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MAPLE HEIGHTS RACES OFF Ohio Jockey Club Cancels Sched uled Meeting From May 28 to June 14 Inclusive CLEVELAND Ohio May 24 The manage ¬ ment of the Ohio State Jockey Club an npunces that the spring meeting at Maple Heights scheduled to take place from May 28 to June 14 has been called off A politi ¬ cal eruption has raged here for the past three mnths and the directors of the Ohio State Jockey Club feel that with their in vestment of a quarter of million dollars in the plant they will not be embroiled in this fight among the various factions factionsThe The Ohio State Jockey Club expresses its thanks to the public for the great interest in the meeting which has now been called off and assure all that this would have been the best from a racing standpoint ever con ¬ ducted at Maple Heights The liberal nomi ¬ nations for the Ohio State Derby of 10000 added which would have been run Saturday May 28 would have made it the greatest race of its kind ever run in the state of Ohio OhioTwentyseven Twentyseven entries were received for this event as follows Antonio Aregal Bob Rog ¬ ers Boo Birley M C Bewithus Buddy Bauer Barabbas Comrade Dimple Dunkie Fore Lark Far Over Frank McMahon Fred Jr Good Shepherd Hydromel Jock King Basil La Morte Master Sweep Mr Kirkwood Oley Sixty Sir Harry Sun For ¬ ward War Eagle and Wooldridge WooldridgeRegret Regret is expressed because the thousands of lovers of thoroughbred racing here are deprived of the pleasure of witnessing such a contest as this surely would have produced The Ohio State Jockey Club however is con ¬ fident that the Cleveland public is in favor of the clean racing as has been given at Maple Heights during the six years ending with the meeting of last October
