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Show MURPHY IS CHIT BUFFALO IS SUCCESS Predicts It Will Be One oJ America's Greatest Racing Rac-ing Centers. Tribune Special ' Sporting Service. NEW YORK. Auk. . losenh A. Mnr- Phy, general manager of the Kenilworth meeting, was In town the, other day to make his report to the Jockey club. Mr. Murphy was very well pleased with the success of the meeting and feels sure .Quit Buffalo Is destined to become a racing point of considerable magnitude. Mr. Murphy will go to St. Louis from here, where he will remain until time to make his preparations for the Dallas. Tex., mooting, which wlil be under his supervision super-vision this year, as It was last, lie will look- after malt era for a race meeting to be given at Houston. Tex., and possibly two others at Southorn points. Sam Lazarus, the successful breeder of Texas, wno is backing Joseph Murpliv at Kenilworth. was also in the citv. "Mr. Lazarus has met success at breeding near the town of Abilene, where the Hindoo Hin-doo stallion Macy. the sire of Temaceo. is standing. J-lo says . there Is no better breeding countiy in America than central cen-tral Texas. Mr. Lazarus recently bought the exquisitely bicd stallion Right Royal from the Haymans and. aLthoiiKh Right Royal will race under the Lazarus colors col-ors at Saratoga, he is destined for stud service In me I. one Star .State. Mr. Lazarus and Mr. Murphy are planning plan-ning Improvements in the Buffalo programme pro-gramme for next season. They have about made up their minds to make $2000 the Irreducible minimum of value for all future stakes at Kenilworth and to raise -the Derby to $10,1)00 or ?15,000. Tho conditions of tho naw Derbv have not yet been arranged, but horsemen will be satisfied with what they do. Mr. Lazarus says then? Is no better place outside New York for racing than Buffalo. Good management, he thinks, will develop a clientele In the western end of the State which will enable Kenilworth eventually to .offer purses that will niir.n;i horses from the metropolitan circuit. |