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FLORIDA TO HAVE 150 DAYS RACING. A Second Track to Be Built at Jacksonville and Tampa Plant to Be Remodeled. Ciucinntai. O.. June ft. — W. II. Fizer and J. 1". Strode will depart tomorrow for Jacksonville. Fla.. whither they go at the raajnaat of Frank Clarkson. a prominent hotel man of that city, to consult in regard to perfecting plans for building a now rae-trick In Sonlli Jacksonville, across the St. John Hiver from .faeksouville. and readily accessible to the business district of the city. A mile track is i.i eonteniplutioii on laud already secured, and tho yen ture is to 1m- hacked bv several business men. Plan-for the track have been drawn, and disclosure of the undertaking only awaited the adjournment of the Florida legislature. It is proposed to build the track in an up to-date fashion with modern appoint nients. at a cost of 50,000. An agreement has bein reached with "Curly" Brown, manager of the track already located in Jacksonville, according to Fizer. to split dates and avoid all friction. It is intended to race about 160 days iu Florida the coming winter. The same parties who are promoting tlie now track have secured a leapt, on the Tarn pa. Fla.. track, and thev will remodel it for racing purposes in season for i meeting there to precede thOBC at Jacksonville. The Tampa plant is only a li.ilf-inile track at present, but it will be converted into a three -quarters of a mile coarse, which will exhaust the full capacity of available ground. Grandstands and stables will be erected to lit in with tin- other appointments, entailing an expenditure of K .IMH ill all. Inder the Sloan bill, in which both branches of the legislature concurred in-1 before ad-i. .urnnient. racing is safe in Florida until May. Bill. This will give the Florida people two winters of racing. W. It. Fizeis connection with the enterprise i ies through Frank Clarkson. who has always owned or raced horses ami who is at present part owner of Al Muller. Discussing the project today. Fizer said: "We banc made an SI II I mini to divide dales with Hie other track in Jacksonville and there will be no war. It is intended to race about ninety days at Jacksonville and about sixty days at Tampa. The old laws allow racing in Florida from November lo to May 1. Work on tho new track will be started within a fortnight and it is hoped to have everything in readiness by November." It is Fizers intention to dispose of all his horses on his return from Florida in the event that be identities himself with the tracks.
