The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-26

Hart Dernham.
Clerk of Course. B. Campbell.
Starter-Ed Tribe.
General Manager--A. Rouprich.
To-day Pensacola will witness the
inauguration of its first race meeting.
After many weeks of preparation the
track at Kupfrian Park has been put
in condition by the untiring energy or
General Manager Rouprich and Secre-
tary Dernham, which made 1t possible
for the race meeting to be given in
Pensacola. Accommodations haEe~beena
provided for two thousand people.
Every incoming train brings more
racing enthusiasts to the city, who
will remain here during the entire
meeting of thirty days. Every prepa-
ration has been made for the enter
,tainment of the crowd, and Secretary
Hart Dernham has given the card his
best attention in order to make the
opening day one of keen pleasure and
excitement to those who attend. The
stables and grand stand have all been
completed and few finishing touches
by the carpenters this morning viii
complete the track and all will be
ready when the bugle calls the horses
to the post for the first race at $3.50
The card offered today is an excep7
tionally good one, and will compare
favorably to any in the south.
THE FIRST RACE.
The first race on the card is for
baby racers. in which the youngsters
will be asked to go ree-eights of a
mile. OF the six carded to start the
best on past performance is the son
of the famous imported Marta Santa,
a horse which was rated the best in
England IN years gpne4by and whose
sons and daughters are keeping up the
reputation OF their sire by winning
on every track OF Importance in the
country. The five other starters in
the race have performed creditably at
Tampa and the race will prove to be
Interesting from start to finish.
The second race is at a mile, in
which six of the best of the long dis
tance horses at the track will start
and IL will give the public a chance to
witness the start and the finish of the
race, as the start will be made in
front OF the grandstand.
The third race is the stellar attrac-
tion on the card, in which eight stars
of the turf contest for the purse Of
fered by the racing association. Our
Nugget, which is one of the starters
in the race. holds the track record at
Tampa for a. distance of five and a
half furloughs, and it will take the
best that is in Tom Dolan, Clysmic
and Bobby Cook to catch this fleet
filly.
The fourth race at six furloughs is
a selling affair and the winner is to
be sold at auction at upset price,
which has been placed on the horse
by the owner Eight are in this field
and several of them hold records for
the distance at the southern tracks.
The fifth race will bring together
nine horses, which is the largest field
of the dag, and as they are evenly
matched an exciting contest Is looked
for. The last race of the day Is a
short one and eight horses are brought
together and the weights are so ad-
iusted that a close and interesting
contest will. be the result.
PREMIER JOCKEY HERE.
Jockey George Glasner, the premier
Jockey at Tampa. arrived yesterday
afternoon from Jacksonville and will
ride here during the meeting. During
the hundred days meeting at Tampa
Glasner had the distinction of being
the leading winning jockey and when
the meeting closed had an advantages
of twenty wins over his nearest rival.
Glasner will be seen in the saddle at
Kupfrian's Park.
Among the stars who will be seen