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1 I c l , , j j t , : 3 : , , ! I . LARGE WINTER COLONY Comfortably Housed at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park. J. K. L. Ross Establishment the J Largest J. E. Wideners Stable Includes Altawood. There are several hundred thoroughbreds, of which the majority are coining two-year-olds, in snug, comfortable winter quarters at Churchill Downs and Douglas Tark, the two . big tracks of the Kentucky Jockey Club, lo- cated at Louisville, Ky. The largest establishment at the Downs is that of J. 1C L. Boss, the Canadian turfman, who sent forty-five horses there in charge of 1 trainer Henry McDaniel. Since the arrival of the Boss stable at Louisville, two of his horses died, one being the crack filly Vrana, the other, Caduceus, a home-bred two-year-old, by Cudgel or Sir Barton Melody. Vrana was one of the stars of the Boss stable of the present year, the daughter of Marathon winning the Canadian Derby, Breeders Stakes, Maple Leaf Stakes, Stanley Produce Stakes, some of the most important of Canadian stake races. Thirty-three of the Boss horses are yearlings that will be trained for the two-year-old racing-of 1925. Most of the young horses are home-breds and without exception they present a splendid appearance. The Boss horses are quartered in the long barn near the four ,and one-half furlongs post, one of the best stables at the Downs. It was used as winter quarters by the firm of Corrigan and McKinney when that establishment was in its heyday. A cottage which was erected by Corrigan and McKinney just north of the barn, is being used by Commander Bess as a kitchen. Jockey A. Clavcr is with the Bess stable. He is a veteran of the saddle, but he is as active as ever and a tireless worker. EIGHTEEN WIHENER HORSES. A prominent American turfman, a member of the Jockey Club, is also wintering his stable at Churchill Downs. Joseph E. Wid-ener of Philadelphia is the sportsman referred to, and as Mr. Widener is mentioned as a probable successor of the late August Belmont as chairman of the Jockey Club, there is more than usual interest manifested in his horses. There are eighteen horses in the Widener string at the Downs, at the head of which is the smashing good colt, Altawood, probably the best long distance racer on the American turf since Exterminator was at his best. Altawood went into winter quarters one of the acknowledged stars of the year. He won the Latonia Cup, Bowie Handicap and Pim-lico, three of the big long distance features of fall racing and his performances were so impressive in these contests that it was recently rumored that his owner was planning to send him abroad next year to compete in some of the great races of England and France. Trainer G. II. Ham Keene, who has now charge of the Widener string, picked out an excellent stable at the Downs, and says that in his long career on the turf he has never seen better winter quarters. The Widener outfit is composed chiefly of yearlings and they are a good-looking lot. MADDEN STRING OF THIRTY. . John E. Madden, master of Hamburg Place, has thirty horses in his barn at the Downs, and all are yearlings. The Madden band is in charge of trainer "Chuck" Wal-. ker, who has been on this same job for many years. Walker did not bring an old horse back from the East, all of those that he took to New York last spring having been sold privately during the summer. For the first time in many years the T. J. Pendergast horses will be inactive this winter. They are at the Downs under the supervision of trainer L. Cahn. The Kansas-. City turfman did not fare so well with his stable this year, but Cahn says that there will be a different story to tell in 1925, as he will go to the races in the spring with i a fresh band of horses. The Tendergast out-! fit has some likely looking yearlings in ic also.
