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RACING AT PHOENIX, ARIZ., IN MAY. Phoenix. Ariz., April 12. — Running horse racing will be inaugurated here in May with the muttiol machine as the legalized form of speculation, so says Cecil Do Boyce. who has successfully negotiated for a lease of the local Fair Grounds race track for five years, the lease to give the promoter full power over the plant with the exception of fair dates already advertised. In order that western horsemen might be better familiarized at once with plans for the new race point. Do Boyce left for San Diego early today. There he will endeavor to arrange for transfer to the local track a large number of the horses that raced at Tijuana during the 1910-17 meeting recently closed. Governor Hunt appointed the racing commission which will govern all racing in this state. The Arizona Racing Commission is similar to and patterned after the Kentucky board. For years the Phoenix race track has been con-oetlc.I by bath harness and running horsemen to be one of the fastest in the country. The foundation and bed of the course proper is similar to that of other trotting courses and which usually proves exceptionally fast for runners.
