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LOUISVILLE MEETING Kentucky Racing Scene Shifts to Churchill Downs Next Thursday. Sixteenth Running of Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes on Nov. 7 the Outstanding Feature. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct 24. With the Kentucky racing scene shifting to historic Churchill Downs for the seasons finale starting next Thursday and continuing through the following week, all signs point to one of the most successful autumn meetings here in years. Col. M. J. Winn, executive director of Churchill Downs, has been at his desk since last Monday, with the exception of Thursday, when he journeyed to Lexington for the testimonial dinner to Johnson N. Camden, and is rapidly getting things ready for the meeting. Colonel Winn is sanguine over the outlook for a successful meeting, and expects the sixteenth running of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, feature attraction, to prove one of the most colorful contests in the history of that event With the return of track superintendent Tom Young and his assistant. Cliff Burke, from River Downs and Keeneland, a check of reservations indicates that more than six hundred horses will be available for competition. This is twice the number which participated last fall and that meeting did not lacked material nor class. Among the prominent stables which will be represented during the fall season are Milky Way Farm, Valdina Farm, M. Gold-blatt Rosedale Stable, F. P. Letellier, A. B. Letcllier, John Marsch, Roscoe Goose, Shan-don Farm, Howard Oots, Tom Piatt, W. D. Covington, D. W. Butler, Dan Lehan, F. C. McAtee, Xalapa Farm, A. Baker, Cal Milam, R. L. Baker estate, Theodore Mueller, Wm. E. Smith, F. M. Grabner, the F. L. B. Stable of Flick, Litschgi and Battle, Dixiana Farm, Tom Young, Jesse Spencer, H. Friedberg, Lee ODonnell, Bill Crump, O. F. Woodward, and others. VALUE OF 3,000. The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, to be run the second Saturday, November 7, has an estimated value of 3,000 this year. For two-year-olds it usually affords a good line on candidates for the next years Kentucky Derby, and frequently its winner has been installed the winter book favorite for that fixture. Its honor roll includes such turf greats as Twenty Grand, Tryster, Enchantment, Master Charlie, Canter, Mata Hari, Nellie Flag, Desert Light, and Clyde Van Dusen. This year is no exception in that most of the leading juveniles are among its remain- Continufd on thirty-fifth page. L0UISVILLEMEET1NG Continued from first page. ing eligibles. Among them are J. H. Louch-heims Pompoon, winner of the Belmont Futurity, now in training in the East; H. C. Applegates Chigre, Bomar Stables Yellow Tulip, Calumet Farms Privileged, Coldstream Studs Prairie Dog, Dixiana Farms Good Catch, Greentree Stables Tattered, H. P. Headleys Old Nassau and Apogee, E. R. Bradleys Billionaire, Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Capture, Milky Way Farms Murph, J. W. Parrishs Dellor, Valdina Farms Valdina, and C. V. Whitneys Flying Cross. The South Louisville Handicap, an event for all ages at six furlongs, with ,000 added, features the card for next Saturday. The secondary attraction will be a six furlongs race for the top notch two-year-olds. Three other sprint affairs and three events at a mile or over rounds out an attractive card.
