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* PLANS FOR OMAHA MEETING Elaborate Preparations in Progress for Thirty Days of Racing Beginning June 1. OMAHA, Neb., April 30.— Elaborate arrangements are being made to stage one of the greatest race meetings ever held in Nebraska at Omaha this summer under the auspices of the Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition Co. The meeting is scheduled to commence on June 1 and run for thirty days, closing Independence Day, July 4. Seven races will be given daily and the purses will be 00, with a ,000 feature every day. The Ak-Sar-Ben Co.. which is composed of Omaha business men, and which is mainly responsible for bringing legalized racing to the state of Nebraska, have spared no expense to give the sport lovers of their city the best and cleanest sport available. To this end they have secured the services of judge Joseph A. Murphy, one of Americas foremost racing officials and one who knows the running horse game from every angle. He will act as presiding steward and will have full charge of the racing. John Carey, who has been appointed general manager, and who has for years been a prominent official on the larger tracks throughout the country, will also serve in the stewards stand, as will N. J. Ronin. one of Nebraskas most prominent turfmen. The judges will be Perry Reed, a member of the Nebraska State Legislature and J. S. Rothert, a veteran official from Tijuana. Roth gentlemen served at Omaha last year and their work was highly satisfactory. Mr. Rothert will also act as clerk of scales. James Donovan, a veteran starter from the West, who occupied the starters stand last year, will again send the horses on their way. Donovan, who is one of the most popular officials in the business, has an uncanny knack of getting the horses off on even footing and horsemen, as well as the public, have the utmost confidence in him. He was pressed into service at Tijuana one day last winter, when Marshall Cassidy was ill, and, although stepping up to the barrier on a few moments notice and with new assistants, he got ten almost perfect starts. Other officials already named are James Gallager and Frank Otis as patrol judges and Frank Otis, paddock judge.
