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BEULAH PARK OPENS MAY 15 Inaugural Handicap Feature of Initial InitialDays Days Program at Reconstructed ReconstructedTrack Track Spend 100000 COLUMBUS Ohio May 12 Ohios thor ¬ oughbred racing season opens Saturday at Beulah Park here Well over 100 horses owned within the state are among the 450 that are on hand for the twentyfive days meeting at the Grove City course courseAll All sections of the state are represented among the stables that will stage the initial racing over the new mile track hat has been constructed as part of the 100000 im provement program during the past several months monthsOver Over fifty horses from Columbus alone are awaiting the meeting The River Divide Farm has Mystic Sign and ten others There are nine in the Darby Dan Farm string headed by Jildac Rose These horses raced in Florida during the past winter winterCharley Charley Valentine veteran of the harness horse game who turned to the runners last year has seven here for himself and other Columbus owners H B Kelly has nine lo ¬ callyowned horses and Hayden Davis has ten for N E Shop of this city cityI I J Collins of Lancaster is represented by ten horses and William Lerch of the same city has four here headed by the good sprinter Harpen Belle BelleThe The Dayton delegation is strong as usual Doug Hoffman has the consistent Donna Ba rona and seven others Bob Heinen is pre ¬ paring four horses for J T Claymanpne of which is the fleet Sequoia Five horses are here to represent M R Loney and John Drescher has three one of them the good winner Blagden BlagdenFeaturing Featuring the opening day card is the Inaugural Handicap which will find the pre ¬ mier members of the colony in action over the mile route for a 1200 purse
