The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-18

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keep the promise. He has been at
Carlsbad taking the baths, but aside
from road work he has done practical
ly no training and is said to weigh
245 pounds
Racing in the metropolitan district
will continue this week on the Jamaic;
track of the Metropolitan Jockey club
The events carded include the Say
Vile Stakes today. the Richmond
Handicap tomorrow. the Meadow
Creek Stakes Wednesday. the Gowan-
us Stakes Thursday. and the Remser
Handicap and Ravenswood Handicap
on Saturday.
The fate of racing In New Yorl
may be decided this week. the nineteen
bookmakers who were arrested for al
lsgsd violation OF the anti samblint
law having their trials set for today.
The accused men have entered q plea
Of not guilty and VIII attack the con-
stitutionanty Of tn ella wunder which
they were arrested It is likely that
the trials will be delayed, as long as
possible The prosecution alleges that
every man of the nineteen will have
to face a jury, and there will be no
test cases.
The Maryland Jockey club will open
its historic Pimlico track to the racing
clans next Saturday and the meet will
continue to Nov. g. In the thirteen
days Of racing seven stakes in all are
to be decided These fixtures. include
all of the races that have marked
other fall sessions at the Maryland
course, whit some important additions.
One Of these will be the Pink Coat
steeplechase, with $1,000 added money,
gentlemen jockeys to ride, and three
miles, open to all bona fide hunters
and other horses that have started in
the United States or Canada in any
hunters or point to point race in 1908
or 1899.
The most valuable stakes are the
Bowie a handicap, with $4,000 added
money, over a distance of two miles.
This stake has been named after the
late governor of Maryland, Oden
Bowie, who, while governor of the
state, presided in the stewards stand |!
under the regime of the old Maryland
Jockey club. Other stakes, with ST.
500 in added money, are the Pimlico |
fall handicap, for 3-year-olds and up |
ward, one and one-half miles; the |
Hall. for Swear Odds, one and one
quarter miles, and the Walden, for
2-year- olds. with s1.0ae in added |
money.
The South will be the scene of sew
eral important horsey events this week. !
The Texas State fair at Dallas will |
be in progress all week and the rae!
ing card includes several good har- |
ness events The North Carolina state !
fair at Raleigh. opened today. also Of
fers many attractions to followers of
the harness racing sport as does the
Mississippi West Alabama Fair at Co.
l, no Atln
Horse show. always an important
event among the lovers of classy :.
horsehesh. offers more and better at
fractions than ever before. 1t will
open tomorrow and continue four
days. A FIVE day show will be held by |
the St. Louis Horse Show Society inf
the Coliseum. the big show place of /
the Missouri metropolis, beginning to-
day The West Virginia Fair asso-
citation begins a four days race meet /
and show at Parkersburg, w. v, to-
morrow.
Baseball fans will be interested in
the tour of the Philadelphia American
League team, under the mana cement |
of Connie Mack, and the all-star team
of the National League, under the
management of Frank Bancroft The
players will assemble in Chicago to-
morrow and leave Wednesday for six
weeks tour of the Pacific coast Games
will be played en- route at Omaha, |
Denver and Salt Lake City. and all of !
the leading teams of the Pacific |
coast and Northwestern leagues will |
be given an opportunity to prove their
prowess against the big leaguers.
California is to make bid for auto
mobile racing honors next Saturday I
with a road race for heavy stock cars
over a distance of 800 miles A TWEEN |
ty-mile course in Alameda county. |