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MAKING MONTREAL PREPARATIONS SoCalled Independents Still Planning for Racing in Quebec MONTREAL Que August G Preparations are In full swing at the independent race tracks for the resumption of racing It was decided to hold races at four tracks at a meeting of owners held Saturday The parimutuel system of betting will Iw used usedThe The racing depends largely upon the ability of the tracks to secure horses and emissaries from the Montreal Independent Circuit arc today scouting throughout the United States from Baltimore t Saratoga arranging for shipments There are fifty or sixty horses quartered now at the various Montreal tracks but with scores of owners across the line unable to place their horses no difficulty in getting thoroughbreds here is looked for forThe The tracks will run in the following order De lorimier King Edward Mount Royal and a mile tniok Delorimier is fit and ready for racing at the present moment as a result of having been kept in condition since spring and the plant was recently overhauled and put in firstclass condi ¬ tion Work was started today on Mount Royal and the King Edward track it is said is in ex ¬ cellent condition conditionThe The tracks will rim in the following order orderDelorimier Delorimier August 1C to 23 23Kiiiu Kiiiu Edward Park August 25 to September 1 1Mount Mount Royal September 2 to September 9 9It It is likely that a mile track will fill in for the fourth week The second series will start at Delorimier on September 17 and the tracks will run in the same order as before
