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GOSSIP OF THE TirfcJf comes from Charleston Si O tliat a mile flk yill be built there ere long Horsempn Leefctions of the United States have looked Charleston as a fine field for yinter meetings leprtan undertaken by Mr Wall and his as o ic build a new track will meet with geat kj Mr Wall says he is sure that it will b a Investment for the men who are firiahcia y Red and the venture will be launched undejp 9sirflattering prospects jT HIO years ago the Dwyer Brothers vent to leston with a view of organizing an associa but abandoned the plan after failirigtQget feession of the old Washington race course prop y That tract is tied up in such a way that it knot be sold but the new association secured her land which will be equally as attractive and Irable M level stretch of land on the Meeting street Ifbeyond JIagnolia Crossing has been picked aipd proper arrangements for the new track dei The location is about the best that can be nd in Charleston and when completed the new ck will ie equipped with every modern facility K found at such a place placeears ears ago Charleston was one of the racing ters of the country and the sport thrived there en it failed in other cities The meetings ceased d interest was lost inthe sport but the revival of at the Exposition haSkindled the blood of those jple whose fathers and grandfathers were pat is of the turf in the days that have gone The aw scare has been shelved and no more is Bbd by horsemen racing there regarding the out t rumors The association in Charleston takes I stand that it comes within the Fair Grounds IBS and as such cannot be injured or outlawed At a recent meeting of the breeders at Lexington y it was decided to take no further steps in the rosecution of trainer Dan OBrien for moving the fireeeighths pole in an attempt to defraud Clar nce H Mackay of New York by selling him a colt n a false workout OBrien it will be remem ¬ bered confessed and implicated others but the Ommittee found no evidence corroborating his tatements andxso reported to the breeders mass meeting The breeders refused to exonerate or to ixctfse any one else Moroni began the new year by winning two races u successidh If he ever rounds to hisold form he ill ifeat much bettor horses than thpse Le has
