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HAVRE DE GRACE ARRANGEMENTS New York August 1 Promoters of tho Havre de Iraco race track in Maryland over which the llarford Agriculture and Precders Association will begin a race meeting next Saturday made a good rerord in track construction The course was practically built in a month lie program has been framed stakes have been closed and now special train arrangements have been completed for the ha lulling of the crowds crowdsIt It has been announced that excursion rates on ac ¬ count of the races will prevail from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington during the meeting and it is probable that a rate will also lie arranged from New York though the dyedinthewool regu ¬ lars will move into Maryland for the racing season The round trip fare from Baltimore will be sovontv llve cents from Philadelphia it will be 1 and from Washington 150 150The The new race course is on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a spur has been con ¬ structed to the gates of the track These specials will leave to return after the last race and the run ¬ ning time will be forty minutes to Baltimore Phila ¬ delphia will be made inside of an hour and Wash ¬ ington within an hour and a half halfIn In the selection of otlicials much care has been ex ¬ ercised O 1 Fitzgerald and C II Pcttingill who tilled similar important positions on the New York tracks will he in the judges stand Walter S Vosburgh for many yeans handicapper of the Tockov Club is the Havre de Grace liainlicappor Harry 1T Ilouian remembered as starting judge on all the big New York tracks is clerk of the scales while Fred Ilehborgor racing secretary of tho Prooklyu Jockey Club and for many years closely associated with other New York racing associations is tho racing secretary and clerk of the course courseV V H Harretto known as Father Time on the New York courses will he In the timers stand at the new Maryland course It was the intention of the management to have Mars Cassidy another Jockey Club ollicial do the starting but he is to be occupied in Kentucky and James Milton will send the liorses away W II Schaut will be the paddock and patrol judge
