No Track At New Buffalo, Mich.: The Michigan Breeders Association Venture Abandoned, Probably for All Times., Daily Racing Form, 1908-09-24

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NO TRACK AT NEW BUFFALO MICH MICHThe The Michigan Breeders Association Venture Aban ¬ doned Probably for All Time It can be definitely announced that there will IMS no race track built at New Buffalo Mich this fall or probably at all After the second plot of land bounded by the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette tracks had been staked out and the plans amended by Sheridan Clark promoter Camp took the new plans to Neiw York and they were not accepted Camp is still in the east and Sheridan Clark who represented Senator T D Sullivan and Detroit par ¬ ties came to Chicago to wait for orders which he has not received receivedPolitics Politics in both Michigan and New York are said to have interfered with the building of the track for one thing and the lateness of the i eculiar rac ¬ ing season for another Tills year there is no large number of horses on their way from the north to New Orleans for a long winter season beginning late in NovemlKT The curtailment of the New York season and early start of the eastern horses for California was also considered to be against the success of the Michigan track which even If Irastily built could not be got ready before late iu November when the licst horses from the east will e in California CaliforniaThe The project may be taken up again for next year but it is Improbable The political situation In Michigan is said to be sound enough though clouded by the coming election Local option rules pretty generally In the rural quarters of Michigan and there was not considered to be any local corns to be trodden upon in South Berrien County so that no adverse local opinion could be aroused It Is said that the track would have Iwen welcome there But welcome or not It will not l e built


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