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FAIR GROUNDS PROSPECTUS Many Prominent Turfmen to Race There During the Winter. XL P. Whitney, J. Livingston, E. I". "Whitney, Audley Farm Stable, J. H. Louchheim and Others Reserving Stable Room. NEW ORLEANS, La,, Oct. 29. Millionaire row, which featured the meetings at the Fair Grounds shortly after the revival of racing here, will once more prevail during the coming meeting, which opens on January 1. The splendid purse offerings and the pretentious list of stakes announced by the management has had the effect of drawing to the races the best class of horse3 that have ever competed in winter racing, and the historic old grounds are unquestionably set for a banner season. The Harry Payne Whitney stable, in charge of Mose Goldblatt, will send one of the strongest strings of thoroughbreds that it has ever assembled for winter racing. Mr. Goldblatt has applied for stable room for twenty-six horses, which will probably contain some of the high-class coming three-year-olds and some highly tried youngsters. Another wealthy patron of racing who will come back to the Fair Grounds this winter is Jefferson Livingston, whose horses, in charge of Al Kirby, will be shipped at the close of the Kentucky fall season. In the band will be Firebrand, Donegal, Buster, Martha Fallon and others, making a string of twenty horses. A newcomer will bo the Thompson string from Dallas, Texas, in charge of H. T. Batchler. Mr. Thompson, who is a resident of the Texas metropolis, has purchased the entire bunch of yearlings the property of the late G. L. Blackford of Denison, Texas. In addition to Pompous, Bonnie Lizzie, Tister and Mclntcsh, Mr. Thompson is sending nine yearlings by the young Broomstick sire, Rickety. Last year, his first in the stud. Rickety sent four horses to the races, all of which were winners. The crop which Mr. Batchler has are as good looking as could be seen any place and should prove an important factor in the two-year-old races of 1924. J. L. Holland will be back again with Sweepy, Daydue, John Joseph, Roseate II. and others, including six yearlings. These horses, which were trained last year by the lamented Willie Shields, will be in charge of E. J. Hodgson. The pretentious string of the Audley Farm Stable will come back to the Fair Grounds again for the races. Kay Spence has made application for an entire barn and No. 24 has been set aside for his use. In the consignment that he will bring are Belzoni, Surf Rider, Pegasus, "Widgeon, Sea Wrack, New Gold, Lord Martin and many others, including eight yearlings. BLOCK STRING EXPECTED. Another wealthy patron of racing who will come to the Fair Grounds meeting for the first time is E. F. Whitney, whose horses will be in charge of E. J. Salt. Mr. Whitney is sending Blue Hill, Trafalgar, Pawnbroker, Tea Fight and four yearlings. Another wealthy New Yorker, in the person of Benjamin Block, whose famous Morvich made turf history in 1921 and 1922, is bringing his entire string for the first time. His horses include Aspiration, Peter Maloney, Lester Doctor, Thorndale, Ticker, Little Alfred and two yearlings. The rich stockyards of Chicago will be well represented by the strings of T. H. Cross and William Daniel. An entire barn has been set aside for the Daniels horses. The stable of J. O. and G. H. Keene is coming back to the Fair Grounds after an absence of several years. Included are three horses the property of C. Bruce Head. The Keene brothers are bringing Llewellyn, Lucknow, Jeanne Bowdre, Flowers of Love, Bobs Folly and six yearlings. The entire stable of J. H. Louchheim, the wealthy Philadelphia owner, will be here In charge of J. S. Ownbey. The string comprises Blue Stone, Paul B. Brown, Kitty Williams, Gaman, Keystone State and others, including two yearlings. All of these horses were bred by Mr. Louchheim. In addition to these practically all of the old timers will be back in their accustomed places and the management has made it a point to take good care of those who have been patrons of the Fair Grounds in the past. Included in these are H. Webb, who is bringing Black Gold and Tuscola; Burt Williams, J. G. Wagnon, J. J. Troxler, Mose Lowen-stein, A. B. Gordon, J. Hanover, G. R. Bry-, son, J. S. Ward with Donges, Economist and others, including three yearlings; Clyde-Phil-lips with Romping Home and Fredericktown of the Greentree Stable and some of his own; Jim Arthur, Charles S. Wilson, C. H. Knebel-kamp with a large string of his own horses and some of those of J. A. Hearn and Polk Laffoon, a member of the Kentucky Racing Commission; T. O. Webber, C. P. Winfrey, J. H. Tevis, A. Swenke, E. D. Springer, D. Shaw, E. G. Shaffer, L. A. Seregni, R. L. Rogers, J. F. Richardson, J. J. Randolph, A. Plique, George Peterson, William Perkins, Howard Oots, H. Neusteter, D. R. McDaniel, J. R. McKeon, Robert McKead, Robert Mc-Garvey, Sam Louis, M. J. Murphy, Louis Kay, Lon Johnson, Charles Houbre, W. H. Hall, J. M. Goode, Frank Farrell, J. C Fer-riss, W. H. Fizer, C. N. Freeman, Frank de Latour, A. L. Denny, J. Bower, C. J. Brock-miller, W. A. Burttschell, T. H. Bernhardt C. A. Applegate, G. R. Allen. L. T. Bauer E Brewster, J. McPherson, I. E. Clark, state senator of Texas from Schulenberg; W. M Cain, T. J. Pendergast, Holmes and Thompson and many others.
