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NOTES OF THE TURF Racing at Barksdale Barks will cover fifteen days Then Elkton Elton will follow and fill up the time until April 4 after which the homeless outlaws will apparently have to seek fresh fields and pastures new They have not given up all hope however A new bill covering the whole state may be passed Joy tho thou Maryland Legislature that may help tho thou outlaws by prohibiting racing during the months of December January and February A Maryland legislator has given it as his opinion that even the game in Cecil County may be saved in this way wayEfforts waveforms Efforts are being made to form a Northwest ¬ ern Bern Racing Circuit the coming spring in order to carry on tho thou sport in a number of western points throughout the entire summer season If it is organized it is expected that the circuit will include Denver Kansas City St Joseph Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines and meet ¬ ings dings will be held beginning in May and con ¬ tinuing tinning in the order named All these cities have good mile trotting tracks which might easily be put in condition for running meetings meetingsTiny meetings Tiny Williams who is to ride the coming season for J E Seagram the Canadian turf ¬ man will go to New Orleans on the evening of March 2 Williams will train at the Crescent City track by riding such mounts as are offered By doing this he will be in the best of fettle when tho thou season opens on the metropolitan tracks In California Thorpe still leads tho thou jockeys having won 94 out of 275 mounts second in 52 third in 51 and unplaced 78 times Clawson Lawson comes next with 73 out of 371 mounts 69 seconds 68 thirds 161 unplaced Conley Coney is third with 58 out of 243 mounts 47 seconds 43 thirds and 95 un ¬ placed placedThe placed The controversy between jockey Dick Claw son jockey Dicks father and jockey Dicks employers Atkin Akin Lottridge Outride has been settled by his being ordered to return to his stable and carry out the terms of his contract contractCapt contract Capt Caput S S Browns stable will race in the West exclusively this year with Henry Bondy Body in charge as trainer
