Saratoga To Race Every Day.: Executive Committee Decides to Make Full Use of Racing Dates Allotted to Spa., Daily Racing Form, 1909-06-15

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SARATOGA TO RACE EVERY DAY. Executive Committee Decides to Make Full Use of Racing Dates Allotted to Spa. New Yotk. June 14. — The executive committee of the Saratoga Association has decided to accept all of the dates allotted by the Jockey Club and will therefore run four weeks, six days each week, coin-inencing on Monday. August 2. and continuing to Saturday, August 2*. inclusive. It was also announced today, but unofficially, that the Coney Island Jockey Club will add four extra days to its original schedule and race tive days each week instead of lour at the coining Sheepshead Bav meeting. Tlie three-year-old gelding. Distract, ran into the fence white exercising this morning and was so badly hurt that he hail to be destroyed. The stewards of the Jockey Club are desirous of having the present conspicuous turf curb on the race trncka dispensed with, and as oral lictting is legal any Where, it is more than probable that the lawn will lie vacated and lite old betting enclosures used for those who wish to speculate within the law. This is in accord with Oovernor Hughe- Ideas that belting should be relegated to the background, s-i after this there will lie no more groups on tin lawns.


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