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Show Fast Horses, Good Track, Fine i Weather Promised Race Fans 1:, . 3; Dat For Meet Set For De- cember 30, 31, and New Year's Day; Many Fast i Horses Are Entered N ; i-i, a promise of plenty of !? (.ist horses, a good track and 33 Dkie's -line weather", every- oi thing poi"ts t0 0Ue ot the most 20 successful Mid-Winter Race meets V ever held in St. George, C. W. ds wve, Jr., announced today. "f. This year the meet is to be hfld on December 30, 31 and 5p New Year's Day. This is the f" jjrst time in the history of the e, meet that horses have been run :al on New Year's Day. It is best be-st jug done this time with the hope that it will make it possible for al a greater number of people to at-! at-! tend- Particularly those in the surrounding towns and counties, i" A complete program with six E- races for each of the three days '" has been outlined by the commit-;i commit-;i tee. An entrance fee of ten per- cent is being charged to enter, 'i Five per cent of this is to be :1, added to the purse, the other going to the race committee to he used in defraying the cost of 1; the meet. In the past the full al ten per cent has the approval of 10 the race horsemen, who, for a ' numl-Br of years, have maintained al that ".his entrance fee was unfair , to torn. Sports In addition to the races there ;t will ie sports each evening and 4 a big dance to top off the night, a! With the new recreation hall 'S available for the dances and Earl N- J. Bleak's ten-piece orchestra to provide the music, large crowds are expected to attend. 11 Storm Over J1 Race fans 'feel that the storm ''' is .ow over with and good wea- J tl.:r j.culd bo on the docket. ;j) W.:- the piopsr working the I ii j -i.icukl be in excellent shape. ) Jos ;h J. Milne, who is in charge 5 of this work, has promised to E seri every effort to see that the j track is as it should be. 1S Civic Clubs Here '2 j. The Southern Utah Civic clubs will hoid their annual meeting !S here on December 29. It is ex- ss peoted that many of this group ' v,i 1 stay over for the races. Last jjj ye;r the meeting of the clubs was held during the meet and since jl there is so much time required 4 to g?t thtough with the regular j business of the clubs it was de- ( cided to hold the meeting before i; the tace meet started. |