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0 FUBTHER POSTPiXNEMEYT OPENING OF CHARLESTONS NEW TRACK WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. South Carolina Course at Last in Condition to Be Raced Over and Will Be Turned Over to Horsemen Today. t Charleston. S. C. January 22. — A wonderful transformation has taken place at Palmetto Park within 1 the lust forty eight liours. Favorable weather lias • been ■ big factor in patting the track in ■roper con : dltion for racing ami the going la now safe and solid. Several l i-U harrows were at work aa the far turn ami in the homestretch, while some of the top dressing that was placed on the first turn last 1 week was removed, its place lieing taken by sand. • As t i.« ■ afternoon proaTCBacd the going showed a J sleadv improvement and whatever doubt had existed • as to tin meeting being opened on Wedaesday has • diva ppea red. Several horses were galloped over the track this BBoralag and IV tomorrow the entire plant will he turned over to the horsemen. Central Ifanager f Pons has given the entire track a personal inspection. Wherever a soft s| ot showed, it wa- H eavated and dry soil has taken tie- place " what I was removed. When one stops to think that there has been almost four necks of rain here, some idea 1 ■ l the situation that Mr. Pons has had to contend I with can he realized. Algernon Dalngerfield, the Jockey club represents tive. ;iiiil K. C. Smith, who will act as steward, will not arrive until tomorrow. They were to have jeft yesterday, bat wired the management here that t thcy#had decided to remain over in New York another day. Starter A. P.. Dade will lx- here tosnorrow, having ■ left his home in Henderson. Ky.. this afternoon. Both of Mr. Dades aaafartaata, Messrs. Snyder and 1 Tribe, have been oa the ground for a week. Chummy, a two-year-old tiily by ornament — Chum. owned by B. w. J. BisaeH, died this saomlng of f lug fever. .indues P. A. Pi ad J and Martin Nathau-on. who it officiated at the recent Columbia meeting, today i- L -.haiiii, i down their decision in the protests lodged I •w l. .1. Shannon, acting far C. Woodford, owner of i loin Massie. and C. 11. Knebelkamp. owner of f Cnile .limmie Gray, against bids being accepted 1 from William Shields, on the groaad that the latter was not in go d steading. The decision of the indues uphold- the i tentloa ol Messrs. Bhaastoa :i and Knebelkamp, and they onler that the bids mentioned i. above be declared void and that the money v that has been held subject to the mliag be returned [ l.i Messrs. Shannon and Knebelkamp. A copy of ,f Hie Jacksonville mliag againal Mr. Shields was s received by Messrs. Natlian-on and Brady. It follows: |. "For falling i" answer the charges preferred ,1 by J. 1*. Schunk and others. W. Shi. Ids baa been n Indefinitely suaaeuded. The original mliag is s signed by Joseph A. Murphy and P. A. Brady. W. P. Burch, who ha- Samuel p..— roar-year old ,j Joe Kenyan in charge, reports that that hone is in bad condition. First call on the services of jockey W. Hopkins m lias been acquired by tin Tennessee stable. P. P. Deerhoefer this asovniag recalled approval ,1 of the name- of hi- tw o ear old- from Registrar lV BMW* Of the Jockey Club. They are as follow-: .hek Irish Mike. ch. c. by Ort Well- Dixinna. Jimmy Gill, blk. c by Fatherless- Bister Anna. Ursula Thompson, blk. f, by Fatherless Tiilie. George Karme, ch. c, by Cesarion SneerwelL Pap.;, do Kalb. ch. .-. by Ort Wells -Kate Havlin. l. Senator James, ch. c. by on Welis— Miss Letitia. i. Madeline P.. br. f. by The elector -F.iiaineliuc. Thousands .f people visited Palmetto Park yestei : lav and went over the plant where racing will be " Inaugurated on Wednesday. DoaM as to the ability • ■ •i the ni.iniiuenieiit to open on that day ha- disappeared. The track will be ill fair condition, according to the builder-, ami while fast time will lie out of the ewjeatjoa, the going will be safe. The laborers were kept at work resterdaj tiling ig bad places that developed as a re-ult of the severe re Weather. The big till promises to become the best »l portion of the rack in time, but at present requires s c in-iderable watching. There are other place- on lie- track that are soggy with moisture. This i- ] i i teeth the result of the builders" anxiety to complete 2 the track. Their haste caused them to put tons of dirt on the track before it had become thoroughly l thawed. The bona stretch, from the quarter post to the fini-h. i- in excellent condition ami fit to ?J be rated over now. A- a matter of fact, several al horses worked over this stretch of ground yesterday r- in fa-t time. The back stretch i- muddy ami id it win take several days of dry weather before it it 1- in good condition. Quite a number of owner- had ol their borsea on the track yesterday for light work. k- 11. i. Be.lwell had twenty -two of his string on the •■ rostrse, cantering over various portions of the track. k. The eneoantered several soft spots, but th.se are expected to become firm before the opening of the be msahhsg. The grandstand, paddock ami other appointments , are complete in detail, the painting of the principal structures having beea finished Saturday. I :.• Charleston Kesri ami Courier, commenting IS ou the legislative situation, has this to -ay: "The two Charleston delegations which weal to to Columbia to appear at the bearing held oa the satl-laee 11- track bin. the ante in favor of the measure. •. ti tin r oppo-e.i to It, have returned to the city. y BsTorta to discover bow the attempt to legislate the be Charleston track out of existence would result. In the opinion of those present at the bearing revealed -,i a natural • out i adiet ion of view-, one of the citizens Who appear.! in favor .,f the bill stated that there ". wa- evidently a strong majority in the General : Assembly opposed t » the racing opposition, and "" that, in hi- opinion, the ■atl-racing bill would unlit "| uiiie.ih i«- passed, one ..f the men who appeared . in opposition t.« the measure stated, oa the other . baud. that, in hi- opinion, tin- bill would be killed 55 la tie H wise aft * s warm and dose fight. Should it pass the House, it i- -aid. it w.ul.l awel it-death i, in tin- Senate. The fact that the Mouse ami Senate Judiciary committees voted favorably oa the bill i- i-t regarded by its opponeuta as significant , oi Mo attlttmV of tie- General Asaemblj as a whole " lawarda the una-iiio.
