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Show .RACE PROGRAMME' FOR DECORATION DAY W. Jones, who has leased the Agricultural Agri-cultural park track for the coming season, sea-son, "has announced the Decoration day ! race programme. This announcement Is somewhat In the nature of a -straw hat In January, but the prize list looks promising. Jones announces a free-for-all pace and trot as the star event with $600 prUe. money,... There will also.be .a 2:20 trot and. two running races, the latter to hava puraas of $100 each. Jones hopes to get a lot of outside norsemen to compete.- '' i ' The horse- racing game" ' has never been satisfactory in this town but the people are fond-of the sport of kings and stanL-for anything that Is not too raw. It is to be hoped that Jones will provide better sport than has been handed out to the public ' at Caldrs . under his regime. It is suggested -that 1 Mr. Jones promote a race for heavyweight heavy-weight water wagon riders In the near future. There should b many entries so soon after the first of the year. |