Show I Trotting I Fire destroyed a large part of tho stables belonging to the Mason Cty town Driving club About twenty valuable horses wore In the barn and all were saved but six Golden Oak was so badly burned that recovery Is doubtful Among those burned were Leaflet owned by Hlckok anti Bessie Lee by Merrill rho organization of the new Eastern Illinois Speed association has been completed with Dr J T Montgomery of Charleston as president and W W Llndloy of Urbana as secretary It Is designed to have sixteen races with purses of 1000 each The races will be a 230 trot n 221 trot a 225 pace land a 216 pace In addition there will bo the usual number of 400 purso events Champaign Charleston Kan knkeo l and Paris are members |