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ARRIVALS AT HUNT1NGTON Horses Already Reaching West WestVirginia Virginia Track for Spring SpringRacing Racing to Begin April 12 HUNTINGTON W Va March 10 With the spring meeting of the West Virginia Jockey Club just a month away the horse ¬ men are arriving here daily from Cuba New Orleans and other points for the fifteenday meeting meetingThe The program book has been issued and shows an average daily distribution of 3500 The purses range in value from 500 to 2000 2000General General manager J F Peck announces the appointment of the following officials Pre ¬ siding judge V E Phillips racing secre ¬ tary and associate judge Julius G Reeder paddock judge Dr F W Ashe patrol judges S S Bender and J B Clendennin official timer Duke Ridgley clerk of the course H O Williams parimutuels W Dondas DondasThe The West Virginia Derby and the TriState Handicap are the two stake events to be decided during the meeting Both carry an added value of 2000 The Derby is for threeyearolds and the distance is one and an eighth miles The TriState Handicap is for threeyearolds and over and its distance is threequarters of a mile The entries to both events close April 1 1The The horses of H Dougherty arrived today from Havana and include the following well known performers Glenn Prospector Horeb Old Pop Tom Norris Adventuress Last Chance H Pretty Baby Pepper Tea Perfect Lady Riposta Miss Flora Laughing Eyes II Dewitt and Prince Bonero In the same car came the horses of H Davis Bantam and Arthur Middleton MiddletonR R Baker shipped Corto Zapatos and two twoyearolds from Chicago ChicagoJohn John Abrams shipped eight horses from Ashland Ky among them the Trap Rock Mly Woodpile a frequent winner last year yearAt At the conclusion of the Havana meeting a special train carrying the horses of O L Foster H Thomas J Hope Blair Mock L Crist W J Daly T Doyle Wade Brown E E Major F D McElroy J B Rogers W Feuchter G Marlman J L Paul A C Nichaus M Seifert O A Bianchi and S McNeil will be run direct from Oriental Park to the TriState Fair Grounda
