The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
FOR THE RACE MEET
SAVANNAH RACING ASSOCIATION
ACCEPTED IT'S CHARTER.
TO NOMINATE STEWARDS,
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO RE-
PORT AT NEXT MEETING.

Temporary Officers Selected--Gen.
W. w. Gordon Temporary Chair
man-Acting Treasurer Instructed
to Call in nm Assessment of % Per
Cent. Upon the Capital stock.
Board of stewards to Chose Permn-
nent Officers From Their own
Number-Name OF w. j. DeRenne
Being Considered for Presidency.
Meet Between Local Horses at the
Track.
The organization meeting of the Sa-
vannah Racing Association was held in
the long room of the City Exchange
yesterday afternoon. Temporary Off
GERS were named, the charter granted
the association by the Superior Court
was accepted. and a committee to NOM
mate a board of stewards was named.
The temporary officers chosen are as
follows:
Chairman-Gen w. w. Gordon.
Secretary-George w. owens.
Tfeasurer-H. H. Hull.
The charter granted by the court was
outlined in the Morning News a. the
time application for it was made.
Briefly it permits the association to
conduct annual race meets at SaVan-
nah and to offer purses and prizes to
the winning horses. A fair may be
held in conjunction with the race meet
if it is deemed advisable.
The committee to nominate the board
of stewards was named by the chair
man as follows: Capt. Henry Blum,
Mayor Herman Myers and George w.
Owens, Esq The committee was in
StruCted to render a report at the next
meeting of the association, which will
be called by the chairman, probably.
as soon as the report is in shape for
submission.
The temporary treasurer was in
structed to call in at once an assess
ment of 25 per cent. upon the capital
stock of the association. which must
be 0aid to him on or before June 5.
The officers of the association are to
be elected from the ranks of and by
the board of stewards. 1t
was not definitely determined
at the meeting of how many
members the board of stewards shall
consist. The committee is to make it's
nominations and the stockholders will
approve or reject these as they see fit.
The members of the association are
already considering whom they shall
place at its head as president and the
4ieAilC VI WI w HlDGIleg y. OcINeIlle
is being prominently mentioned and
hopefully discussed in this connection
1t is not known that Mr.. DeRenne
would accept the office were it tender
ed him, but leading members of the
association say he unites in his person
qualities that peculiarly fit him for the
leadership of the enterprise.
A series of meetings between local
horses at the Fair Grounds track is
lending increased interest to the sport
of king" in Savannah. One of the
most interesting of these will take
place tomorrow afternoon, when
George l. Palmer's Whitefoot will try
conclusions with F. NJ. Porcher's sor-
rel mare.
The race will be half a mile, running,
for purse of $50 a side. The horses
have met before. but then in a quar-
ter of a mile dash. In this Whitefoot
was victorious and Mr.. Porcher is not
satisfied with the issue. He believes
his mare will win over a longer course
and his Willingness to back her abili-
ties is the result of this conviction.
Efforts are being made to pull off a
special harness race in connection
with the main event. In the harness
race Robert F., Robert West and Lit
tie Dick are the proposed entries