Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1912 — RACING TO START AGAIN SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

RACING TO START AGAIN SATURDAY

Directors Say That Ponies Will Race Saturday of This Week Unless Soldiers Stop Them. l • *1 Directors of the Mineral Springs racing association say that they Will resume races tomorrow unless the soldiers are there to stop them. A. F. Knotts, the president of the company and the active manager, is quoted as saying that if the governor sends troops to the track again the races will stop but that they will be resumed the moment the troops are withdrawn. He also said that as a special demonstration of humiliation for Governor Marshall he will pull off a “jackass” race and call It the Marshall handicap. There are said to be sixty horses in the stables at the track and the attitude of the race track owners, the horsemen and the Chicago gamblers, is very pugnacious. Another hitch that Knotts has to contend with is the rule of the interstate commerce commission that requires a notice of five days to be posted if special railroad rates are to be made. The races can not draw a Chicago crowd without special trains and special rates. Probably after a period of bluffing Knotts will settle down and be good.