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NO PURSE OF LESS THAN 500 500Columbus Columbus Announces Its Program and List of Racing Officials MOBILE Ala March 22 Hugh Monroe agent for the Capitol City Racing Associa ¬ tion Columbus Ohio was an arrival from New Orleans where he supervised the ship ¬ ment of horses to his track trackMonroe Monroe reports several improvements have been made at the Columbus course notably the widening of the track to sixtyfive fe t for its entire length and the erection of a five and a half furlongs chute Purses of JSOO 700 JrtOO and 500 will be offered daily Eight races will be given the first day and a sevenrace program each day for the re ¬ mainder of the meeting meetingThe The list of officials engaged are H D Shepard general manager F W Gerhardy presiding judge Chester Stands associate judge W V Norvell racing secretary Mar ¬ shall Cassidy starter John Carey paddock judge W R Booker clerk of scales scalesHorsemen Horsemen who have engaged stall room for the meeting which opens April 21 and con ¬ tinues to May 3 are W D Bernhardt sixteen J Phillips four T Scott three J Bishop four L T Whitehill six IT W Barnes six Mrs L M Reuter five R V Haymaker five J M Brown four A S Day five W E Jones three G B Fol ° y four F G Magni two J W Laswell two W J Foley two S N Holman five O Wendel four A Morgan three J A Hall seven Anderson Bros four J A Robinson six W J McAfee five Fritz Parrish three E Rice seven Miller Crawford five Durkin Raines three W Cay wood two J H Munson two Smith two S S Tracey two J McDermott two J V Pons two F Battiste three H Herron one A Bellegarde two C Houbre three A H VI vell three E White four A Bordeau four Brown Jackson two J Kearns one E C Lucas one N J Hernandez one R L Bremmer one Mrs B Howard one T J Shumaker one M Shields three F Cooper two
