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Here and There i . on the Turf Dwyer Sees Better Miami Sea- j son Hence Increase in Tropical Dates I Bowie Stakes Close Today j High Time Leads Sire Race j William V. Dwyer, managing director of the Gables Racing Association, asked the Florida State Racing Commission for a two-day extension of the first meeting at Tropical Park and the request was granted, so the season in the Alligator state will be inaugurated sooner than has been the custom. Dwyer has been gradually increasing the first meeting at Tropical Park which also means extending the Florida season and his action clearly reflects the improved support given the sport during the past few years. The Tropical Park impresario evidently has come to the conclusion that sufficient visitors will be present in Miami during the middle part of December to give the meeting a proper send-off and his request for an earlier opening will see the meeting starting on Monday, December 14, insead of two days later. A recent visit to Florida In which he inspected conditions and looked over prospects apparently prompted Dwyer to make his latest move. Very soon now the stake and purse policy to be in effect during the first Tropical meeting may be announced. As the Gables Association enjoyed the best season in its history last winter and the prospects for the coming season are so good it will not be surprising if the distribution is such that the better horses will be attracted in larger numbers. II this is done, the Tropical season will prove jjSJmore noteworthy because good races 7eTuff-t.Bood patronage. More horses will be available at Miami for the three and a half months cZ sport, every stall having been allotted at Hlaleah Park and few if any will be vacant at Tropical. Higher distributions at the two tracks will give the additional stables the opportunity of meeting expenses. Nominations for the six stakes to be run during the annual fall meeting at Bowie, the final session of the year in the so-called summer circuit, close today. These events are the same as usual with the Bryan and OHara Handicap as the principal offering with its ,000 added purse. Older horses will have plenty of opportunities at the Southern Maryland Associations course, because they will have the Prince George Autumn and Thanksgiving Handicaps to go after in addition to the Bryan and O Hara. Testing two-year-olds will be the Endurance Handicap, while the Bowie and Marlboro Claiming Stakes will give the better grade of platers the chance for bigger money. Joseph B Boyle, the Bowie general manager. Is highly optimistic over the prospects of the meeting because of the increases in patronage enjoyed at Havre de Grace and now at Laurel. He has had many requests Continued, on twentieth page.,. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued, from second, page. for stabling accommodations, and be expects large entry lists in the stakes as a consequence. High; Time. leading sire of two-year-old winners for several seasons in the past, is staging a strong fight for similar honors this year, but the twenty-year-old son of Ultimus and Noon Day, by Domino, is having quite an argument with Royal Minstrel, a comparative newcomer. At the last accounting High Time had fourteen winners to his credit, with Royal Minstrel having thirteen sons and daughters to earn brackets in this country since January 1. Royal Minstrel, however, possesses additional honor in being the sire of Night Song, which is rated as one of the outstanding juveniles developed in England this season. Stimulus, whose record as a sire of two-year-old winners has been very praiseworthy, has ten successful youngsters, but he may find High Times lead too much to overcome. Because of Pompoons exploits, Pompey seems I headed for the honor of the most money won, especially if the J. H. Louchheim colt takes the New Kngland Futurity, also. E. J. Tranter has assembled into a weighty catalog the pedigrees and particulars of C70 horses which are scheduled to be sold this coming week, in the sales pavilion he constructed at Lexington several years ago. With auctions to be held morning and night for five days beginning Monday, with the exception of Thursday night, -when the annual dinner of. the Thoroughbred. Club of America will be held, the second week of the Kecneland meeting will be extremely busy for horsemen. This was one of the ideas responsible for the construction of the new track, however, and the new course will enjoy even greater fame because it will be visited by so many persons whose primary purpose in Lexington next week is to buy horses whether they be stallions, brood mares, yearlings or weanlings. Some very attractive offerings are to be found listed in the catalog, including several dispersals, and spirited bidding may be expected on occasion. Bargains will be numerous, too, more so because or the large number of horses to be sold.
