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HANDICAP TO DIXIE MIGHT CHINN THBEEYEABOLD WINS FEATUBE OF JACKSONVILLE CABD Jockey V Powers Signs Contract to Bide for P T TChirm Chirm DuKnsr Year Contingent Upon There ThereBeing Being Ho Adverse Legislation in Canada Jacksonville ria January 22 driving finish with the first three horses heads apart marked the running of the Smith Richardson and Conroy Handi ¬ cap the feature of todays offering at Moncrejf Park I T Chinn furnished the winner in his promising threeyearold Dixie Knight which lnat Charlie Eastman and iten Double in the closing strides Dixie Knight showed that he is a stayer t y wining from last place awl finishing with a jgreat rush Despite disagreeable weather conditions n large crowd turned out it was cold and raw inuch the sort of weatlier they use l to have during the days of Guttenberg racing The high winds dried out the track and tin going was fairly good Two favorites won and V Powers rode two winners Hyperion II and Castlcwood CastlcwoodAnnouncement Announcement was made during the afternoon that I T Chlim had obtained first call oil the services of jockey Vincent Powers for the coming season Tlie terms arc SCO per month besides the usual fees for winning and losing mounts The contract is contingent on no antiracing law being passed in the Dominion of Canada In the event of adverse legislation in Canada Powers will ride in England for Baron Rothschild at a salary said to IK 10000 10000Archie Archie Ziuiincr disposed of Rubia Granda and Home Ituu this morning to the Chicago turfman T W Flyiin for 1GOO Home Kim ran in Flynns colors in the sixth race this afternoon afternoonFrank Frank Purcell winner of the second race was Inmsted wasInmsted formertrainer XX over his entered price by his former timeUliat trainer J I Mayherry This is the second time Uliat Mayl erry has run up this colt since E It West claimed him out of a selling race recently recentlyFormer Former jockey M Prpston who is now training a stable arrived from Tampn this morning with Des cKHiinets and i twoyearold twoyearoldThirtyfour Thirtyfour Liyers were in line at Moncreif this afternoon meetingAltKmnconunt which is a record for the meeting AltKmnconunt was made today liy V W Finn that Frank Skinner had been appointed handlcapjier racing secretary and presiding judge of the Utah Jockey Cinb with Kithard Dwycr as starter aud general manager S J McGibben clerk of the scales and I C Campau tinancial secretary It is understood that an amicable understanding has been arrived at with the Pacific Jockey Club and that the meetings at Salt Lake City Cheyenne Boise and Couer dAlene will be duly sanctioned by the Pacific Jockey Club ClubJockey Jockey S Davis was suspended for a week by the starter for cutting across with Pocomoke in the fDurth race
