The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-26
HORSEMEN AWAIT
 WORD FROM HERE
w. c. GEARY TELLS OF BIG SU~ CESS OF MEETING IN NEW
 ORLEANS.
Declares Pari-Mutuel System is Guar antee of Clean Sport and WiIl Prove Pooular.
BY WALTER M. ER2l..

Publicity Agent Business Mems
 League
 w. C. Geary. who had charge cf the races at the last State Fair and who has been in New Orleans. where he attended the big race meet that closed there a little over a week ago, stated yesterday that all of New Or
 cans is awaiting word rom Arkan. sas, and that tbe general opinion s that the State Fair Commission bill, which win legalize racing in this state under the parimutuel system, - pass.
 "I went to New Orleans said Mr.. Geary. about December l They were then talking about holding the race meet By they mean the busi- ness men who made that meet DO sible. Al that time there were only about 100 head of horses that had ar rived. but the word had gone forth and visitors were beginning to arr.ya from as far nolth as New York and as far west as Chicago. Memphis and other big southern towns sent 'arge de egations
 "The entire meeting was one or the most successful that has ever been conducted in the south. This includes the attendance and the financial ed of the project New Orleans made it's meet successful because they kept the tou.s' and that clement that usually fcllcWs race meet from the tracks There were Pinker, ,on dete2- tives there who knew characters of this Ri d, and they were not allowed cn the grounds T1e Pinkertou men worked in cc operation with the New Orleans podCa If the loca officers didn't know them, they were pointed out by the Pinkerton men, arrested and given few hour to leave town, and. beliepe me- they lett, too.
 "i saw the same system worked in Denver in June The Piakerton men clea4ed Denver og suspicious and un- desirable characters in no time. and that meet, which was the first one under the parimutuel system was a great success. realize that some here have stated that these chaIac- ters wifl come to Hot springs m tne event the racing bill Is passed, but this city can very easily fol ow tha example of New Orleans a i'd Denver and there will be no more danger ot 1outs and undesirables remaining in Hot Springs than there were il those cities
 There were about 700 horses in New Orleans entered in the various races. and I think l am not overstat- ing it wlen l say that there are 10" easily 800 horses waiting 10 be sent to this city. All they are waiting for is the word that the bin has passed. The men who own this stock are among the highest c ass and most ra- spcnsi1le sportsmen in the country. Thirty per cent cs these men have their wives with them and they want 10 come here tor the winter Many of them have asked me to lcok mp cot tages and apartments for them. They want Co come here for two re5s0ps- 10 race and to take the batfs, and the visitors by the thousands vii come here. There are men and Wo. men in New Orleans today who are just waiting to know if tae State Fair Commission bin goes througl. who will come here. They want the baths. but they want their racing with it. too.
 The average man and woman has no idea what big thing a good race meet would be for Hot Springs Why C90 horses would mean .Coo persons directly connected with the stock who would come here l venture to state there are at least 500 residents Of New Orleans who will come to this city, and eur plant at Oa0lawn vii be a great surprse to many, for ii is far superior to anything New Or leans possesses.
 q left that city two days after the race meet closed. and all l could hear Nas expression concerning this city and the hope that there would soon be big race meet here l, together wth all Of that vast tlrOng hope the same thing No one objects to good, .ptr r,,ftfva n .