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NOTES OF THE TURF. Hume Desha, si veteran trainer, died hr Cincinnati sind wsis buried at North Middletown, O., last week. A special train will carry turfmen sind horses from Maryland to Charleston next week. The train will leave Baltimore Monday evening and arrive at Charleston at noon the following day. The grandstand which will Inclose the motordrome to be laid out over tlie Sheepshead Bay race track just bought by a syndicate of automobile men will be tlie largest in the world. It will have a seating capacity of 00.000. according l plans which are being prepared. It will lie steel and concrete and will cost .0110.000 to build. The construction of the stand will be started in a few weeks, as it is to be ready for use next June. The money for the purchase and conversion of the track has beeu subscribed.
