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RESERVE KEENELAND STALLS Problem Arises at Lexington Track How to Care for Applicants. Number of Requests Double Those of Last Season Course Operated on a Non-profit Basis. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 5. Keenelands track superintendent, W. T. Bishop, has a new problem on his hands as he gets Lexingtons non-profit race course into condition for ten days of autumn racing. His problem is what to do with all the thoroughbreds which owners want to ship to the Lexington track for the meeting which starts Tuesday, October 11, and continues through Saturday, October 22. Heretofore Keenelands facilities have been ample for taking care of all stall applications for. the autumn meeting. However, this year the applications almost double the tracks stable accommodations despite the fact that last, winter Keeneland added two new barns in its stable area. MAJOR STABLES EXPECTED. Practically every major racing stable that has campaigned in the Middle West this summer has made application for stable room at Keeneland. Eastern stables also are well represented, and the situation adds up to a bettor outlook for fall racing in Lexington than this Blue Grass capital has known in many outumns. From the Middle West will come such racing establishments as those of Valdina Farms, Oddesa Farms, Ed Haughton, J. W. Parrish, Roscoe Goose, Bomar Stable, Theodore Mueller, Keene Daingerfield, Jr., William E. Smith, J. C. Milam, Jack Keene, Charles H. Ferguson, Daniel B. Midkiff, Mose Goldblatt, Walmac Farm, Brownell Combs and scores of others. Out of the East will come the horses owned by Greentree Stable, Tony Pelleteri, Hal Price Headley, Charles T. Fisher, John Hay Whitney and others. Scores of smaller racing stables swell the total number of stall applications to a number that has surprised all racing folk in Lexington. ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM. However, an attractive program has been arranged to draw these stables to the Blue Grass country during the fall meeting. High light of the entire meeting will be the ,000 added Breeders Futurity, which will be run on closing day, Saturday, October 22. A number of stables which will not be represented at Keeneland throughout the meeting, plan to ship two-year-olds here for this event. With few exceptions, practically every outstanding two-year-old of the year is eligible for the Keeneland feature and a sparkling field of stars is likely to go to the post in this race. The Futurity has an estimated value of 7,000. Sportsmen coming to Lexington solely for the fall racing will be joined by hundreds of others from throughout the nation who will be here for the annual fall sales at the Lexington sales paddock. Another event during the program will be the Thoroughbred Club of Americas dinner in honor of Mrs. Payne Whitney. : :
