The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-27
.x,cER HULL RETURNED YES
TERDAY WITH GLOWING
REPORTS.
SAVANNAH is FORTUNATE
IN SECURING HORSES,
o,rNERs AT LATONIA ARE ANN
IOUs TO ATTEND THE MEET
HERE.

wapasement Will Arrange for the
Running of the Forest CITY
Hondfcap on the Ope ming Day of
.he Mcet-HurdIe Races Will Be
Wade n Feature of the Meet-SOme
of the Horses That Arc Coming
Here Are Able to Negotiate the
Mile in 1;4O.
Manager Hull of the Racing Associ-
stion returned from Atlanta yesterday,
where he has been for several days
arranging transportation for the horses
that will come from the Gate City to
Savannah. Mr.. Hull said that every
thing was arranged satisfactorily, and
The horses will commence arriving in
savannah tomorrow, and thereafter as
fast as stock cars can be provided for
them.
II was very much impressed with a
carload of horses that arrived in At
1anta Just before the meeting closed,
from Latonia,' said Mr.. Hull, for
among them were some of the good
horses that have been starting in the
selling races at Gravesend. was in
formed that there are large number
of owners at Latonia who are anxious
70 come South with their horses, as
the stables at that track are crowded,
and it is a hard matter to get entries.
Of course, there are many horses there
that will not have a show in the large
fields that will start, and owners are
looking for places where they will have
a chance to make expenses of their
trip down to New Orleans. l am now
in communication with a large num-
Der of these owners, and expect to ar
range for the coming of large num-
Der of these horses"
Il think there is possibility now
of arranging for hurdle races on the
davs on which cards have not yet been
made up" said Mr.. Hull. This branch
of the sport seems to be growing in
popularity everywhere races are held.
and we found last year that they were
the most popular events on the cards.
In the lot of horses that will come
here from Atlanta there are at least
Aftv that race over hurdles as we'll as
on the fiat, and all of the owners said
that they were willing to start them.
Il am glad to notice that interest
in the races is growing, and that Sa-
yannah people are beginning to appre-
ciate the efforts that are being made
TO afford them a season of the best
sport that has ever been witnessed
here. Undoubtedly the class of races
will be far superior to anything that
has ever before been pulled off here.
We have large number of horses COM
ing here that have won stakes in To-
ronto and several that won some of
the events at Gravesend. Notably
among these are the horses in the sta
bes of Mr.. Harry Schultz"
The arrangements for handicap
events have not yet been arranged,
but Manager Hull has been requested
to arrange for an event TO De known Nm
as the Forest City Handicap, to be
run on the opening day. If money for
an increase in the purse, until it can
be called stake is secured, the event
will be arranged for, to be run at
mile and a sixteenth, and VIII draw
out all the best distance horses that
will be in attendance on the meetng
here.
A trip out to the race track will con-
vince one that it is as fast as any
in the country, and it is safe to say that
the mile will be negotiated around Law
by some of the crack sprinters that
are to enter here. Horses OF TINS class
will start, which means that the lleluS
will compare equally with those start
ing in the selling races at Graveseno
or Briston.
1t will not be an unusual thing our
ing the latter part of the week to see
several lively brushes between the
horses that will be by that time at the
track exercising, for stable boys can
not forego the excitement of sending
the horses they are breezing, along at
lively clip especially when horses from
other stables are close by, and despite
the admonitions of trainers race oe-
velopes before the boys can get the
horses heads.
The gentlemen who will officiate dur
ing the meeting here will arrive in Sa-
vannah next Monday and make prepar-
atoms for the opening day on the
fourth Mr.. Russwurm, who VIII pre-
side as judge, gave entire satisfaction
In Atlanta, and protected bookies ana
owners alike from any underhand work
He has had experience at all of the
tracks, and is fully competent to act
in the responsible capacity that mas
been assigned him. F. w. Gerhardy'
who will start the runners, has otci-
ated in this capacity at Harlem, Worth
and the st. Louis tracks and has given
perfect satisfaction to the horsemen