St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-15
WITH Splendid PROMISE.
The Virginia JscNeg Club to Open
Oh Thursday.

The Virginia J.cEeg Club to Open
on thursday.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE Virginia
Jockey cub viii, on next Thursday.
Oct. Is, inaugurate Il six weeks race
meeting at the new ST. Asapir track.
about five miles from Washington. on
the Virginia side Of the Potomac.
Nearly all the big stables will be repre-
scented, and The meeting Will i'll Il meas
ure be al adjouri,rG session Of The New
York meeting. as the wIid.Up of the
Morris Park meeting tomorrow will
practically close lie racing season iii
the East. Tie Virginia Jockey club
has been licensed hy the Jockey clab.
aid its officers, who are tGrfmen OF ma
tional fame, iiiauie The high class char
actrr Of the new track. The track will
be inaiIagPd by j. u. Kirk, as treasurer,
alId ii. ID. Mcintyre viii lie secretary;
+ W. Simmons and Z. Mcdowell will
be judges; James Rowe, starter; Chris
Fitzgerald, clerk of the scales, anu Ben
Jamln Brush, timer.
Not since The days of he old Nationa!
Jockey club. when some of the giants
OF the American tulf contested in the
district for the prizes hung I'D by that
enjoyed the prospect Of any racing
verify of the iame until now. The
virginia Jockey club has spent auout
$1,000 IN making the track, construct
ing buildings, etc, ard The result of
their iabo;a Is evident. in one OF the
hahiisot:Itst courses south of New York
The o.:i ST As;sph tlack WAS il half
mile affair GTiIeu by SU!ue virginia gen
tiemen and used A. Il speedway for trut.
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this, and Is three-qJar5ers of Il mile i'll
length with 4 straight shoot of three
eIghthS or mile Ii IS carefully COIL
slructeG and looks "nli:ciy safe. Not
single Knoll obslii:cis The view from the
Srard stand, aid prctatGrS will be able
10 see the horses iru,n start TO finish.
ht grand stand is entirely new and is
one OF The handAcmpst in The melrupoi-
itaD district. Ii Will stat $500 people.
There Is sugges ton of the Monmouth,
Park grand stand i'll lie rear of the seats
winch lock down upon the betting ring,
where there are accommodations for
forty bool; makers.
Across FROM the stand. nesting under
the beautiful Virginia hills, is a village
OF stables, 5l2 i'll numUer Stall room
has already teen engaged by the Jen-
nlngs. kecneS, Byron McCleland,
George Smith, PuiSiftr, Ia. +. Dwyer,
Mclaughlin, Fred Foster. August Bel
mont and other well-known owners.
III fact, all bur fourteen stables are
already taken. It's expected that most
on these oWHerS vii! wiHter here and
take part Iii the spring meeting, which
VIII begin March - and last until May
10, and then go 10 Brooklyn for the first
Eastern meeting. On Tuesday morning
Two special trains will be run from New
YORK to bring down horses now at
MOTIFS l'ark for the opening on Thurs
day. The purses VIII he from $500 to
Sl.OG0 On the Opening day there will
be SIX races at distances ranging from
hve fuI longs TO one miie and a sixteenth.
and added money amounting 10 s2, 500.
Secretary Mcintyre is endpavoring to
arrange race between Banquet, DOM
inc, Henry of Navarro, Clifford and
RubicoH. three out of the five TO start
Tor purse of 5000, which, if success