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Show APPROPRIATION FOR CUBAN HORSE RACING Tribune Special Sporting Sorvlco. ; I HAVANA. Sept. 5. The dates set by ' the Cuban Racing nssociatiou for tho winter meeting arc from December 1 to January 31. After this date the horses can be shipped to Tampa, Fla., for a i meeting there. Special slakes will bc announced as soon as the amount of the appropria- tion of the Havana city council for this ' year is known, although 20,000 from ! this source is expected, making a total of $00,000 in purses, stakes and haudi-j haudi-j caps during the meeting. Tho manage-I manage-I ment of tho Cuban Racing association has always been vco' liberal in the mat- tcr of purses, in extending accommo-I accommo-I dntion to horsemen for transportation j of horses and in attending to their wcl-faro wcl-faro while iu Havana. The track is one milo and an ciglvh and ISO feet in length, with beautiful wide stretches. Tho track is iibout six miles from the center of the city, easily reached by trolley cars In half an hour. A syndicate is being formed lo purchase a good stable or racehorses, including several stars, to capture the purses given to Cuban owned horses. Applications for stable room (for which there is no charge) must be made ' oarlv lo the secretary. Arturo Hernan-der. Hernan-der. Mejia. apartado (25 Havana, Cuba, j as stalls must be assigned and prepared i in ample time. Otherwise, lato arrivals 1 will have to take tho best there is left. Tho freight rates arranged from New York win be very low, provided con-' con-' oertod shipments can be made. |