The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-25
CITY PARK TRACK
WILL OPEN AGAIN
Business Men of New Orleans
Demand That Betting Be AL
lowed OH Races.
CELIA AND CORRIGAN
FORCED OUT OF GAME
California Will Not Get All the
Eastern Horses, as at First
Supposed.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK. Oct, 24.-Judging from
The present outlook. there will be plenty
of racing this winter, both in Califoruia
and New Orleans There will be race
meetings, too. at Havana and Tampa
Fla, which Will appeal no doubt 10
horsemen who usually remain in the
East. Rich stakes will be decided as
usual at the Oakland and Los Angeles
tracks, where the promoters have laid
plans for meetings of greater scope than
ever before. Thomas II. Williams, the
owner of the Oakland or Emeryville
track, has made arrangements to hang
up several $4,000 prizes, with the result
that many of the leading turtmen who
have been racing on the Metropolitan
and Canadian tracks are sending in their
entries. The Santa Anita track at Los
Angeles. controlled by Barney Scbrei
Der, George Rose and others, has also
become popular with horsemcn, who say
that the atmosphere is particularly
good for thoroughbreds. The track IL
self is one of the fastest in the world.
and before the coming meeting ends
some new records will be made IN all
probability.
At both these California tracks, such
horsemen as s c. Hildreth. r. F. Car
man. II. E. RoweI, c. R. Ellison. James
Rowe. w. B. Jennings. r. l.. Thomas.
7. a. Forsythe and others in their class.
will race highly-bred horses; while
Jockeys Z. Ugan. Nottcr. Shilling.
Sweet, Butler, Miller, Gilbert and other
good BOYS will be seen in the saddle
As soon rs the local season winds M
ut Jamaica, on November 4, at least
100 horses will be shipped to the coast.
Horses Will Scatter.
But California will not get all the
horsemen, for many Of them are max
Ing preparations 70 go 70 New Orleans,
where meeting of ninety DAYS viii be
held at City Park in spite of the fact
that an anti-bettipg bill was passed by
the Louisiana legislature last spring.
At the same time, II was believed that
racing ct the Crescent City had been
killed, but it seems that leading bust
ness men. hotel and storekcepcrs, thea.
trical managers and others. who say
that they would suffer heavy losses il
the law should be enforced TO the let
ter. have stirred NJ so mnch popular
feeling that thc sport will he resumed.
But racing at the Crescent City viii be
conducted solely bv residents of tho
town, who have secured lense Of City
Park from Celia CorrigaD and the other
western promoters VINO had the game
cornercd when the legislature took ac-
iion last March.
Several well-postcd men have recently |
made the statement that the an,I-hct /
ting law was passed for he sole pur- |
pose OF forcing Celia. Corrigan & Com
panv 10 give up control of both the Fair |
Grounds and CITY Park That there may /
be something in this assertion. the abil-
jfy Of New Orleans citizens 10 reopen
the game would seem to indicate. 1t is
understood that few stakes will lac Of
feTed and that overnight purses viii lee
reduced 70 5000 and $500 At thc outset
AS far as speculation goes. there viii he
no open bookmaking. but there viii hc
individual betting. perhaps on the
credit system, which naturally will dc
pend on the attitude Of the local au.
thorities.
There will be fifty DAYS Of racing at
the new track Just outside OF Havana.
on December /, and ending
on January 81. There will be six races
each day, with purses ranging from 5000
10 sf0o. In addition 10 the regular
purses. the Carnival commission Of the
Havana city council is expected to sp-
propriate 10000. 10 be given 10 the
feature races during the meeting The
track. which was opened for the first
time last winter, has been much i'm
proved since then and is said 20 be one
# tho best equipped races courses in
North America.
When the Havana meeting ends there
will be forty days of racing nj TAMPA.
beginning February 7. This meeting
will be under the auspices Of the Florida
State Fair association, which has To. ,
quilt the track and also increased the
'tsblc room. T.. d. Lawrence is the rae I
Dg secretary. il was the plan OF sew. Z
,ral promoters some time ago TO build
! track at Jacksonville, but there seems
o have been hitch somewhere. for
here is nothing doing IN that line at
present.