The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-21
GARNETT'S STABLE OF THOROUGH
BREEDS FIRST ON THE GROUND.
INVASION AND LADY
HANDY AMONG THE LOT.
GARRETT EXPECTS TO TAKE
DOWN HIS SHARE OF THE PURSES.

Horses Are Expected to Arrive
Daily, and Stable Room Has Been
Made for 40O-The WaterwOrks
Plant at the Grounds Is Now in
Working Order and There VIII
he No Scarcity of Water This
Year-New Paddock Has Been
Built-FinishinG Touches Will Be
Put on the Track This Week.
The first string of horses to reach
the city for the coming race meet ar
rived yesterday when Jack" Garnets
string arrived. The horses were sent
to the stables at the Fair Grounds, and
put into comfortable quarters, and for
the next two weeks they will be put on
edge for some of the events that will
be pulled off here.
Among the lot to arrive last night
were Invasion and Lady Handy, two
fast 4-year-olds that have performed
most creditably at st. Louis and To-
ronto. There is now stable room
enough at the Fair Grounds for 45O
runners, and though it is hardly prob
able that there will be demand for this
much space, the management hopes to
have about twice as many horses here
as are now quartered in Atlanta.
In addition to those that will come
from Atlanta will be the Reedy string
from Charleston. and several single
horses from owners there; also the
horses now racing at Birmingham, Ala,
and Columbia, S. c. The two carloads
of runners from Latonia are expected
to reach the city some time in the early
part of next week.
There is an abundant water supply
at the grounds now, the water tank
and pumps having been put in good re-
pair, and all of the hydrants put in
working order. The pumps supplying
the tank are now operated by an cleo
trio dynamo, and the scarcity of water
due to the slowness with which it was
pumped will not be experienced this
year.
The track has dried out sufficiently
to be narrowed, and this work will be
attended to-day. The slightly washed
places at the turns have been f1oated
and the track is now ready for the fin
ishing touches that will be put on.
every day now, and the management
is delighted, for never before have the
prospects for a successful meet been
so bright. The decision of the board
of directors to leave off the harness
races is believed to have been a wise
one. Harness racers are not popular
in the South, as has been proven time
and again. and they are much more
expensive than the runners.
Manager Hull is now considering
the idea of putting on six races each
day in the event the patronage war
rants it. If the attendance is no larger
than it has been heretofore, this will
be impossible, hut it is believed that
with the increased interest that pre-
walls here, and the improved class of
horses that will race, that the attend
ance will be doubled. Meet me at
the races" will be the proper thing
from Nov. to Nov. IA.
The band this year will be placed
in the grandstand, and especial atten-
ton will be paid to this detail of the
afternoons entertainment that will be
furnished to those who attend the
races. Special programmes will be
rendered, and the selections will be of
the highest order.
The bleachers have been torn away,
and the space formerly occupied by
them has been converted into a pad
dock, where the horses will be walk
ed and looked over just before each
event This will prove one of the
popular features of the races. The
ladies will be given an opportunity to
look the horses over and listen to the
paddock gossip.
The work of putting in the wires at
the grounds for lighting purposes has
been begun. The midway will be
brilliantly illuminated, and after dark
there is where interest will center.