The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-12
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An Importan. seheme on Foot amon~
Local JoclxIas and Others.

An 1mpoEtans Scheme on Foot Amoag
Local JOckies and Others.
For sometime past there has been talk
OF organizing local trotting and run
ming association, to JOIN 3 circuit en-
biacing half a dozen prominent points
more or less remote from Imports, and
Tuesday number of promineus
gentlemen with fast horses and g num-
Der of others who think such g scheme
viii prove good investment, assembled
at the Office of Warren s. Leighton, talk
ed the matter over and decided TO take
hold at once and put their inelinatIons
and purposes IN tangible shape.
a subscription was opened
and stock TO the amount
of 81 .600iwas taken, it having been de.
cided to give premiums to the amount
Of $1,000. The stock is divided up into
800 shares and no member is allowed
to hold more than 800 worth. Appliea
ton was made to-day for $500 more of
the stock, so that the entire subscrip-
ton now amounts to $4,000, very sub
stantial guarantee that these gentlemen
mean business. The balance will doubt
less be subscribed tonight, at which
time a meeting will be held and per.
mansnt organization effected. It is 10
be known as the Emporia Trotting and
Running association. The circuit will
embrace Fl. Scott, Parsons, FL Dorado,
Wichita, Burlington and Emporia,
everyone of which are lively, wide
awake towns and Will use their best ef-
forts to make the enterprise success.
The first meeting will prob
ably take place at Fit. Scott, sometime
between the 21st OF August and 10th of
September, and it is expected that EN-
poria will be the next on the circuit,
embracing q four days meeting, which
will be one of the biggest things this
city has eyer had. Men Of means and
brains are pushing this enterprise and
| it is bound to be 9 success. Let every
body interested attend the meeting at
Warren s. LeightOn's Office tonight.
Association Organized Last Night.
In accordance with the announcement
made in last evenings News a number
OF prominent horse men and others met
at the efice Of Warren s. Leighton again
last night and completed the organiza-
ton OF the EmDoria Trotting and Run
ming Association. by electing the follow
ing officers:
TT. Atchison, president.
s. b. Warren, wee president.
VIM. Snoddy, secretary.
r. w. ElstuH, assistant secretary.
I. E. Lambert, treasurer.
VIM. Snoddy, superintendent of speed
ring.
Doc. White, general superintendent
of privileges and grounds.
P.J. Beilman. VIM. Adds and N. z
Weaver, board of directors.
The required stock, $1,000.
was all subscribed at this meet
ing, and the new association starts out
under the most favorable circumstances,
and promises to be one of the most
noted features of Lyon county. The as
sociation proposes to offer liberal pre-
miums and thereby induce some of the
best horses now on the western turf to
come here. Emporia will be the fourth
point on the circuit and will come in
for meeting toward the last of August
or the first of September. The work Of
arranging premium list will be taken
up at once, so as to get it into the hands
of turf men as soon as possible. The
track, which is already in very nice
shape, will receive due attention and be
made one of the best on the circuit. In
short, everything will be done to make
the first meeting, at least, success
Daily News, July IL.