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MOBILES MILE COURSE Is Not Likely to Be of Immediate Construction Present Meeting Satisfactory So SoFar Far Magicians Easy Way of ofRounding Rounding the Turns MOBILE Ala March 25 With the return of warm weather a fast track and better fields Mobilians have demonstrated by their attendance of the past two days they are greatly in favor of racing Judge N R Clarks decision that the present oral wager ¬ ing is legal was enthusiastically received by the officials of the Business Mens Racing Association and patrons of racing racingAlthough Although the legal horizon is cleared for racing it is doubtful whether the suggested now mile track will be constructed on the site near Toulminville and Whistler upon which the local racing organization now holds an option President S G Adams stated it was too early to make any prediction of the plans of the Business Mens Racing Association as Mobile was delicately if not precariously sit ¬ uated on the racing map during the winter racing season and it was hardly possible any large outlay for the construction of a mile track would prove profitable Mobile onlv having the choice of dates previous to the opening or closing at New Orleans which would not be of a longer duration than twentyfive or thirty days each year If yearIf we do not move into a bigger plant said Mr Adams numerous improvements will be made at the Fair Grounds before the rext meeting Further than that 1 have noth ¬ ing more to say sayD D S Jones eightyearold chestnut Magi ¬ cian by Salvation Illusion has been the bright racing star of the first live days of the meeting winning three races in as many starts Magician appears to thrive with his work Saturdays victory over the best op ¬ position that coud be mustered against him being the most impressive impressiveCAXADIAX CAXADIAX EXPERIENCE HELPS HELPSMagician Magician has been a revelation in making the short turns of a halfmile course When in command he takes the rail position and never gets far enough away from the fence to permit one of his opponents to slip through and snatch the purse from him Ex ¬ perience on short tracks in Canada probably has something to do witli this thisThrough Through the success of Magician S Jones leads the winning owners to date with 1800 W I Bernhardt is second with 1350 G Drumheller 1050 and 1 T Looney 850 are next in the list 13 Martin and G Mangan are tied for first honors among the jockeys both having scored five winning mounts mountsE E T Moore with four and N Burger and J Bell with three victories to their credit follow F Doyle heads the trainers having saddled four winners winnersWilliam William Snyder who will be replaced to ¬ morrow as the starter by William Hamilton dispatched the fields with promptness and precision Snyder will aid Hamilton in his work during the remainder of the meeting and renew his work in the starters box at Lexington Ky KyTuesday Tuesday of the coming week ladies will be again admitted free to the Fair Grounds Wednesday has been designated as charity day when the net proceeds will be given to local charitable institutions Thursday or Friday disabled veterans of the world war will be guests of the association
