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PREDICT GREAT MEETING Col M J Winn En Route to Pair mount Park to Assist in Pre ¬ liminary Work at Course LOUISVILLE Ky May 17 Col M J Jj j Winn director general of the Fairmount Park Jockey Club and C Bruce Head gen ¬ j1 eral manager of the same organization left leftI I Sunday night for St Louis to further prep preplarations larations for the coming meeting at Fair J mount Park ParkI I I Both Col Winn and Mr Head as well as asiL iL T Hay president of the organization and who was a visitor last Saturday are optim ¬ istic over the outlook for the coming spring meeting at the Southern Illinois course and are confident that St Louis patrons will wit ¬ ness the finest possible racing under ideal idealconditions j conditions this spring Many improvements have been made and judging from the appli ¬ cations for stable accommodations and stake nominations the meeting will attract many of the best stables in the country countryColonel Colonel Winn was immensely pleased with Saturdays Derby Day declaring that the increase in attendance over previous years is rather convincing that interest in the fix ¬ ture continues to show annual growth and that spacious Churchill Downs probably will again prove inadequate to accommodate Derby visitors in the future
