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OHIO HORSEMEN ARE HOPEFUL. Columbus, 0., February 9. Harness horsemen from all parts of the state are here in the interest of a racing law which will permit poolselling within the racetrack intiosurcs. It is claimed that Governor Pattison will not veto such a bill. A measure of this kind was passed by the legislature two years ago. Governor Herrlek vetoed it. This arrayed the horsemen against him in his race against Governor . ... - Pattison last fall. 0 ALEX SHIELDS BELIEVES IN MONTREAL. "A turfman who is taking a keen interest in the Montreal Jockey Club is Alex Shields," says an exchange. "Mr. Shields was born in Scotland, which will be news to a great many of his friends, who think lie is an out and out Canadian. To use ids own words, he was imported to this ceuntry as a yearling, being an infant in arms when his parents moved to Canada. "His fondness for horses was developed while lie was a member of the Toronto Hunt, and his first racing string conistcd of three or four steeplechasers. By ability as a trainer and shrewdness as a business man he went slowly but surely to the front, until now he lias a good racing stable and a plethoric bankroll. Mr. Shields will not only send his horses there to race, but his faith in the success of the row institution is shown by the fact that he lias taken a financial interest in it. He knows Mon-I treal, having ridden in races there years ago, and he realizes that there never was a place more ripe I for a first-class race meeting than Montreal is at I the present time."
