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NEW STARTER IS ENGAGED JAMES MILTON TO SEND FIELDS AWAY AT LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON Management of Churchill Downs Instructs New NewOfficial Official to Use the WalkUp System of Start Startinc inc Kentucky Training Gossip Louisville Ky March 2S Secretary Lynian II Davis of tin New Louisville Jockey Chili makes tin ollicial aiinoiincemcnt that lames Milton lias been fiigageel as starter for tlio spring meeting at Chunhill IMwns Secretary Davis further announces tliat Mr Milton has been instructed to employ the walkup system of starting which the Kentucky Slate Racing Commission Is expected to order adopted on all Kentucky tracks at its next meeting Mr Milton liy virtue of gexiel work at various minor meetings at which lit has otliciated enjovs the repu ¬ tation of being a killful man with the barrier and Manager AViim is contideut that he vjll make good on the big tracks Mr Milton lias likewise been en ¬ gaged to lo the starting at Lexington this spring inil it is probable that he will send the fields away at Lntonia as well wellMilton Milton spent Saturday liere in conference with Manager Wlim lie makes it a rule never to allow one of his assistants to take hold of a horse or to strike one Milton is i Texan He has lieen a starter for live years Winter before last his starting at Havana won praise from turfmen who raced horses on the island Milton served a long apprenticeship under starters Mars Cassidy A B Dade Richard Dwyer and Jake Holt 111111 whom he succeeds He went back to Jacksonville last night Judge nightJudge Pat Dunne came from New York to attend the funeral of Robert Tucker lie was shocked over the sudden deatli of his friend for whom he enter ¬ tained the most sincere regard Judge Dunne ex l ects to be identiiied with racing at Tampa again next season At this time he owns only three horses The Pecr Saliau and rash the lastnamed being by McGcc Debacle His racing operations will be confined solely to the New York tracks He re ¬ turned today to tle metropolis and within a short time will add several useful racers to his string
