode King Alfonso, when that horse won the first St. Leger at the Downs, has purchased for Dr. Otto Rogers, the Oklahoma potato king, a band of seven finely-bred yearlings, which 1 lie is now breaking and training at Churchill Downs. Walker has the reputation of being, a keen judge of horses, and his new employer gave him carte blanche to buy whatever suited his fancy. As a result the collection that Walker has brought to- gether will compare favorably , with an equal mint-1 ber of any other stable liereabouts. Walker will keep them at Churchill Downs all winter and will have them r;ady for the races next spring. Following is the list: Brown colt, by Transvaal Illwill. Chestnut colt, by Transvaal Cerina. Bay colt, by Peep oDay The Scold. Bay colt, by Dick Welles Compensate. Chestnut filly, by Master Robert Coruscate. Bay colt, by Tim Payne Ciieridah. Bay colt, by Sir John Johnson Countess Wanda, The two Transvaal colts were purchased from J. E. Madden, while the Peep oDay and Dick Welles youngsters were secured from J. D. Carr. Trainer Walker is particularly sweet on the Master Robert filly, which was bred by T. Piatt. It. B. Allen, well-known eastern breeder and owner and who, in partnership with Bob Hensley, operated a breeding farm at Centerville, Iowa, for many years, has given up his breeding interests and has reduced his stable by selling all of his horses in training with the exception of the four-j year-old filly Clumsy Kate, which at present he has in training at the Downs. Allen and Hensley form-, erly raced the good horse Rapid Water, which afterwards stood at the head of their stud. Several years ago he was sold to J. E. Madden. The severe winters in Iowa caused the abandonment of the breeding farm at Centerville.
