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BUSINESS MEN WOULD SAVE OAKLEY TRACK. Cincinnati, O., September 5. A party of Cincinnati gentlemen, well known in business circles, are interested in saving Oakley racetrack from being turned Into an industrial community. They have set on foot a movement which may result in an organization which will probably be known as the Cincinnati Gentlemens Driving Club. During the racing season at Saratoga A. J. Welch and Orlando Jones, owners of the track, priced the property to a local real estate agent for 85,000. It Is now understood that the organization of business men, headed by Fred Guethlelm, has taken this option.
