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f FUUK alILEA HA. tVTHOB E j It is well within bjunds to say that several .hundred thousand people now living in the ciiy have at oe limo or mother witnessed racing over the kcil traces, jet of this vast number it isaonb fui if five hujdied ever suuioJ in the dee o tx it. me -t uf viewing a four mile race. A iour milo contest muj have taken plac over a CnictifcO raco tracK in the old days of long dis-thncoracUg .bat if sucu was the ca o it has passed irom momorj. Thd eecretaiias of tha j , 1 . local tracks have both been observant of the prevailing tendency to foster and encourage long distance racing and both have provided a number of purses that have resulted in excellent races at a mile and a half and two milos but Secretary Harry Kuhl has been the first to provide for an old-fashioned four mile dash. Tbe program book for next week at Hawthorne calls for a race at that distance to take place Saturday, September 9. It ha3 been wisely made a gelling race to that owners who have horses they are sure can go the long route can apportion their own weights There is abundant material here to make a rattling good field for this race. At St. Louis, on short notice, Sacretary Joe Murphy secured a field of five starters at four milps, August 22, and a capital race as well, Barrier going the four miles in 7 :25i. In the old days of f ur mile racings such a performance w mid have been considered nothing short of remarkable and would have been awarded columns of fine descriptive writing. Here Barrier, K dak, Jack Briidley, Croesus, Harry Nutter, Barton. Teutons, Fatherland. Banauo II., Plantain and a score moro of good staying horses art available and can readily ba prepared in time for a contest replete with interest and sure to attract a great corcourse of ppe-tatoTs. Croasus is a horse that should run a g-eat f ur miles nnder light weight. So should Jo ly Roger and Harry Nutter.
