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HIGH-CLASS RACING FOR DENVER. Denver. Colo.. April 17.— Obstacles seem to be out of the way and a race meeting is being planned for Denver under the management of John Condon, who has secured a lease on Overland Park. The del whereby the interstate Fair Association. which controls the property, turned the park over to Mr. Condon, was made in Chicago ten days ago. There is a preponderance of public sentiment in Denver and throughout the state in favor of racing. and a summer meeting here conducted along high class lines aud under Condons management promises to ho a winner from the start. It is understood to be Condons idea to make it a thirty days meeting, but it is possible that it will be extended to fifty-two days, running it through fair week. September 2 to 7. inclusive. The purses and stakes will be liberal enough, it is believed, to attract many of the best horses, and those who have discussed the proposition with Mr. Condon say that this is ills intention. No determined effort was made to force a racing bill through the legislature, which closed here April 4. Friends of racing believed that it would be liettor to leave the situation as it stands. Stockholders of the Interstate Fair Association, which owns Overland Iark. are the most prominent and influential business men of Denver and the state. All things considered. It looks as though Denver will have at least a thirty-days meeting of high order.
