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SITE FOR THE NEW TRACK SECURED. Cincinnati, O., November 10. For the gentlemen interested Matt J. Winn and Hon. Joe Rhinock have finally selected and bought the Half Moon Farm on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River opposite Steubenville. Here the new track that will cater to Pittsburg, Wheeling and smaller nearby communities will be laid out and brought to completion in time for racing next summer. This will place the new racing plant; within one hours ride from Pittsburg and about one-third of that time will be all that is necessary to get the crowd from Wheeling. Traction lines run In every direction and residents of many of the smaller manufacturing towns in that region will have no trouble getting to the race course. Three sites were considered Holidays Cove. Cros3 Creek Farm and Half Moon Farm with some preference for Cross Creek Farm. The latter place was given up because of an oil Tease and Holidays Cove because the syndicate owning it decided to sell it for manufacturing purposes. Rhinock and Winn went to New York after securing the site. As soon as they return from the east all preliminaries will be arranged and the contracts for the building of the track and stands will be given out at once, as it Is proposed to hold a race meeting there next summer, and that means hustling. Since the matter of building a track near Pittsburg was aired in print some time ago there has been a big demand from all ends for stock In the venture. A comjjjany will be formed as soon as possible, probably With a capital of 8500,000. It is proposed to hold a high-class meeting at the track, and. the stake offerings will be large enough to induce the owners of the best horses to ship there. A jockey club will be Jormed on the lines similar to the former Washington Park Club. The building of the hew race course will, to a certain extent, relieve the pressure in the west and give the horsemen a chance to realize on their Investments without overraclng at any given point. Those who have gone over the situation are all of the opinion that the venture will be a paying one, as the field is an exclusive one, and every square foot is occupied by a person wjth some sporting blood in his veins. .
