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BANNER MEETING EXPECTED AT WINDSOR. Management of Canadian Track Makes Preparations to Entertain Larger Crowds Than Ever Before. Detroit. Mich.. Jaly 13.— The Windsor Fair Grounds and Driving Park Association has made preparation* for S banner meeting this summer. All the big metropolitan owners are here and the Wind sor plant has received a thorough overhauling. C. M. llendri. . who takes great pride in the raciug here, has i,-:i the Improvements to the plant his personal attention and everything is in readiness for the opening on Saturday. If one is to judge from the number of reservations made si the principal hotels, the meeting this summer will surely eclipse all others ever given here. Bsc ing at Winds.. i will assume a metropolitan aspect. Many of the New York visitors who are lure for the racing have arrange. I to sojourn at Ml. Clemens, which is only one hour from the course by trolley. The horses will not be celled to the ix st until 2:4". Detroit time, which will ghe everybody ample time to be on band for the opening race. s. c. HBdrethH big string arrived Tuesday afternoon, and the Carman String came the same dav. Mr. Hildreth brought his entire stable, while Mr. Carman shipped twenty from Fort Frie. Tom Ilea ley. who is handling the horses that B. T. Wilson is racing this summer, came over with ten. John W. Schorr brought all of the horses that lie raced in Fort Frie. Several of the important stables now lacing at Latonia are expected, anion, them the strings of George M. Odom, John T. Ireland and William Gerst. The trolley road running to the Windsor track has been doable-tracked, which will help the meeting wonderfully. Mortimer alahoacy. who will have charge of the betting ring, arrived trim New Tort yesterday and reports tljat IndJcatfins are that the ■ . i ing will exceed in poi it of ImpaHaail that of last summer. All of the big operators are already OC hand and many more have signified their intention of coming. The officials will be the same as last year. Charles F. Price and Frances Nelson will he the judges and A. It. Dade will do th, starting. Mr Dades work this summer has beau uniformly good! Arrangements have been per fee lad for the bookmakers P. do business under cover, which will be a decided improvement over conditions during the recent meet ing ut l-ort Erie.
