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1 j [ J GRAVESEND TRACK PASSES Title to Holdings of Brooklyn Jockey Club Now Held by Real Estate Firm. NKW YORK, N. V . January IS. — The title t-. the c.iii Graacecnd race, track has pas-eel tec tie William Harmon Company, ■ real estate- firm. Negotiations for the sale were completed la the fall, bin the last obstacle iu the way c.; the snle .,* not removeel until Toe-day. when Supreme- Court Justiee A-pina!» granted permiaaiaa la the Brooklyn Jockey Ctnh to -ell the ninety-acn tract feer St7o.«MHt. a number of hot-e-iio-ii who in white ring their stables at the- old tiack are v-uio for the- i" maiud-r « f the c -old period. Although the realty firm will begin work on improving the property early in the spring, the land at prase al occupied I i the winter stables will not be Met at bed until ! after the racing e-a-on opens. With the rameJettea »f the sale of the property the old Braafclya Jackey Clah also reaan ta exist 1 and Gravesend follows Jerome Park, Morris Park Sheepshead Bay and other once popula;- haunts of 1 the thoroughbred in the metropolitan district into 1 the pages of turf history. The tract is tci be subdivided and sold for building lot-.
