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Show Bie SEASON FOR MEM WINN Kentucky Track Manager Thinks 1919 Will Establish Estab-lish New Record. LOUISVILLE, Aug. Colonel Matt J. Winn, vice president and general manager man-ager of the Kentucky Jockey club, ar-rivpd ar-rivpd in Louisville yesterday after an extended ex-tended visit in the cast. Racing in that section is enjoying a great boom, Colonel Winn said. Fields at Km pi re City were small on account of a muddy track prevailing pre-vailing much of tho time, but the crowds turned out In large numbers, he stated. "The raclnpr in the east bears out the indications of the unprecedented spring and Hummer season fn Kentucky that th!s is a banner year for the sport," de-r de-r la red Colonel Winn. " take it as an augury that our fall campaign also will est ablish now records for that period of the v.r. I was assured by large numbers num-bers of eastern owners that t hey would ship to Kentucky in thn autumn. "The S"0.0'0 Latonia championship stakes Is a loading t"pic among eastern horsemen. Its hugo vn luc haa cast Into oblivion all other fixtures from a financial finan-cial standpoint. A number of the best 3-year-olds In the country are now being epcially prepared for this rich prize. "Sam Hi Id re ( h Ih point I rig 'Irrus for the birr raco with sreat confidence. He believes thitt his 3-yar-oId is ideally suited for the mile and tiiree-qun it era route. A noth'-r that is receiving much 'onsidcration in that section Is Harry 7. Whl tiiey's Vindex. Jimmy Rnwe Is giving giv-ing him a verv careful preparn tion and has refrained from starting him recently in ordf-r that he may take no chances of injuring him before he Is fit. Klernal, of rour!!". will bo on band, and Jim McClelland Mc-Clelland Is more confident of taking the Latonia cha mpionsh ip thn n bo has been of victnry at any time this year, and he has not lacked confidence on other occasions." oc-casions." Colonel "Winn will be here a couple of days before proceeding Lntonln. where be will hp end some thnf n rranglng for t he a ut u rnn ueavon fit f hut plant. |