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TO RACE AT! SHREVEPORT1. ♦ Meeting of Thirteen Days to Begin Saturday, February 19. ♦ Exodus of Turfmen and Horses from New Orleans to New Racing- Mecca Begun. ♦ BT -T. L. DBMP8BY. NEW ORLEANS, I..-.. Pehraarj 1- The Bhreve- - port meeting will |kti Katnrriay, February lit. ami "M1 tune fur thirteen day*. Word to Oris ■ ffed was r.-.-i ii-,i late last uisht, ■ lease heiac : signed for the fair rr rind* there Ac parse program as outlined will ronsisl of 1 six races il:iily. or S.MMl added, and feature race of I j i 8709. The officials planned for the meeting follow: | Joseph A M n i-1 1 1 1 . presiding judge; .1 B. Campbell, j raring secretary: James Osboi ue, starter; W. it : j Norvelt, clerk of the .:iii- : illi;ui Mm i-i in. patrol 1 j .Indue: .1. T. Carey, paddock judge: Ueorge Bead, i I r. v. II. Bow waa named president of the Bhreve- : , part Jockey Club. .1. . Trithtl I i - -president :iml j I W. B. Hirsch secretary and treasurer, Bhreveporl la 327 Mile* northeast of thi- city, en 1 i the :ii .i hi line of the lV:is anil Pacifk : eight rail- " I roads connect ii with the North, south and West, The hotel accomme da Hi ns are ample. Bbreveaort ■ 1,300 milt— I iditi New York. TOO from Cincinnati. ■ 7."ii» from Chicago. The railroada running into Rhreveport are: Ifaaaan City Southern. Louisiana . iV Arkansas, Louisiana B. ft V. M. K. »V T. af Texas. Si I ouU ,x Southwestern, Simtliern Pacific. ! IVxas »v Pacific and I trkstnirg. MiTevepBrl .. - i . Pacific. . In addition tn jeekeys Grata, Lilly. Bates and " j I Carroll, wlio wtii reinstated yesterday. Kenny N Crouch and Saintny Smith also were restated la " favor. Croaeh had heea ruled off for alleged caa-iiiMtion with the Courtship nose-stuffing incident fo- which Rager Burkley aiaa waa raled off. Lear v Williams, who had his lleeaae revetted during the 1 :t Jefferson Park mrc flag, waa also placed in " : good standing. I hf case of George Arvln, suspended at th* K-m Grounds for an unsatisfactory ride that I I«-in hek Bare Bread Man. Atria being aUeged to hare It-.flaeeced th bad ride, waa ar.i acted oa. TBe reinstatement of Jrore A was alan passed over. ■ that horse baring raced at the rrceat Fair llrounds " meeting with coaaeat f the actiag stewards there, Baeiag asaeriatiena were left discretionary power* " in hia rase. I. II. Mi oily was an arrival fr m II iv •■ nn last night to assist jn iihlpait nt of horses from here tu 0 i | the Cnlian track and alao to handle the paisxports. Ni:V ultl. i:ns. La., rebraarjr TJ. With as- - I : aaraarea that a meeting of at least thirteen days - ; duration would be held in ShreTepor! beginniag ■ Saturday. Kehrnary 19, some of the boraeaaea here 1 iimnedinteh begaa plans for traaaferriag their it horses to tin northern section af the state. Interest t in the coating awetiaa is steadily dcTeloping and fl iniiny who had heretofore looked apoa the project t aa somewliat dabioaa and had egpreaaed aa intention n of resting their boraea here until the anealag f the • j Kentucky and Maryland tracks are gradnallr he-Casaiag converted and will send part of their horsei - Is tiaian in the Bhrereport racing. Already over SM hois.s bare heea booked aad I additioaai are the rate, ladies Hag that there will hi e no diffieuiiy In seesflrlag about ;imi horses to lie e nseii fin the Bhrerepati racing. Aaasag the owners ■a Who have decided to race at Sim veport are: .lames s Arthar, How aid Oots, w. n. Pfcser, ;. if. Keeae, . If. ft .1. I.owenstein. .1. K. Nash. . Tons. i. H. t. I.ryson. .1. Bohertson. ;. B. Beaaeiay. «;. n. Wag- - imn. I. . Fill Isa. ,1. Ihillips. F. If, l?ray. C. S. . Wilson. K. W. Moore .1. Iniffman. .1. Uaniloiph. i. .1. Brow* K. I.. Bogers. T. !•:. Crist. Cain A: San-ford. .1. Bogle, 1». Miller. ». Hawk: .1. I . Hart, I. ! C, R. Andeiseii. . St. Vincent and I». Vititoe. The cvidiis nt owners and turf followers for u- Shreveport begaa toasght when the first consign-lnent - . of horsea departed and an extra Pullman n I steeper was am naaij oa the regalar train for the * raciag pilgriats. Mieviport is HO miles from u i New Orion.- nnd the Bight trip will be the favorite e method i tra el. for it brlaga paaat agrm into « i Shtivi|iit from heie al an early inornins hour. r. Ii is -at i there will he ample hotel accommodations is I fur the Ms INl of turfmen and foUowera. i Addition..1 ill laagriai atll were perfected in the e a titer of organisation. Local people will bead the le project and il will l e known as the Shreveport t I i.i ciuii. W. II. Bowe, the extensive oil oper- at i and who is prontiaeal in Rhreveport, was named ll president, -I. c. Tricbol, rice-presideat, and W. II. I. I Hirscfa see] l.|i-. treasurer. i Word was received t Ii i- niorninu tliat a liiu force . .f Mi pi uteis is oow working at top s|„-;.,i i,, i-oa-■tract I :!•" stalls in six of the larger exhibition n ! balldiaga for the accommodation of horses. One ie lllindll ll ami thirty six stalls are ready for use baa n and 230 will in- reaih bj Monday. The remainder i , r be needed st:,i,ies will he available bj Thursday, i . scearding to the present arrangements. There ntaj he a change in the officials named to • genre. The principal one i, displacing .lames « .-l.otiie - wilh A. I.. Made and the addition of JadgC « M. i.i k to nerve with Joseph A. Murphy in the ie Judges ataad A fund of 150,000 is already mbacrihed and will II he Used in case of a deficit Tent. -five tboasand id dollars of this amount was put up hi W. II. Howe e and the remainder was Kecared from horsemea stem-bera i of the Thoraaghbred Horseateaa Asaorhttiaa. i. Howard urns will act as general manager and be ie Will he .assisted hy .llllills Ueedel. There was Bsase surprise occasioned when the a- Shreveport racing was announced ami il was ta tboaghl Governoi Parfceri stand about raciag dm-- i ins Lent co, end all arrtiOM f l.ouisiana. hut in n local circles it i- said to have applied onlj to o New Orleans and lis immediate xicjiutv. Prod Beck, prominent eastern operator who lost -i a aag a -11011111 laii departed for New York Krid.iy y Bight, ijuite a foatiageal left for Hot Kprlagi ;s list Bight, hut many of them will he at Bhreve i part, that place hetag only six boars ride flom Hut , Bprini:s.
