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TUUPA MEETING AT AN END FREE GATE ON FINAL DAY YIELDS BIGGEST ATTENDANCE OF SEASON Meeting Conducted at Slight Loss to Its Promoters Promotersbut but Sport Now Regarded as asFirmly Firmly Established Tampa Fla March 21 The onehundredth ami losing day of the Florida State Midwinter Fair As tsoclatioirs initial meeting was marked l y the record attendance of the reason As a finale to tin racing rm tne management issued a general invitation to the iul lie to IK present and the free gate re ¬ united in the taxing of the capacity of the plant llio lug crowd gave the racing i inctrupolltan iiir and enthusiasm ran riot the lirsttime visitors lie ing mostly responsible for most of it In a racing wy the usual getaway setlies were enacted horse ¬ men and their help making prostrations for de ¬ parture Those speeiilativeiy inclined fared badly only two favorites being returned winners during the afternoon One of ttiem Milliard Kail was at Iirohihltlve odds and his victory prolited none save Ills immediate connections Chenault was the other successful choice choiceJockey Jockey Glasner contributed to the incidents of the afternoon by piloting three of the winners On I rank Pat ton and La Fayette he was astride in ¬ ferior horses and his skill was resM nsible for their success On Bronte lie had little difficulty In landing Ilie purse The worst unset of the afternoon came in the closing dash in which Flora Ililey was l eaten by La Fayette and Lois Cavanagh The Corrigan mare was much the liest but joekev Kraunon sub ¬ jected her to much interference and this entailed her defeat defeatA A special train will convey nearly ICO horses owners trainer jockeys ami nice followers to Pensacola tomorrow for the meeting which begins there on Saturday next and which is scheduled to run for thirty days According to recent reports everything will Itc in readiness for Oie opening land the management anticipates a successful meeting Ivdwnrd Tribe will act as starter W W Lvle will li the iiresiding judge aiiQ Hart Dernlmui the racing secretary secretaryEugene Eugene Austin who represented Tom Shaw in the management of the local betting ring announced that little profit was made during the time he was in charge The excuses of operating amounted to iiearlv dailyJ 1700 daily J 1C Frayling who has been track superintendent here today received notification from P S P Rau dolph to report at his earliest possible convenience to assume charge of the training of the Randolph string of racers fost of them arc at present in Aiken S C from which ix int they will be shipped to New York shortly shortlyB B S Catlett and F iMcConnell stockholders in the track here and also at Jacksonville were visitors today and predicted success1 for this place next sea ¬ son They feel satisfied with getting off with a slight loss this season and are sanguine that the deficit will be more than made up next winter
