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STRODE CIRCUIT ATTRACTING ATTENTION The Strode racing circuit in Florida the coming winter embracing a meeting of thirty racing days at 1ensacola beginning Thanksgiving Day to l e fol ¬ lowed by sixty days at Tampa and then thirty more at 1ensacola in the spring will provide horsemen who patronize it with 12O days of practically con ¬ tinuous racing and is receiving favorable attention especially from the owners of horses that may naturally be expected to do better at meetings of tliis character than at more pretentious meetings where they might be outclassed While Mr Strode will undoubtedly Ket some horses of good caliber to participate in his racing it is common sensn to expect that the winning of races at Peu sacola and Tampa will not be as difficult for the average horsemen as at the tracks that have pro ¬ vided Imposing stake arrays to attract the pick of the horses in training trainingAlready Already there have been considerable shipments ot horses to 1ensacola and the close of the Latoniii meeting will find many more en route Horsemen who have not yet made application for stable room and who count on going to Pensacola or Tampa should at once communicate with J U Strode 413 Biount Building Pensacola Fla FlaMr Mr Strode predicts that the Tampa track will be several seconds faster this season than it was last winter Accommodations for horses at Tiimpa will be ready this week but most of the horses that will nice at the Strode tracks will first so to Pensa cola colaManager Manager Strode has announced that the scarcity of stable room nt Kniifrian 1ark would force Ibe management to deny stall room to yearlings at the 1ensicola trnck The youngsters will have o lx accommodated outside of the enclosure as all avail ¬ able room will be required for hordes iu training Horsemen who have yearlings can send thorn to Tampa where good quarters are available
