Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — Race Track Ordered Sold To Satisfy Part of Judgment. [ARTICLE]

Race Track Ordered Sold To Satisfy Part of Judgment.

Judge Hanley has ordered Sheriff Lindall, of Porter county, to sell at sheriff’s sale the Porter race track, in accordance with the decision which the court gave following the protracted trial of the suit brought by the Manhattan Lumber Co. and other creditors. The document sent to Sheriff Lindall consisted /of 36 typewritten pages. It is possible that Chicago parties may buy up the track and again undertake to conduct a race meeting. Two former attempts were Stopped because the national guard was sent to stop the racing because of the gambling that was a part of the sport. Two hundred creditors of the racing association were named in the document sent to the sheriff of Porter county.