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INDIANA TRACK PRACTICALLY COMPLETED Management to Pay Purses to Horsemen After Each Raco as Evidence of Good Faith FaithGreat Great progress was made yesterday and the day before in putting the finishing touches oh the new racing plant of the Mineral Springs Jockey Club at Porter Ind where racing will begin on Satur ¬ day next The grandstand and the judges stand xvere practically completed yesterday cement walks were laid and the building of the fence around the enclosure was virtually completed completedRichard Richard Dwyer who is to be superintendent of the track as well as starter made the positive announce ¬ ment that there is absolutely no doubt of the abil ¬ ity of the constructors to have everything ready for Saturdays opening openingYesterday Yesterday the main track was thrown open to the horsemen quartered at the course There are a tout liftv horses already there and most of them worked over the track yesterday Their trainers are unanimously of the opinion that the course will be an ideal one to race over overA A F Knotts the Indiana capitalist who is at the had of the venture made the announcement yesterday that the liberal purses which have been offered to attract a good class of horses would be payable Immediately to the winners after the run ¬ ning of each race This is to convince horsemen of tho good faith of the promoters of thei meeting meetingIt It was announced yesterday that the Indiana Jockey Club which will exercise jurisdiction over the meeting has adopted the rules of the Western Jockey Club in amended form for the government of the racing No fees will be exacted from trainers and jockeys already holding llcensesfron other turf governing bodies bodiesThe The inllux of horses for Saturdays opening of the new track will begin in tsarnest tomorrow One carload of horses left Torontj where the Canadian racing season came to a close Tuesday for the new course Two more cars will Jeaye the same plac I day and another car will folliiw tomorrow In all some seventyfive of the best horses that raced at Hillcrest will be shipped to the new track including the stables of W C Weant L T Whitehill A Boyd OLeary Burton P Sheridan George J Day H C Airhart C Hauser E Horton C Goort harte F Gallagher W Hamilton M Loweiistelu and others othersFrom From Louisville comes word that today will bring a considerable shipment of horses from that point to the new course It is expected that the owners rep ¬ resented In the shipment will include J B Respass1 Gallagher Bros K R Bradley Aijair Baker Dillard Hill Hugh McCarren J C Milam J S Kvenuan and other prominent turfmen Tom Brown is looking after the details in connection with this shipment and will accompany the burses to Porter to help in gettingtbjngs started at the new course after which he will return to Latonia to assist Rac ¬ ing Secretary E W Maglnn MaglnnW W R Norvell who is to serve as steward writes that seven of the best jockeys who rode at Hillcrest will come to Mineral Springs Mr Norvell will arrive from Toronto this afternoon prepared to tak up his duties
