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LEGISLATORS SEE RACING SOUTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS ARE ENTERTAINED AT PALMETTO PARK. Sport Makes Good Impression on Visitors from Columbia — President Marshall Issues Letter Correcting Misrepresentations. Charleston, 8. ".. January 88. Palmetto Park, its racing and the features pertaining thereto, jaw under iiiivd surveillance today by ■ large delega ii. .a of South Carolinas legislative body, who came over in a special train [rum Colombia. Pullj two hundred legislators and their friends were guests oi -.., latl n and were escorted I • the track by a , . inttiittee t representative business men of Cbai l. -• . :,. 1 1.. arere shown over tbe course and the operation of tne plant waa explained I" them. Senator Carlisle, who Introduced tbe anti-racing meat an [n Hi.- Senate, and Bepreseutatlve Brckman. -.•.;. . i- sponsor for the bOI iu the lower branch ol the Legislature, were amoag tboot ti whom Invitation* were extended bj the management, but both were absentee*. The leghdatora and the ladles in their partj Beemed to take a wholesome enjoyment in the sport and many ol the lawmakers announced after thi isit thai they were favorably Impressed wiiii the racing and the conduct of the plant. Some arere outspokeu to the • -n . «-i that they failed to see an] impropriety at the track aad were l:i«l ol the ..,,;, ]■; nnitj to become conversant with the coodncl . i affaire al the ourse. Coaditkma .u ! i hardly hare been more ideal than tli. .-.- which prevailed today. The weather was balmv during the early part of the afternooo. but cooled eonslderablj later. The racing w.is spirited, with several ehwe Bnisues that caused the crowd t applaud liberally and not a marring Incident transpired at aaj stage. The attendance was np to tin- o|iening daj a proportions and Included sow ..i Charlestons best element. The track show d decided i.iii. vemenl and creditable time was made ,n ■ in. ..i the races. Interest rbieflj i otered in the race for two-year ..ill-, the Brst .lash oi the year for the Juveniles. Twelve accepted the issue and thej appeared to be :. trim lot. The victory went to Catesbj Woodfords Jessie Porter, a chestnut illy by Marts Santa aTrancisca. Racing luck favored her to ■ great* •w rcoun ■ .1 for her aaci as. Bprightlj Miss. ■"Mi.- runner-up. would have reversed the outcome with the winner, l ut for stumbling when about to , pass Into the lead. Pink Lady waa ■ good third. Others In the held that performed Impressively wer* Yemasse and Southern Shore. The above quintet ablj will show to better advantage In future ■ i-ssaya and they are a likely !..t thai may develop into useful racing mat. -rial. In addition to the distinction of having hi* repre seutatlre take the Brst tsro-year-old race. Catesby Woodford made it ■ double when Cheer Cp, making liis Initial start as ■ threi year-old, won the second i race after a rousing struggle with Pennyroyal. Helen Barbee ami Sticker figured In a spirited battli in the third race, Helen Barbee just managing to . heal the Bedwell mare. Elisabeth ilarwood made a runaway affair ol the fourth race and won as her rider pleased, Vnca out staving Dominica P.r second place. Emperor Will-lam showed a sudden return t" form In the Dftb t ;;i,i i.. l.i bia opposition safe for the entire trip. 111.- main disappointment in a betting way came ■ with the closing dash when Montagnie, at odds-on. saccamlM .1 !• l orce. i. A. Blanch! • 1 :iL.i. Smith has secured Brst ; call ..ii ockej Eddie Dugana services during his j stay here. aptain Dahaim aad DeteetlTe Edward Shevlln , •treated two men al the track ;liis afternoon who i were attempting ti cash forged tickets, . Frank Tyler Humming Bird was among the nurt] that came over from Bummerville tliis after i ii. He will iut in next week. Five carloads of horses arrived from Norfolk tliis B ling. !!.•• consignment consisted, with few eat . reptions, ..i all the horses that remained over after the Jamestown meeting. Capt. 1". M. Walker baa arranged with Bdward I Garrison t. have Jockej Ferguson ride his bom ■ la races in which he claims the apprentice allowance. The body of Jockey A. Burton, wbo was killed ■ yesterday as a result ol a fall while riding M • Andrews, was shipped to Latoals oa the 5:10 train tbta evening. The father of the lad ami his two brothers accompanied tin- remains. Algernon Dalngerfield returned to New York last viiiiit . A telegram from the Jockey Club recalling him Immediately was responsible for his change of J plana. Al Hanf was among the layers that cut in thta - afternoon. Oa* 1 k swat oat aad two new ones s weal mi. .1. C. Milam arrived from Lexington with fourteen I ii.i-. a. The lot shipped arell and were unloaded In " e I condition. flmrtcetaa 8. C, January 28.— The Charleston n Fair and Bacing Association, through its president. John Marshall, ■ direct descendant -if former Chief f Justice John Marshall of the United States Supreme ■ Court, has Issued the following letter t. members s • f tin- S.uih Carolina Legislature In connection with h the efforts that are being made to pass aa ami raring bill at Columbia: ■;,, ib Members of the General Assembly ol South ii Carolina . Oentlemen: The scope, the purposes and the ..■ Charleston Fslr and Racing Aaso-riatton ■ havi I • ■ i. so whlelj misunderstood and so .-■ nslvi | I m sen ted. that the association, in Its own lutcre t. in the interest bl fair play, and II ,.,h.:i ii u-ii.,. tu lie the best interest ol the le «.f tlir State of South Carolina at large, re spectfully requests your consideration of ii tain 11 t ii ts. This enterprise "as conceived four years ago, :. and was undertaken al the nnanimoua request of I be people of Charleston. Al a ma-- meeting at which was present representatives of even walk of . life Including inanj social, r. ! i i. .u- ami business J the city, the delegation from Charleston ! Iounty waa t I • -|#,l to procure from the General ■ ,v — .-in t •! x a charter which would enable ■ great ng plant ; i be constructed here, and which would provide for it- successful operation, a charter waa drawn sneh as would enable these ends to be accompli lied; and with the hearty approval of the cation from Charleaton to tbe General Assembly. ,a- asked for. Tlie resolution granting this charter ;,,..,,l the Houa ••! Bepresentatlvea without a entins rote. In tli« Senate an amendm nt was offered, "provldtna no gambling be allowed on the inds." Tlie Ilouse refuse«l nnanlmousl to i 1 i is : t!..- eharti r, and when the charter was returned to the Senate ii. - amendment ,.u ..nt th.-r - by nnanlmous consent. In tbesi . renmstances the promoters ol the Charleston " Fair and Bacing Association deemed tbemaelves au- tltorlsed bj tbe people ..! South Carolina •• i ••■•I with their enterpriae. Tliis thej hare done to Uk extent . f Involving ■ rerj lance sum ..t money in in |k«j fair and racing plant al West la the County • if Charleston For tln-.i- years n. t an opposing ig votee ... ii - raised agalasl this enterprise, notwithstanding h- Hi. fact that It waa advertised thro at rne state that it «a In process ..f undertaking. g. Tli. i- «as do one in the County . t Charleston ..i or an tin siiiN- nt South CaroUn who could i»«s.-iii ly , ■ i . t ■ ; j , i . B . I ■ J - s I " n f ■ s h ii ■ so in II 11 :. of of . J ! ■ a In " have been uiid.-i any misapprehensloB as to the character and purposes of the association. Th. newspapers »1 the state, especially those In Charleston, advocated the enterprise repeatedly and at great length, and urged upon the General Assembo the granting of the charter requested by its promoters. It waa n u until this condition bad existed tor years that an opposing voice wis heard, and when it was beard it Mended with its opposition such wholesale misunderstaading or misrepresentation of the character and purposes of the Charleston Fair and Rai ng Association that it is necessary to resort to this method of presenting the facts in the case to tlie members of the General Assembly. It has been asserted, and is widely believed. ■ 1. .iii.t less, that promiscuous gambling of a vicious character will be permitted on the grounds • : the iisso iatlon. i»n the contrary, with the single ex ception of what is known as "bookmaklng." no form of gambling whatever will be «.r can be, under its own rules ami the rales « f the J ickey club. top rated for an instant OB the greaasaVi of the Charleston Fair and Kaeinjr Association. Again, it has lioen asserted, and is doubtless wiilelj believed thai the existence of poolrooms will be fostered and promoted by the establishment .t this association. This js absolutely and peculiarly untrue. This association stands prepared to light the establishment of "poolraoms" in Charleston, in the state or la the nation at large, to the death. It seeks the assistance of the General Assembly, of tbe courts, of the telegraphic lines, and Ol the people of tliis city and st:;t,. in winning it liht against any persons who seek to utilize its plant in connection with the eatabilshxnent ot operal ton of "j oolrooms." The association respectfully calls your attention to the fact that under the chart."- granted it b; this Btate it has built the largest and most expen-. siv. fair and racing plant ever established in the south; that it has now on its grounds more horses and a higher claw of horses then were ever before ; ~- milled on any race course in the south: that it races under the rules and with the CO-OOeratlon of the highest racing authorities in America; that the nest perfect police system on its grounds have • been provided for; that the sport il provides is clean. honest and high-classed; that the public is fall and amph protected in all of its rights: that the business people ol Charleaton are almost unanimously enthusiastic supporters and advocates of the easo elation; thai a majoiity of the money invested is Charleston money: and thai the absolute control of the enterprise i- vested through its eaVera and directors in Charleston men. among whom are some of the best known and most reputable men of the city. Iu order than no one may imagine this association is a mere money making scheme for its promoters and stockholders, it is desired to state that its plana call for the expenditure annually of thousand; ot dollars in fostering the breeding of ine horses ami in furthering the general agricultural Interests of the State of South Carolina. The association will this year present fifteen or twenty of the counties of* the state with tine lloi.ii.d stallions. the aggregate value of which will be as many thousand dollars. The only conditions attached to tbe presentations will be that the stallions must "no at tin disposal of a given number of farmers in the .-. .unties in which they stand. It N the hope of the association In course of time to place one or more of these stallions In every county of South Caro Una, to raise th.- breed of horses in the state to the highest point, and thereby to increase the tax abb- ralne of llvi -lo.-k by hundreds of thousands Of dollars. It i also the purpose of the association to hold i annually in Chariestoa an agricultural and industrial fair on a burger scale than anything Of its kind of a permanent nature that has ever bean attempted in this section of America. Al this fall th.re would lie distributed thousands of dollars annually, in county and state prises, to the farmer! of South Carolina: and every avenue of agriculture and Industry in tbe state would be represented. One exhibit alone, an exhibit of agricultural ma ; rhinery and appliances, already promised for this , fair, is worth one hundred thousand dollars. I, :is statement has run to greater length than waa , intended. It is not desir.d to harden the members of your honorable bodies here with details. The purposes of this paper is to respectfully request the members of the General Assembly of South Carolina " to give these matters due consideration, and not to pass without full thought ami Investigation a bill I now before it. which, iii the Judgment of this association, would do a gnat injustice to :hi~ aaao t elation, do a great injury to the business Of tin-Pity ,, of t harleston, and which would prevent the . mpllshmenl of much g I ror the agricultural and Industrial Interests of this entire state. The C .limit. ia correspondent of the Charleston ■ Sears and Courier makes this report of the prelim iiiir.v skirmish In the Legislature over the antl i betting bill: "The hr-l round of tie- tight again -i t racing in South Carolina unexpectedly bobbed UP .■ in the Senate, when Senator Carlisle made a bm . tn.n to take up ..lit of iis regular order his anti racing bill ami pass it to third reading. Senator - Ajip.-lt at once offered objection to thi- being done • ami wanted the bill to take Ita regular turn on th • calendar. Senator Weston suggested that the con sideration of the bill be passed ..w r because of th absence ..i the senator from Charleston. Senatci Clifton said he would vote against the bill unlay the Injunction feature was eliminated and was la the midst if a statement when the Spartanbu : senator withdrew his motion calling up the bill and the president ruled thai th.-r.- «;l nothing befo tbe Senate ..n the matter. That there N •_• jul; to !••■ a haid and stubborn tight made on tin bill is evl dent by the Burr] caused in tbe matter tonight. Senator Clifton v..i...i the sentiment of a stmng element of the opposition, when he referred to the. Injunction feature of tbe Mil, and it is certain thai this will b. ••.,. of the principal points on which the opponents of the anti-racing bill will ask that it he killed, in addition t.. other arguments which will h -I brought against it- pasuag
