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CHARLES F PRICE LOUISVILLE Ky June 16 Judge Charles F Price octogenarian presiding steward in charge of racing at Churchill Downs as well as at Lincoln Fields and Latonia for a num ¬ ber of years and one of the best known racing officials in America was in Nortons Infirmary today suffering from a fractured thigh Judge Price fell at his apartment last night and Xrays this morning revealed the fracture Dr W Barnett Owen and two other bone specialists are in attendance The physicians pointed out that the break itself was not a serious one being in the femur and not the hip bone boneJudge Judge Price had been in none too good health this spring and on the advice of physicians decided not to serve in his reg ¬ ular capacity during the Lincoln Fields meeting now in progress