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STARTER OSBORNE FAILING Stricken Turf Official Uncon ¬ scious and Losing Strength Shreveport Deserted by Follow ¬ ers of Racing Near Ninety Horses Shipped to Mobile SHRKVKPORT La March 6 Starter lames Oslmrnes condition is much worse tmlay and his attending physicians fear that the end is near He has been unconscious inissibly all of the time since stricken with the exception of a brief period when h became semiconscious His strength is fast leaving him A specialist was called in consul ¬ tation today and heroic measures will be resorted to in an effort to save his life lifeMost Most of the layers who operated here will go lo Hot Springs for a rest after a strenuous experience which began last Thanksgiving day at New Orleans A few of them reaped a profit in the Crescent Pity but every odds qnoter here wound iip with a deficit deficitTin Tin race meeting which ended hen yesterday made a distinctly favorable impression on the busi ¬ ness men of the community and they are loud in their praise of the sport W R Ilirseh who is prominent in trade circles in this section issued a statement this morning in which he said that the racing not only brought considerable advertisement for the city of Shreveport but a heavy volume of business activity also alsoW W II Rovve who was responsible for the Shreveport meeting becoming a reality plans to send one carload of his horses to Bowie while a second will go direct to Havre dtr Grace 11 lU wv horses wilt leave here March 15 15There There was a general exodus of racing people from here today Mobile Louisville Baltimore and New York being the chief objective points So heavy were the departure that it was found necessary to add additional sleeping cars to the regular trains and by tomorrow tin entire turf colony will hare left Judging from the large number who went to Mobile tin meeting at that place which is scheduled to open on next Thursday wilt he of greater interest than was expected expectedJohn John Carey who is looking after the shipment of horses to the Alabama city sent ten carloafis there today at noon and several others left last night There will be about ninety horses all told go from here while others will lx sent over from Jeffer on Park New Orleans to participate in the meeting meetingAll All the officials who served at the local meeting have gone Judge Joseph A Murphy will preside in the stand at Mobile while racing secretary J It Campbell will hold the same position there thereWash Wash Xorvell and judge J Monck left today for Hot Springs Ark to spend a months vacation
