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ST. LOUIS* NEW TRACK. Concerning the proposed new track at St. Louis yesterdays Republic cays : "Joseph D. Lucas is going to build his new racetrack at the intersection of the Wabash and Suburban tracks, fifteen miles from St. Louis, in St. Louis county. "The Kinloch Jockey Club, which will build and operate the new track, filed articles of incorporation in the office of the Recorder of Deeds at Clayton yesterday. The company is capitalized at 0,000, divided into 500 shares of 00 each. According to the articles filed yesterday, 240 share- of the stock are owned by Edmund E. Martin. 130 by L. Owen, and 130 by Benjamin Quiun. Daniel G. Taylor, the attorney of the company, said afterward, however, that they were simply employe, and that their names were us»d in the absence of Messrs. J. D. Lucas. Phil Chew and Edward Butler. Jr., wh_ are the promoters of the new enterprise. The capital has all been paid. The directors of the new track have $"0,000 in their hands right now. "The object of the club is to encourage and promote agriculture and the improvement of OONT1NOBO ON BBOOND FAOI. ST. LOUIS NEW TRACK. Continued from First Page. horse stock, to improve methods of breeding and caring for stock, to exhibit and provide for exhibiting agricultural, mining or industrial products and live stock, to conduct auction sales of live stock, to provide for various entertainments and amusements, and to equip, maintain and operate a Fair Grounds or park. "The headquarters of the new association are at No. 1105 Union Trust building. At a meeting of the board of directors next Monday," said Mr. Taylor. Mr. J. D. Lucas will be elected president. Edward Butler. Jr., vice-president, and Phil Chew, secretary and treasurer. We advertised for 100 more men today to work on the track at Kinloch. so that it will be ready for opening by September 1. We will not have a ninety day season this year, but will do so next year. It is not our intention to conflict with the Fair Grounds meeting. "Mr. Taylor said that the purses the association would offer would be in keeping with the Turf Congress rules on the point."
