The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
HORSESARE DELAYED
STOCK CARS COULD NOT BE Sc
CURED IN TINE FOR SHIPMENT.
WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY.
MANAGER HULL WILL GO FROM AT
LANTA TO LAToNIA.

He Expects to Get "A Large Number
of the Owners to Come to Savnn-
Hah-The Number of Horses There
Make 1t Impossible for Small
Owners to Get Any of the Money.
Race Meeting Which Closed at At
Ianta Yesterday Was One of the
Most Successful Ever Held There.
Owing to delay in getting sufficient
stock cars the horses expected to ar
rive from Atlanta yesterday will not
reach Savannah until about Tuesday.
Manager Hull wrote that without a
single exception all of the horsemen
now in Atlanta will come to Savannah.
and he has also arranged for a number
of owners now making their way to
New Orleans to stop off here.
The meeting at Latonia is attended
by about twice as many horses as will
be entered there. and already a num-
Der of those who went there expecting
to take easy money have found that
they had better hunt fields where
purses were smaller, but not so holly
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that he will be able to get at least two
carloads of runners from there.
The track out at the Fair Grounds is
now in superb condition. and expert
enced men say that it is as fast as any
in the country. The mixture of clay
and sand that was put on to a depth
of six inches all the way round have
given the course a springy surface that
cannot be improved on. With little
dry weather the surface will be just
sandy enough to suit the tenderest
footed racer. and some fast sprinting
will be witnessed during the meet.
The meeting at Atlanta closed yester-
day, after the most successful season
of racing that has ever been held there.
This is an illustration that goes to
prove that taste and interest for rae
ing has to be developed. In Atlanta
race meetings have been held every
fall for the past few years, and each
year they have proven more successful,
which is looked upon as a strong argu-
ment in favor of the establishment of
a circuit to be composed of Atlanta,
Macon, Savannah and Charleston.
1t is also a fact that each season has
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vannah, and it is believed that the
coming meet will be the most success
full ever held.
Prospectively the meeting will be far
more interesting that the one at At
ianta. In addition to all of the horses
that have been racing there. there will
be a large number from other tracks
and some of the really good horses
that are going to New Orleans will
stop over here, not so much with de-
sire to win the purses, but the owners
will want a chance to exercise their
racers, and also make expenses of the
trip. Another advantage that Sa-
vannah has is in the course itself. The
half-mile track at Atlanta is too mar
row, the turns too sharp and all the
disadvantages of half mile tracks was
experienced there. Nowhere in the
South is there a prettier track than the
one here. The famous Central City
Park track at Macon does not sur
pass the course here, though it may
be a little wider. Horsemen all over
the country who have attended meet
ings here, have expressed themselves
as delighted with the course.
A number of the stalls are now be-
ing prepared for horses that will spend
the winter at the Savannah track. Just
how many will decide to stop over
here until spring is not yet known, but
every inducement will be offered TO
those who desire to remain here.