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J. A. MURPHY VACATIONING Popular Official Plans to Spend Winter in California or Miami Speaks Highly of Ohio Racing. CINCINNATI, 6hio, Oct. 30 At the conclusion of the River Downs meeting judge Joseph A. Murphy will go to St Louis to spend some weeks with his family. The latter part of. November he will go to New Orleans for his annual duck shooting trip and will spend the balance of the winter either in southern California or Miami; Speaking of the season just closing, he said: "Detroit has taken its place among the outstanding racing associations of the United States. Thistle Down and River Downs are on their way. The hearty response of the public of northern Ohio to the Thistle Down meeting and of southern Ohio and Kentucky to the" River Downs meeting must be most gratifying to the group of sportsmen who have taken over these tracks and are conducting them in such a high-class and sportsmanlike manner. "It has been a privilege and a pleasure to be associated with them.. I regard the rehabilitation of racing in Ohio by these groups as one of the outstanding achievements of the racing year. "Another most pleasing development has been the advancement of Charles Kenney and Charles F. Henry to the front ranks of racing secretaries and handicappers of the country. They have everything that a racing secretary needs courtesy, ability and clean lines. I regard them as two of the most promising officials of the younger men coming up."
