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Show SOUTH GETS ! MOTOR CIRCUIT ' Automobiles and Mo i Boats to Race. Good Roads Movement . in Plan, Which Includes Novel Features. Water and Land Racing by Chug- jj Chugs Will Boom Next i 1 Winter. J ! CHICAGO, March 25. Writing from j Miami, Fla., recently, W. J. Morgan, ! who has Just completed the manage- ' ment of the races in Cuba and at Palm Beach automobiles In the former and ' i motor boats In the latter now believes ' 1 that the winter Southern motoring olr- ' cult will develop largely next year. , 'i Starting with the Ormond, Fla., tour- i nament three years ago, the winter ! motoring in the Southland has taken a deep hold on automoblllsts, and It ls ' quite probable that next winter will ! see a much enlarged winter circuit. j possibly consisting of six tournaments. ' Mr. Morgan visited Nassau, N. P., Jj I recently, and found In this nnclent li I place suitable ground for a good motor boat carnival and a sightseeing auto- ji mobile tour of the Island, which, how- j ever, has only about fifty mlle3 of road, ' 1 so he Is In doubt whether automobile 1 racing Is practicable In the Bahama ' Islands. The roads for the most part 1 ! are good, but narrow. (j To Improve Roads. : 1! ! Mr. Morgan Induced his excellency, I ! Gov. Sir William Grey-Wilson, to call j II a meeting at the Government house of J 'j the leading citizens and some visiting !: automoblllsts, and the proposition for 1 i the extension and improvement of the ' ) best Island roads was dlBcussed. Sir ' ,1 William took an active part in the dls- cusslon, and showed an earnest desire ' tj to Improve the roads and construct '1 others, In order that better driving fa- 1 cilltles may be had. The motor boat fi part of the Nassau proposition could '' undoubtedly bo made a fine success, as il the water along the city .front Is well df adapted for fast, motoring; and a 3 course of twenty miles can be had. ll At Miami, Fla.. the Miami Motoring M association was organized by Mr. Mor- I (yn Tn.yiV. O n.kl.1. , .... 'A "iiuwu mtji urgiinizawon will 1 m t conduct a motor boat carnival next ' ' winter. Miami offers splendid boat ' racing facilities. t ' Charleston in It. ! j P. H. Gadsden, a prominent citizen of Charleston, S. C telegraphed Mr. Mor- 1 gan to stop over In Charleston, In or- ', der that the citizens might discuss an 1 automobile and motor boat race meet ' for Charleston next winter. Mr. Gadsden Gads-den Is president of the Consolidated Railroad company, and believes that li Charleston should have a tournament l next winter. Thl3 Would make the circuit meets , I with Ormond and Palm Beach six In 1 number. Kingston, Jamaica, Is also 1 asking for a tournamenL The roads In Sj 1 this pretty West Indian Island are su- 1 ( perb. having been built by the Gov- I i ernment with convict labor. They are i M I reported to bo very fast and sixty feet ( ! In width, and a course of a 250-mlle ! I'j road race could easily be. laid' out there. 1 1 ( |