Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 12 | New Orleans People Want Horse Racing

NEW ORLEANS PEOPLE WANT H0RS1B RACING Tribune Special Sporting Service. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 10. Samuel F. Hoaslip and Louis Legarde of New Orleans havo boon holding conferences with partios concerned in the managc-nionfc managc-nionfc of tho Crescent City tracks rela-tivo rela-tivo to tho holding of n. winter meeting this season in Now Orleans. The Now Orleans situation was gone over carefully care-fully aud Mr. Heaslip Biibrnitfcod a proposition to leaso tho trades on behalf be-half of a holding company conrpoEod of Now .Orlcaus people Discussing tho matter, Mr. Hoaslip said: "It is tho desire of tho commercial interests of Now Orleans to havo a raco mooting this winter. Wo will aim to have tho meeting conform to tho Locko bill and have the approbation of the public. With this in view we con template forming a holding company to lease tho two tracks and run tho mooting moot-ing uudor our control. It is our intention inten-tion to preservo racing and feature this sport as our special winter attraction to bring visitors to our cit'. The poo-plo poo-plo of New Orleans dosiro racing and aro a unit that it brings mauy visitors to tho Crescent City annually. I submitted sub-mitted a proposition to those con-I con-I ccrncd iu tho Fair Grounds and City Park management to leaso tho tracks on behalf of a holding company cou- sjsting of New Orleans businpss men. Iho matter has been taken under con-l con-l sidoration and I believe that matters j will bo satisfactorily Rrrnugcd." '