The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-25
SHIPMENT OF
HORSES BEGINS
TO PENSACOLA
ADVANCE GUARD OF TWO CAR
LOADS NOW ON THE WAY
WHILE A SPECIAL TRAIN WILL
LEAVE THERE SUNDAY FOR
THIS CITY.

The exodus Of horsemen from Tampa
to Pensacola has begun. two car loads
now being on the road. while the re-
mainder win leave Sunday on special
train for this city. Speaking OF the do
perture OF the horses and the meeting
there the Tampa Tribune Of Wednes-
day says:
Most Of the horsemen viii ship to
Pensacola for the ffteen-day meeting
which fs scheduled to open there on
March 81. The exodus for the Gulf
City WIN begin today when the advance
guard Of two carloads of racers will
be shipped. The bulk of the horses
viii leave here by special train ON Sun
day next.
Racing at the West Tampa course
came to a termination with the run
ming Of yesterdays closing dash won
by Horizon In tight ut with Explicit
and Ringer. The session of racing
which has prevailed for sixty-nfne
days, could not be termed a brilliant
one in many respects. The manage
ment sustained big losses, the books
were hit hard and the public did not
benefit to any apprecfable extent.
Many Of the owners who engaged Ia
the meeting are also heavily to the bad
and several will find 1t tough shedding
to reach the next nearest racing point.
Those few who were able to make
money here shipped their stock long
ago, foreseetng the hopelessness of a
continuance under existing conditions
attending the sport fn this locality.
The abrupt termination caught many
OF the poorer owners unprepared aud
they viii be dependent ones on their
more fortunate brothers for shipment
| to Pensacola
While many would have preferred
remaining to shipping to some other
locality, it is just as well that the
meet came to q close for the sport was
beginning to show evidence Of ragged
ness and 1t would have only been a
matter of a short time before a big
scandal would have developed. There
is no gainsaying the fact that some of
the sharps were getting bold with their
work and their action YVES much to
blame for the sudden cessation of the
meeting.
Yesterdays shut down may mean
finale for racing in this neck of ths
woods for all the time or at least until
Sucn time as the laWnaKers OF LnsS
state will afford the racing interests
some relief, by the enactment OF some
law that viii repeal the one on the
pstatute books at present and which be-
comes effective on May 1. Much spec
uIation has been INDUCED In on the
subject and some aver that a race
meeting of some sort will positively be
held next season, but alt rumors to
this effect are silly and without the
slightest foundation. The manage
ment of the West Tampa course viii
bow to the mandates of the law and If
the Pari Mutuel System of betting and
q racing commission bill fails of pass
age IN the legislature during the pres
emit session, the plant will stay closed
not alone next season but for many
seasons to come.
Since the establishment of racing al
the West Tampa course, the venture
has cost the promoters heavily and
they have invested pot of money in
the project. The only thing to show
for the expenditure is the plant and
at present it looms up as a white ele-
plant, for it's upkeep wiz mean addi-
tional expenses.