Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-05
MORE STABLE ROOM WANTED
Interesting Notes of the Local
Racing Association.
NEW STRINGS OF SCORCHERS
Course Being thoroughly 0verhauled, So That
1t Will Soon Be One of the Fest Tracks
in the Country

visit to the headquarters of the Ala
bama State Fair and Racing association
yesterday afternoon revealed scene of
marked business activity. President
Webb Crawford, with an able corps of
assistants, was very busy preparing ad-
vertising matter for mailing purposes.
Circulars and letters were being gotten
together, and from what was to be seen,
it was reasonably certain that the asso-
citation meant nothing but business.
Mr.. r. A. Hitler of Chicago, profess
sional clerk of scales, and who has been
in that business for a long time, arrived
here yesterday to act in that capacity
for the Birmingham meeting. From here
he will go to Little Rock Memphis,
Nashville and Detroit to act in a like ca
pacity. Mr.. Hitler was out at the
grounds yesterday afternoon and ex-
pressed himself as highly pleased with
the business-like appearance of every
thing there.
Mr.. W. G. Cannon, a well-known turf
man, whose stable of eight horses is now
in Memphis, made application for quar-
tiers for his racers. The leader of his
string is Falcon, S-year-old bay cot,
by Arentino, dam Anna Augusta. Fail
con is a candidate for the Little Rock
and Tennessee derbies.
Another one of Mr.. Cannon's racers is
a very fast filly, Becky Sharpe, by Aren-
tino, dam Norma.
A telegram was received yesterday
from New Orleans asking for stable room
for fifty of the runners now at the Cres-
cent City meeting. These horses will ar
rive the latter part of this or early next
week.
The stable of w. H. Rossberg arrived
from Atlanta yesterday, among which is
l.a icir 7
The race course is now being over
hauled with what is known as a Cali
fornia harrow. 1t is great thing for the
purpose, and is one of three now in use
in this country. The harrow is rum over
the track for the purpose of forming what
is known as a cushion, which greatly
benefits horses in running races.
The races which will be advertised
during the. inaugural meeting will come
off rain or shine, and no disappointment
on that score need be apprehended.
That baseball for Birmingham is GER
tainty no one need doubt. A State Her.
aid reporter in converse ton with one of
the leading spirits in the organization of
the Birmingham association, was IN
formed that the manager was buslly en-
gagged in looking over the vast field and
making careful selections for the several
places on the team. He assured the re-
porter that when Birmingham's team
was gotten together it would line up with
any in the Southern league and would
surely go in to win the pennant
AS to the selecting of permanent OIL
GERS and the perfect!ng of the association,
the gentleman said this would all be az
tended to in a few days and with entire
satisfac tion to all interested.
Yesterday Mr. J. B. McClary signed a
contract with Mr. Will Wells for the
wood work at the new park. The contract
calls for the immediate construction of a
fence, grand stand, bleachers and rooms
for the players, and the work is to begin
at once.
Mr.. Wells informed state Herald re-
porter that the woodwork would require
at least $4,000 feet of lumber. The work
will begin at once and be pushed to an
early completion.