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SPEED GROWTH OF LOCAL RACING There is more outside growth of idea as to the return of Chicago racing to its old standard than seems to be locally current Horses of good class are flocking to the Indiana tracks Within the pastweok paste ucu mucus high class perform ¬ ers as Rondo Libertine Magnet Tim Murphy Zamar Zamia II and Paul Kauvar Kava flanked by com ¬ panions anions of good standing have come to Chicago This is as it should be The Indiana tracks are being intelligently operated Their race condi condo ¬ tions ions are made to get the best in the various classes together and the racing is clean form ful foul and progressive of health The sharpening of time on all the three tracks is remarkable remarkableThere remarkable There is evidently a lot of speed virtue in that Indiana loamclay lacily top dress which each course received in the spring Then too theres Theresa some more within the incentive of managerial effort unhampered by the misdirected reform action of the ignorant though well meaning public regulators of other peoples affairs which crip crimp ¬ pled a noble sport in 1895 and cost the trades ¬ men of Chicago several millions of dollars dollarsTo dollars To show how remarkable is the increase of speed at the Indiana tracks a series of tables giving the records of each track up to the close of 1895 and to date have been compiled and are spread below with a compilation of compar compare ¬ isons sons between the best records up to the close of 1865 and to date Here are the comparative figures all the 1895 records boing booing made at Lake ¬ side Those of 1896 are the best of all three tracks 1895 Record 1896 Record Rdtn Rd Vt mile Wz furlongs mile 5i4 furlongs mile 64 furlongs mile 1 mile 1 mile 70 yards 1 116 miles miles1M 1M miles 154 miles
