The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20
1T WILL HELP SAVANNAH.
CHARLEsTON's PROPOSED RACE
MEET WOULD DO GOOD HERE.

Association Now Being Organized to
Give Thirty Days of Racing to
That City This Fall-PrOposed to
Hold the Meet Either Just Before
or After That of Savannah-RecOg-
milton to Be Secured From Racing
Association and No More "OutIayv-
Meets for CharIestOn-Vice Presi-
dent Hull, of the Savannah Assoc
citation, welcomes the PIan-Cities
May Work Together.
Savannah racing men welcome. the
news that comes from Charleston that
there will be thirty-day race meet
ing in that city this fall. They believe
that if the meeting is conducted under
the right auspices and on sufficient
ly generous scale it will inure to the
benefit of racing in this city.
The organization of a racing asso-
citation in Charleston has been in prog
ress for several months and the lead
ing business men of the city are said
to be behind the movement A charter
for the company is to be secured
shortly and the books have already
been opened for advance subscriptions
to the capital stock. 1t is proposed
to begin operations with a capital of
$1,000
For 300 Horses.
For this amount the promoters of the
enterprise believe they can build a
mile track, erect a suitable grand
stand, build stables for 300 horses and
defray the cost of such other improve
ments as will be needed to place the
track in first class condition for the
meet.
Recognition of the meet will be Sc
cured from one of the we'll known rae
ing associations and there will be no
repetition of the outlaw meet that
was held at Charleston during the ex-
position. The further plan is to hold
the meet either just before or imme-
diately after the meet in Savannah.
The purses offered are to aggregate
| $1,000 day.
H. H. Hull, second vice president of
| the Savannah Racing Association, and
| the associations expert on racing, said
last night he believed the holding OF
such race meet as is proposed in
| Charleston will help greatly the meet
in this city.
Good Thing for Savannah.
"Of course" said Mr.. Hull, ''the
| Charleston people will have to go about
| it in the right way. If they build q
| good track, secure recognition from
! the Eastern Jockey Club and offel
purses sufficiently liberal they will at.
tract a large number of good horses
| to their city. They will help the Sa-
vannah meet. because more horses
and better horses will be brought
! South, with sixty days of racing in
| sight, than if there were only thirty
II hope the plan they have outlined
will be successful, and that the Char
lesion meet will be held. However
purses aggregating $1,000 a day will
hardly be enough to attract the own.
| ers of really fine horses. The Char.
lesion people will have to do better
| than that"
Lively Interest in Racing.
Other directors of the Racing Asso,
| citation who were seen in reference t
the matter expressed views practically
identical with those of Mr.. Hull. They
all thought it would help Savannah's
| meet, if meet of similar duration, un.
der the same auspices and otherwis,
properly managed should be held il
| Charleston.
The promoters of the Charleston en-.
/ LCI pIiSS seemingly dTe IlOI p6TIlIILlTlS
| the grass to grow under their feet. AL
ready thew have visited several sites
close to the city, which offer good IA
cilities for the building of the track
and a selection of one of these will be
made as soon as subscriptions in suff1-
cient quantity to assure the success of
| the project have been secured.
| Charleston will get all the help in
! the enterprise that Savannah can give
"a Col
| through it is possible that the two
associations will work together to get
the best horses possible to come South
and race successfully in the two cities.
Henry Upper of Charleston is the
leading figure in the movement for
the race meet there, and it is quite
possible that Mr.. Hull will commune
cate with him as to joint action by
the two associations.