The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-05

to-day anu pTODdDly To- HlOTToW. lie
tale of horses to be at the meeting is
not nearly complete, for number OF
owners are yet expected with their
strings There are easily more than
200 horses at the grounds now, and II
seems by no means improbable that
the number will reach 300.
The Track Measured.
Mr.. Davis saw to the official meas
urement of the race track during the
morning. A very careful measurement
was made, the line being three feet
from the inner rail, in accordance with
the regulations. The track is too long.
L measures $3.50 feet and one-half> an
inch, which is the fraction more than
it should measure. Great satisfaction
was manifested by the Fair officers
when they received the report of the
measurement 1t showed the exact
ness of the construction of the track.
II is a pleasure to a Savannahian to
meet anv of the horsemen at the
grounds to hear the very favorable ex-
pressions about the track. They de-
clare it is as good as they ever saw.
and some even go further than that.
To those who like horses and sport, it is
interesting to meet the horsemen and
talk about racing.
Among the veterans is Mr.. w. P.
Maxwell of St. Louis who has a string
of seven runners, good ones, too, that
have had their names among the win
pers many times. Mr.. Maxwell is
greatly pleased with the prospect for
the meeting, and he finds satisfaction
general among the horsemen.
You have a good track" he said,
land I expect that there will be some
h. r.f
horses here there is no reason why
there shouldn't be a field of at least
fifteen starters IN every running event.
There are plenty of horses here now,
but more are coming. They'll run on
as good a track as l ever saw. and
have seen the best in the country.
For Race Meets.
Savannah should have a race meet
ing regularly. With such a track and
such accommodations, the city would
be attractive for horsemen. Get enough
horses? OF course they could. Why, l
would guarantee that / could get 500
horses to a winter meeting here with
out any trouble.
Horsemen need another track for
winter meetings. The public wants an
other, too. During mid winter there are
but two really prominent meetings in
the country, and they are at New Or
leans and at San Francisco A jockey
association could make pooling priv
leges, here and in cities throughout
the country, pay the expenses of a
meeting. the admissions to see the
races being clear profit This could
be done without offering such very big
purses. too, for horsemen don't want
everything in sight, and they would be
glad to help in giving such a track and
such a place as Savannah a start to.
ward winning prominence as a racing
city"
Another well-known horseman is Mr..
S. Pack of Union City. Tenn, who has
a string of seven runners. Mr.. Pack
says he has had his horses on both
tracks at st. Louis, but he believes Sa-
vannah's is superior to either of them
He is we'll pleased with the outlook
for races and thinks that some great
sport may be expected.
Owners of the Fast Ones.
A list of the trotting and pacing en-
tries for the twelve events that are or
the programme has been CIV
en- in the Morning News. All OF
the owners of the harness horses are
here. save Mr.. George F. Dyer of Win
ston, N. c.. who will probably arrive
to-day. The owners now here with
their strings of trotters or PAGERS are
Messrs: S. c. Burpee, of Roanoke Ala.
O. Mowers, of Macon; H. N. Reaves Of
Atlanta; Wilcox and Luxon. of Rich.
mond. Ky; A. Merrifield. of Arlington
Md; William E. Yerger, of Bernharts
Pa; A. q Oberhaus. of Mobile. Ala.
c. D. Carter. of Meridian. Miss; Z
Coycault, of Baton Rouge, La; Thorn.
nf Macon. NJ Watson
of Thomasville, George Castle. of Chi.
cago; w. S. Taylor. of Dayton, o.; J
Henry Ewalt, of Harris. Ky; c. F
Johnson of Knoxville, Tenn; ]. NJ
Mills. of cambridge; Ed Sherman, Of
Lake Geneva, Wis; w. ]. Creasey OF
LAGRANGE, Mo. S. l.. Taylor. Of
Evansville. Ind; w. J. Hunt, oil
Lake Geneva, Wis. w. J. Hunt OF
Chicago ILL.,; A. G. Kyle, of Coal Creek
Tenn. Evan Hussy, Frank Shute oi
Norwich, Conn; ]. W. Stillwell, OF
Dayton. o.; c. w. Frazier, of Black
Run. O.; H. c. Lydiard, of Memphis
Tenn: ]. H. Gendry. st. ]. B. Graham
William Bouhan, A. p. Doyle, Henry
Garwes and II. F. Kuck of Savannah
Mr. G. w. Haight has made entries
for the Harlem Valley Stock Farm.
Among the owners of running horse:
already at the grounds, besides Messrs
Maxwell and Pack. are NJ Burns. o.
Detroit, who has a string of seven
f. Cooper of Springfield ILL.,. who has
five; Charles Hawk of Illinois. whC
owns Frank B.. a horse that wor
everything in which he started at Co
lumbia Walters of Collinsville. Ill.
who has three, and Kerr and Caps oi
Indiana, who have three. Mr.. j. r
Hand. who wintered his horses here
last season, will arrive to-day with
twenty runners.
The Jockey Colony.
Every one OF the owners carries from
three to six men with him. They have
grooms and jockeys and drivers, 50
that the horsy colony at the grounds
~ large. All the grooms and stablemer
and a number OF the owners sleep al
the grounds each string Of horses hav-
ing two or three stalls for feed, equip
ment and sleeping quarters for men
Among the jockeys AZ the meeting a.e
Eddie Ellis. Sam Wainwright, who is q