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PROSPECTS GOOD FOR SUCCESS AT TAMPA Tampa Fla December 30 The certainty lhat there will be more and better horses than ever bc fcre at the Tampa race meeting which begins Mou day January 2 has given the local association ranch encouragement A special train of two sections has arrived front Pensacola with horses and horsemen and the steamship Morgan is coming with a similar shipment shipmentA A force of men is at work at the park this week and as a result of their efforts the conditions an superb for the opening of the meeting A layer of muck two inches deep lias IHJOII placed on the track giving it a springy effect Owners and trainers who have been working their horses say that the track is In ideal shape and that It will be fully three sec ¬ onds faster than It was last season seasonThe The association has engaged i firstclass brass band and has made many other arrangements for the comfort convenience and entertainment of patrons The street railway service will be much improved The meeting has attracted much attention from the thousands of tourists now in this immediate section and will receive much patronage from this welltodo class