The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-28
HORSE RACES WILL
 BE RUN AT NIGHT
TRACK Is BEING PUT IN GOOD CONDITION AND THE SPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE A FINANCIAL SUCCESS.

|N' IS GD lO DE A FINANCIAL
 SUCCESS.
 The first horse races ever run in Bir- mingham after dark VIII be inaugurated here between the 9th and 18th of August. l and 1t is believed that the sport will I pay.
 The races will be at the fair grounds track, and hundreds of arc lights will make the place almost as brilliant as day. The track has been leased by several business men of the city and they be-
 eve that the attendance will be large enough to more than pay for the purses which have been offered
 Several thousand dollars in improve ments are being made on the track, and when these Improvements are completed quite change will be noticeable. The entire grandstand is being repaired and painted white, and a hfteen-foot dressed lumber fence Is being built around the | track.
 The track Itself is being put in better condition, and 1t will be in excellent con- dition for running races by the night of the opening
 Nothing but running races will be held, and there will be five or six of them every night. Some fast horses are ex- pected here, and the sport Is almost cer. tain to be good.
 Already nearly one hundred stalls have been engaged by horsemen who want to- come here for the races. and several let
 
 It Is expected that at least 150 or POO horses will come here for the opening events.
 Night races are being held in other cities throughout the country, but the only southern city where they are now held is Charleston, where they have been running for some time. Night races outlaws" a track, but as Birmingham Is not a member of any of the associa- tlons it will make no difference. There are any number of outlawed horses and horse owners in the country, and they will all come to Birmingham to race at various times. be organized In Montgomery except under certain condition, and other provisions occupying 13 lines, none of which appears in the house bill or house journal
 Section 9l1. D of the house bill provides for holding courts,in .le Seventeenth cir cult as follows Cherokee, 2 M Jan. A. J. & O.; DeKalb, M after M, J. A. J. & o. Jackson, M after M, J. A J. & O: Marshall. M. after M. J. 1.. J. & o. In the senate bill and published act, the times are as follows: Cherokee. the same as house bill DeKalb, M after M, I. A. J. & O: Jackson, M after M, J. A J. & O; Marshall, 10 M after M, J. A. J. & O.
 Section BIT c. house bill provides that the act shall4 take effect except as to the Fifteen tn judicial circuit Page 1892 after the next general election, Senate bill and act provides that it shall take effect from and after its passage. The senate bill and act also contain provisions about the solicitors and judges of the Ninth circuit. performing the duties in the territory constituting the Seventeenth cir cult till their successors are elected none of which appears in tne house bill.
 Section 9l7 D. in the senate and the act, as published contain a proviso that the act shall not take effect, as to the Tenth judicial circuit, if the Jefferson county consolidated court bill becomes effective. and this proviso Is not contained in the house bill. This section was amended in the house by striking out substantially the whole of it. so far as 1t related to the Fifteenth judicial circuit and inserting In lien thereof sections lettered A to K in- elusive covering three pages of the jour- nal none of which is in the senate bill. or the act as published.
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 Letter From Judge Houehton.
 The following letter was received last night:
 "To the Editor of the Age-Herald
 Tn view of some facts, it would seem that in order to attain and keep the bench of Jefferson county to a standard at least IS high as in the other counties of the statee, majority of the lawyers of the country should express their choice. Heretofore the lawyers have di- vided among themselves and naturally the people, who are well meaning and desire good Judges. do not know what to do, and they divide according to their likes or dislikes. The result is that whilst we may have three. four or five excellent judges, yet if there are three, two or one below the standard in ability, integrity or impartiality, the average of the bench is lowered
 "I norder, therefore, to provoke discus sion, I propose that meeting of the en- tire bar of the county be called by John Loudon, Esq, and a choice expressed by the majority for candidates. and l, for one, am perfectly willing to vote for such choice. thereby submitting to the Judgment of majority of the bar. And in the utterly reprehensiD1e practice of getting up petitions in favor of this, that or the other lawyer for appointment by the governor to vacancies. l favor a se- lection by a majority. The result W be that the public can not be worsted, but will have at least chance of being benefited. w. R HOTTGHTON. July 27. 1904.
 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.