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TAMPA OFFICIALS TAKE SENSIBLE COURSE Authorities Pursue Policy of Letting Jacksonville Courts Settle Mooted Point in Florida Law Tampa Fla March 7 Some fear was aroused today hi the local racing colony by rumors that the prosecuting attorney of this county might canst tin arrest of some of this bookmakers operating here in conformity with the action of tlie Jacksonville authorities on Saturday last to have the hairsplit ¬ ting technicality of poolselling and bwkmaking defined by the courts Nothing of the sort transpired during the afternoon and as no information has been lodged with tlie authorities it is presumed that they will not go out of their way to cause the coiinty useless exjHMise by causing arrests when l y leaving the thrashing out of the point at Issue to tlie Jack ¬ sonville ollicials they can accomplish tfte same ob ¬ ject independentlyThere as though action were taken independently I There was no diminishing of attendance this after ¬ noon though speculation fell off considerably due perhaps to the long drawn out spell of racing in these parts Inrere t in the sport is however well maintained and Secretary Norvell is providing fairly attractive cards that furnish close and exciting con ¬ tests testsTom Tom Tooliey won the second race Impressively and is considered highlv by his connections He is a Kentucky Derby candidate It D Williams took another purse when Delena led home a fair band of juveniles in the opening race Chenault being her closest pursuer throughout throughoutC C T Pattersons consistent Pirate Diana had to he forced out to the limit to beat Grace Kimball in the fourth race The succeeding dash gave the Carman following a big jolt when Waterbury was beaten by Merman and Baleslied Humors indus ¬ triously circulated to the effect that Lois Cavanagh was ailing enabled her connections to get a lucrative price and encouraged tracking for all the others She won as her rider pleased Lafayette taking sec ¬ ond place from the outsider Dr Crook CrookJudge Judge Monck of the Hamilton Jockey Club was an arrival today Discussing Canadian racing lie gave it as his opinion that the Miller bill would fail of passage and the sport would go on as formerly excepting that the meetings would possibly be cur ¬ tailed to twenty days at each track According to lite views Toronto will open the season and be followed in succession by Montreal Hamilton Windsor and Fort Erie ErieJockey Jockey Dwyer was suspended for six days by the starter for disobedience at the post Many postMany of the owners who intend racing on Ken ¬ tucky tracks this spring will defer departure from here until well along In April The Tampa track and climate are considered ideal for training opera ¬ tions and they will be able to fit their racers with more privacy than at Lexington and Louisville LouisvilleAll All the liorses in the Schreiber string excefit Judge Henderson and Ed G will be offered for sale before meetingIt the close of this meeting It lias been definitely announced that the Tampa meeting will end March 21 and the horsemen are formulating plans for the shipment of their horses to other points The Kentucky shipment will be a large one and will embrace most of the best liorses here Jamestown will also draw heavily and among the shipments to that point will be consignments by B K Carman M Burton G J Engelkiug J T Temple J K Frayling and possibly the Shields brothers The remainder will go to Pensacola for the meeting announced to open there March 10 There is some disappointment because of the Pensa ¬ cola promoters action in opening before the close of the Tampa meeting It is argued that as a scarcity of horses exists now the closing days will tind a still further shortage due to shipments from here
