Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-12
FLYERS TO FACE THE FLAG
Governor Oates to Attend the
Race Opening.
GOVERNORS DAY IT WILL BE
Three Hundred Horses Will Be Here-Specal
Train of Racers Arrive This Morning.
From New Orleans.
"Gnvnrnnr,s davs II will he.

Governors day it will be.
That is the name now decided upon
for the first day of the inaugural meet
ing of the Birmingham Jockey club.
Gov. William G. Oates and others-of
Alabamas staff of executive officers will
be present on that occasion, and 1t is in
tended to make it a gala day in Brmng-
ham.
On Monday afternoon President Webb
w. Crawford of the Birmingham Jockey
club left for Montgomery with an invi-
tation from the club Mayor j. H. Van
Hoose, members of the board of alder
men and other citizens to his excellency
and his entire staff, requesting their pres
ence on the opening day of the meeting.
How successful President Crawford
was will be seen by the following letter:
Montgomery, Ala, March 10, 1896
Mr.. w. w. Crawford, Birmingham, Ala
My Dear Sir: Please accept my thanks
for the compliment paid me by yourself,
the mayor of Birmingham, several other
officials and prominent citizens for the
pressing invitation to come to your city,
accompanied by my staff to attend the
opening ceremonies and exhibition of the
Alabama State Fair and Racing asso-
citation on the 10th instant. l most re-
spectfully decline that part of your in
vftation as it will not be an official state
function; but l accept your alternative
invitation to be present unofflcialy, or
at least unaccompanled by my staff and
will be pleased to witness the opening
of the association
Unless something occurs more than I
am now aware of, I will be with you
and will probably arrive Sunday night,
and may be accompanied by- some of the
state officers. Please make the fact
Known to other gentlemen who have
Joined you in the invitation and oblige,
your friend, VIM c. OATES.
The members of the club We're natural
" pleased at the prospect of having
Alabama's chief executive officer as their
guest on that day and unanimously de-
cided to change the name from inaug-
ural to governors day.
Birmingham Special Coming.
The following telegram was received at
the office of the Birmingham Jockey
club yesterday afternoon:
New Orleans, March II.
Fl. H. Dargin, Secretary Birmingham
Jockey Club, Birmingham. Ala:
The Birmingham special left here at
40 p. m. Seven Burton cars bringing
eighty horses will arrive there tomorrow
morning. c. WALTER.
The above shows on its face the great
rush for stabling room at the grounds.
AT New Orleans the train was made up
and given a clear track. The train ar
rived in Mobile at O'clock where re-
lief engine was ready and coupled to
the special. The train was heard from at
Flomaton at $50 o'clock. and at Ever
green at 8. Another engine was held in
readiness at Montgomery, and while
some of the papers of thisissue are being
read by early morning readers they are
being transferred to the Birmingham and
Bessemer dummy line for the fair
grounds.
Some of the Passengers on Board.
The pick of the horses at New Orleans
are In this train.
J. belong with fourteen, including Ea-
gle Bird. Queen Bess and Lulu T., occupy
car No. l.
The Queen City stable with Sauterne.
lie Banjo and twelve others, and Pal
mer's string, with Barney Aaron, Jr., and
Rob Roy as star performers, occupy car
NO 2.
F. J. Arthur. with Cossack and seven
Others w. j. Speir's Philletta and Max
dina, C. p. Fink's Fritzie,- Thomas Nc
Gees Albert S. and Soundmore, are care
fully stalled in car No g.
May & Halls Captain Brown, William
r., Midstar, Albert Sidney and another;
Morgan Witman's Bob Neville, a splen-
didly bred horse; w. F. Dair, with JAM
boree, the winner of the Tennessee derby
at Memphis in 1895, and two others; w.
C.. Hutchinson's Leonard B. Gerard and
one other have car No. 4.
Phil Gilman, with three of the best
winning horses of New Orleans, Gold
Dust, Woolsey annd Commissioner
frank; Harry Stover's Lady Doleful and
Northwestern; w. C. Young's swift Ter
rapin and two more; Lammertz's stable
of four with Piccaroon and Maroini as
the shining lights; Stewards King Michel
and three others were billed in car No. 6.
J. o. Faughts stable of fifteen, with the
fast Bessie Nichols the central figure,
hre In car No. 6.
J. W. Levy, with Masonic Home, Miss
Perkins, Clara Bauer and ten others, oc-
cupy car No. Z.
j. J. Marklein's stable including Hurl-
bert and six companions are in car No. S.
When these are in their assigned sta
bles at the fair grounds and the bang
tails which are on the ROAD from Men,
phis and ST. Louis arrive, over 800 racers
will be ready when Starter Chnn's flag
falls and the crowd yells, They're off.
IT'S then the festive tout will say..I told