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i RAIN PREVENTS RACING AT TULSA. Heavy Downpour Puts Track in Dangerous Condition and Opening Is Deferred Until Monday. TuN.i. Okla.. April 11. — This locality was visiied last night and today with a wind and rain storm of such severity that tin- opening of the Tulsa Jockey cubs nhaeteen-daya meeting, scheduled for today. wa- deferred until Monday. Tlie rains came down in torrents and the track was converted into a quagmire of mud. The manage meat decided thai aside from the discomfort that patrons of the racea would experience it would lie dangerous to attempt to race in, i!i r tlie conditions that prevailed. So the card arranged for today was declared off and a new card was prepared for Monday. it seems probable thai Governor Cruce will al ti mpl to carry into execution his threat of Stopping the betting la connection with the racing, even if be ha- to call out tie- militia to accomplish his pur pose. Actiag under orders In. in the governor, V.I in taut Genera] Canton of the Oklahoma National Guard baa arrived here. Canton. District Judge Pna and .-plain GUaaore of the local police held a long con |. I. -nee la-t night, but none of the three wonhl make .-in -lateiuelit as to their plans. || seems likelx that if books are made on the races tlie militia will be ordered out. The officials of the local yockaj club den] the right of the governor to interfere, as they , i. mi thai pending tie- referendum vote on the auti betting bill there is no law prohibiting betting on borse races, and they are determined to go ahead wiih tlie meeting. Local sentiment is in favor of the racing. During the nceseut week an election wain l.l in which the "open town" candidates were sue cessful by hage aiajoritiea. The noma . f C. i Btowaleld and J. J. Trexlec ai lived here today from Kl Pas*. Jockey J. Pendergasi baa been engaged to pilot the horses of j. c. Ferris during tlie nineteen daya ol lacing hero. D. B. Freeman, who trained the horses of S A Beckham during the recent Juarez meeting, arrived from Dallas. T,x.. yesterday, accompanied by the apprentice jockey J. Collins. The latter is now under contract to Mr. Freeman. He reports that tin- Beckham borses will be rested at Dallas. The rain subsided during the day and the track will be in sufficiently good condition to ran- eaec on Monday. It will be heavy, however.
