A Plea For Peace., Daily Racing Form, 1898-07-23

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The following originated among the horse owners yesterday and speaks for itself To THE HABLEM HARLEM TKACK TACK MANAGEMENT Believing that a clash in racing dates as be ¬ tween teen Harlem and Hawthorne cannot but prove disastrous to both parties we the horsemen now racing in Chicago upon whose living har char ¬ mony moony will work wonders respectfully petition that you postpone your meeting at Harlem for two weeks giving Hawthorne that time to race in and that you alternate with Hawthorne every two weeks from that time on onSigned consigned Signed Respectfully yours yoursJ yours J W Schorr Scorer Son J G Brown Pat DossBurns Disburse Dunne F W Doss Burns Waterhouse Warehouse W J Donahue Danaher DonahueC Donna C B Reid F M Arthur ArthurL Arthur L Ezell Bezel Stanton Tucker John TuckerJohn Tucker RodegapS Bodegas Huffman John Rodegap Bodega S JordanW Jordan C Hildreth Children M Jordan W C Fessendon Resending Bromley Brome Co CoWilliam Orwellian William HayesW Hayes Coleman W M Hayes W A Smith W H Laudeman Laundryman G LaudemanG Laundryman TillesH Tiles Landsberg Lindbergh C A Tilles Tiles MurphyE Murphy H E Leigh James Murphy WishardF Wished E O Pepper E Wishard Wished F R Hamlin Haling James Howard G HowardG Howard W Poole W J Smith SmithA Smith A horseman who had signed the above said What we are after is surely for the benefit of all concerned Mr Corrigan has so clearly defined his course that there is no chance for him to shift Now we take it that the opposing party may be open to reason We pledge our ¬ selves that if there is racing in Chicago with ¬ out opposition of track managers to stay and race in a bunch throughout the season seasonEdward seasoned Edward Corrigan when asked if he had seen the petition said No I know nothing of it Today it will undoubtedly gain many more sig sigh ¬ natures of prominent turfmen Turkmen as the handicap posted for Monday at Hawthorne shows a num numb ¬ ber beer of owners of crack horses at that point whose names do not appear above


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