The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-17
Gulls Make It Three Out of Four
SPORT OF KINGS IS DYING
 BUT HARD AND INCH BY INCH
By JAMES DocKERALL

New York, July 16.-(Special. )-The race committee of the Parkway Driv- ing club, in charge of the meeting tu be held over the Brooklyn track Au gust SIP, has finished the entire five day programme.
 Eleven late closing events, each val ued at s4O0, were added to the four 5000 early closing purses. which gives three races for each day of the meet ing The classes decided upon are such as to suit all half-mile track circuit stables, and as the purse values are equal to the best offered anywhere else. big entries to all 5can well besexpected
 The meeting will open on Tuesday and the card will be made up. of 2:25 trot and 2:11 pace, both worth $4O0, and 2:16 trot worth $1000 There will be one 5000 race on each day, while the feature for Saturday will be the free for-all pace
 Wednesday. 2:25 pace, $4oo; PIP trot. $40o, and 2:15 pace. 5000.
 Thursday, 2:24 trat, 5000; 2:1S trot, s4o0, and 2:17 pace. s400. | Friday, 2:25. pace. 5000; 2:14 pace. s4o0, and 2:25 trot. $4oO. i Saturday. closing day. 2:21 trot, s4Oo; free for-all, pace, s400, and 2:21 pace, s4O0, making a total of ss4Oo for the meeting.
 The plan of having a race meeting at the remodeled Niagara Falls, Canada, track Is by no means abandoned in spite of the announcement of the re- fusal of the Ontario government to grant a license.
 A R. Boyd of Philadelphia Is packer | of the scheme.
 T am proposing to operate under the charter of the Niagara Falls Driving Park association, which has been op- erated under for nine years" said Boyd. And I claim that the government, un- les it reverses Its decision, Is doing me an injustice.
 | When I first consented to back the proposition I was told that our charter covered everything necessary to rac- | ing. After I had sunk money in the venture I heard that it was necessary to procure a provincial license. I inn mediately called up my legal adviser, and asked him about the matter. He said that while a license was not ab- solutely required it would be advisable to obtain it. Desiring to comply with the laws of Canada I had him phone the authorities and he was informed that we could have the license upon payment of the s14o0 fee fer seven days racing.
 Upon this assurance that all would be right. we went ahead and have up to date spent or involved myself in con tracts totaling $15,O0o. Then along comes this bombshell The government won't give me a license.
 We have simply gone about exten- sive improvements, intending to race with an up-to- date plant in every re- spect. In fact. this was only to be a half-mle track meeting in name and distance only, for I had arrar ged 'o make all purses from $500 toes500 each, and to have an open betting ring under the direction of John J. Cavanagh of New York. the best known ring mana | ger in the business.
 T had secured the adjacent property and intended to extend the track to a full mile.
 l Tn the event of the license being secured the first meeting will be held | late in August"
 The Montreal race track authorities did an excellent thing which ought to be initiated at other tracks. We at tackled the touts and never let up on | them.
 Harry Payne Whitney, who has trans | ferred most of his racing operations to England, has still an abiding faith In | the American thoroughbred. This has