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. , SYRACUSE INAUGURAL TODAY • Racing Returns to Central New York After An Absence of Many Long Years. SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 3.— Central New | York assumes the role of host to thorough- bred racing under the sports new deal, the I legalization of the betting laws, when the 1 Onondaga Racing Association inaugurates a ; ten-day meeting on the mile track at the 56,000,000 state fair grounds plant on the i outskirts of this city tomorrow. It will be 1 the first time within modern memory that racing of what the natives term the runners will be held in any other capacity than as a side issue to the Empire States annual fair here. In fewer words, racing will be strictly on its own and, from every outward sign, the venture will prove successful. Racing has been the sole topic among the townsfolk since training maneuvers began last week, and the office of general manager J. Norman Beck has been besieged with requests for reservations for the holiday inaugural. The card, made up of seven races, topped . by the ,000 mile Independence Day Handicap, • is well rounded. The feature drew thirteen nominees through the entry box this ; morning. The event takes on intersectional flavor, for among the eligibles are horses ; which have been racing at metropolitan New - York courses, Fairmount, Charles Town and I other points. The state racing commission has graciously . waived its rule anent the running of more than one race daily at a distance less than i a mile, wherever it found the longer events i did not fill. Substantial events over the shorter distances will be put on whenever • the scheduled longer races do not draw sufficient . entries to make for an interesting r contest. Betting booths have been constructed beneath . the spacious stands. These differ from the stools employed at New York tracks by the oralists. There is a wicket for the making of wagers and at the opposite end of the booth a cashiers window. The track itself is in splendid shape for the opening and there are upward of 350 horses on the grounds, enough to be sure, for a meeting of this kind, for all are ready to run. The Jockey Club will be represented in the stewards stand by E. C. Smith, who is a placing judge at metropolitan tracks and a steward at Hialeah. The state racing commission will be represented by the venerable Frank J. Bryan.
