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ALL READY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS DOWNSProgram Program the Most Ambitious Ever Attempted at That Track During the Fall of the Year Louisville Kv SepteinlKir 27 Charles F Grain ¬ ger exmayor of Louisville and one of the memliers of the State Kacing Commission is in charge of tile arntngements for the Churchill Downs meeting and is devoting the greater part of his time to its af ¬ fairs He and SecretaryTreasurer H C Applegats will direct the affairs of the meeting Everything is about completed for the opening which Messrs Grainger and Applegate believe will be fully up to the standard of former years both from a sporting ind financial view viewThe The program which has been laid out for the meet ¬ ing is the most ambitious ever attempted at that track special effort having Iteen made to cater to the high class horses at all times timesPurses Purses have Iwen advanced to such an extent it is possible now for horsemen who campaign big stables to race their horses without figuring on Un ¬ certainty of heavy losses Following its customary policy of progressiveness and generosity the club at the coming meeting will offer no purse of a less value than 1000 making a daily purse dis ¬ tribution of 7000 exclusive of the stakes to bo Mm during the meeting meetingJudge Judge Will Shelley regarded as one of the most popular nicing officials in the west will be sadly missed bv Cliurniill Downs racegoers this fall He has accepted a position at the Laurel meeting which during its early period will conflict with the Downs meeting This will mark the first time in a good many years that Judge Shelley has not been em ¬ ployed at a local fall meeting His successor as clerk of the scales and placing judge lias not yet been named but in all probability Julius Keeder now serving as clerk of the scales at Douglas Park win lie apiHiinted to the position at Churchill Downs
