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LOUISVILLE INAUGURAL SevenDay Meeting Begins Today at Famous Downs Track Nineteenth Renewal of the Kentucky KentuckyJockey Jockey Club Stakes Headliner Winn Supervises Preparations LOUISVILLE Ky Oct 28 Historic Churchill Downs home of the world famous Kentucky Derby opens its fall meeting of seven days with an attractive eightrace pro ¬ gram tomorrow With Indian summer weather prevailing in this section for nearly a month the old Derby course never was more beautiful and should the management be favored with a continuation of the won ¬ derful weather a successful meeting is ex ¬ pected pectedTopping Topping the opening day program is the Alta Vista Handicap a dash at six furlongs and for which a field of six was named Opera Star is the high weight under 109 pounds and Chlcalba the low weight of 96 pounds poundsFive Five of the seven juveniles entered for the Kentucky Hotel Purse are Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes eligibles and Lightspur which finished third in the Breeders Fu ¬ turity will carry the top impost of 114 pounds The other eligibles are Star Board ¬ er Steel Heels Range Dust and Stockboard Miss Sarah and Scotch Trap complete the field fieldAnother Another of the leading races the Jack OLantern Purse brings together capable performers for a run over a mile Little Nymphs burden of 111 pounds is the highest highestFEATURE FEATURE OF THE SEASON SEASONFeaturing Featuring the short season will be the nineteenth running of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes renewed annually here and at Latonia since its inception in 1920 This mile stake is for twoyearolds one of the most sought after in the country Its re ¬ newals has witnessed some of the most bril ¬ liant battles to be staged by juveniles and with a majority of the leading twoyearolds among the eightyfive eligibles to the race this exceptionThe years contest should be no exception The stakes featuring the closing day pro ¬ gram on Saturday next will gross about 15 000 and of this the winner is expected to draw down nearly 10000 Topping the list of eligibles is Belair Studs Johnstown Re ¬ cent winner of the Breeders Futurity and Continued on ticentyfifth page LOUISVILLE INAUGURAL Continued from first page two stakes prior to that the son of James ¬ town is expected to come here for his en ¬ gagement Although the Belair Stud Sta ¬ bles colors of William Woodward have been carried to two Kentucky Derby triumphs they have yet to be victorious in the Jockey Club Stakes StakesDuring During the long and colorful history of the i stakes the Whitney family has played a lead ¬ ing part Tryster won the race for the late Harry Payne Whitney the year of its incep ¬ tion and then came Valorous and The Darb to sport the eton blue of his son C V Whit ¬ ney The most spectacular of the nineteen renewals was the brilliant battle staged by Mrs Payne Whitneys Twenty Grand and C V Whitneys Equipoise in 1930 In run ¬ ning the mile in 136 Twenty Grand estab ¬ lished a record at that distance for two yearolds and he went on to win the Ken ¬ tucky Derby His one mile and a quarter of 201 is the record for the Derby and the course UNDER WIXNS DIRECTION DIRECTIONPreliminary Preliminary details pertaining to the meet ¬ ing have been under the personal direction of Col Matt J Winn president of Churchill DownsLatonia Inc He has been at his desk for a week and today stated he only hoped good weather would prevail for the sport Last year the fall season was ushered in by a snowstorm and the year before snow fell so heavily it was necessary to call off one racingWith day of racing With 400 horses quartered on the grounds and 200 more expected to reach here Sunday from River Downs and Chicago there will be no scarcity of performers William Hj Shelley has sprinkled his condition book with overnight handicaps and allowance races and indications point to the same kind of high class sport semiannually offered Louis ¬ ville patrons patronsThe The program selecting contest a popular innovation of Latonia will supplant the Daily Double A prize of 500 or more will be offered daily to fans selecting the greatest number of winners This prize comes from the sale of the programs with withI the management guaranteeing a minimum daily award of 500 500A A majority of the popular stables have re ¬ turned for the short session Among them being Valdina Farms Roscoe Goose John Marsch Morris Vehon Jake Lowenstein J Graham Brown Mose Goldblatt F P Letel lier C H Ferguson Theo E Mueller W E Smith Bryant Ott Hugh Young A C Ernst Jos Desopo Smith G Baker Sr Kcene Daingerfield Jr R L Stivers and others
