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FINAL KENTUCKY MEETING . Churchill Downs Fall Racing Begins Today with Splendid Card. Track Given Special Treatment to Make It Faster Than Heretofore Overflow of Horses. BY J. L. DEMPSEY. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 1. With Clmrcliill Downs: opening tomorrow Kentucky autumn racing enters, its last stages and with the wind-up of the eleven flays meeting here comes n termination of the, sport- for this year in these parts. Judging by the- favorable conditions that have prevailed at Lexington and Latonia the meeting here should be equally memorable, for lecal interest in the coming racing is feverish and an augmentation by horses from the East will add material improvement to the r Latonia hrigade, which was transferred here almost intact, At no former fall meeting has there been concentrated so many horses here and the total has created a shortage of stable space at both commodious Douglas Park and Churchill Downs. The reason for the large number here this fall is found in the fact that many owners who campaigned in New York, Maryland .and Canada this year intend to go into winter :quarters at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park; Then there are those who have the intention,-qt making a campaign at the winter tracks, who have made this a stoppiug-off point, en route to their ultimate point of operations. The close here wllU find,, many special .truing desttnedfor Havana; ftfjijjpwDrlearis;" as -tlie",bulk of horses for "Both itneewlnter points -will be secured here. iSl. Churchill Downs management offers for its opening Jonc. of the best programs ever staged at any .autumn meeting. The Falls City Handicap, " with its ,000 added, has among its carded starters the; tophotchers in these parts. The other six dashes have also filled to the record point and good class horses predominate in all, even the clnjhper condition races. Churchill Downs has not been overlooked in the matter of improvements since the closo of racing lost spring. One of the many features has been to scrape- the track, which will eliminate the cuppi-ness and make the oval more resilllent. Not only did. this cause slow time in races, but it also mitigated against some of the starters, which found themselves unequal to showing the best over the going.. During the eleven days four rich stake races nre-down for decision, with the Jockey- Club Stakes, fashioned, with a view to deciding the two-year-old championship, as the stellar prize. It will be worth close to 30,000 gross and will have among its. starters next Saturday some of the cracks that hav campaigned in all parts of this country and Canada. Sportlgg Blood, one of the intended starters, is itofa here to fill his engagements and Sam C. Hil-dreths Grey Lag, for which Harry F. Sinclair and S, OT Hildreth are said to have paid a great price, is expected to arrive tonight. EVERY STALL ON GROUNDS FILLED. The arrival of horses yesterday and this morning was continuous and darkness found every stall occupied. The eagerness of the owners to race their charges, is indicated in the lavish entries made to the initial program; this, too, in spite of rain and muddy track. In its present "skinned" condition, however, it will require almost a deluge to cause a noticeable change in the going. The plant proper is in its usual excellent order and the vast patrongae that will Ikj on hand for the opening will find every comfort painstakingly anticipated and enred for. The , club house and exclusive ppacc has been beautified and made more roomy in anticipation of the big crowds that will congregate there. The racing here -will begin daily at 1:30 p. m. and obviate the possibility of racing in darkness. Tfrider the last ruling, in the; matter of war tax-, the same tax will be acceptable on womens badges as. on mens tickets and will apply on the admission rate of . P. Ferrell, manager of the E. Cebrian racing and breeding establishment and chief trainer, was an arrival from California. - fifteen horses will be permitted to start in races rft, tliree-qnarters, seven-eighths and one mile, while the- limit will be twelve at all other distances. The mile chute makes the increase in the fields specified possible. Mnse Goldblatt canceled his stall reservations for the. Churchill Downs meeting and will ship, direct froiq .Latonia to Havana. Trainer Cal Milam brought only three of the J. N,- Camden horses here from Latonia, Rangoon, Prirjeelihg ant Rettina. The remainder wpre sent to their owners Hurtland Farm, Versailles, Ky. Former jockey George Molesworth has taken over thre.e of the George J. Long horses to train, Orlova, Cottez and Frank F. The George M. Hendrie stable here in charge of trafiiier John Walters is the smallest in a long whileY. there being only seven horses in it. They ore Rancher, Ed Horter, Claymore, Estero, New Britain, Salvo and Last Out;. -Thomas C. McDowells horses will be absentees, linvlllg .been retired for the winter. The E. R. Bradley horses will consist of seventeen. Sv. K. Hurley will have six of these under Ills-supervision .and the remainder will be looked after by Dick Thompson. The Hurley consignment Will foe transferred at the close of the racing here t New Orleans. The others will be shipped to the Idle Ifour Farm, near Lexington, to go into winter quarters.
