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THOROUGHBRED RACING IN DETROIT Detroit Jockey Club Announces Meeting of Thirteen Days from September 15 to September 29. Detroit, Mich., August 28. Thoroughbred horse racing, without organised betting, will be offered to the people of Detroit at a .meeting to be held at the Michigan State Fair Grounds, commencing September 15th and running until September 20th, inclusive, making thirteen days of racing. This fact became known yesterday, when a charter for the Detroit Jockey Club was filed with the county clerk and with the secretary of the state at Lansing and the information was given by George W. Dickinson, secretary-manager of the State Fair, that a lease had been made for the grounds to Henry S. Koppin and those associated with him in the new Jockey Club. It was further announced that the racing would he under the exclusive control of Joseph A. Murphy, who will also act as presiding judge, and that A. It. Dade would do the starting. The other officials will be named later. It was decided that no purse of less than 00 would be offered and seven stakes with an added: value of ,000 each would be run- during the meeting. No Revenue to Be Derived from Betting. The admission fee will be .00 for men and .00 for women. The club must depend upon this and its privileges for the revenue to meet its expenses, as its lease with the State Fair Association provides that it shall demand no revenue from betting. Joseph A. Murphy, who was in the city Saturday to close the deal, left for St. Louis, where he will conduct, a ten days meeting at Maxwelton Park, under practically the same conditions as will prevail here. "We shall run a clean, high-class sporting proposition, free from commercialized betting," he said, "and I believe that racing in large cities can be successfully conducted under such conditions. We probably will not he able to prevent individual betting among the spectators, but we can at least stop the setting up of places for the purpose of betting, and also prohibit the handling of money for betting purposes." In speaking of the lease Mr. Dickinson said: "The improvement of the breed of horses is germane to the purposes of the Michigan State Fair Association and we shall lend every offrrt to make the meeting a success. I agree with Mr. Murphy and Mr, Koppin that there are sufficient people in Detroit to support a race meeting without the pari-inutuels or other systems of organized betting."
