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’[DOG RACING TRACK WILLRsRE OPENED AT FAIRFIELDisidedallanF.,n-im- [ lis I dll |ib-i he'1 ■ar i *u-atether iv«1 a»ay-thoatirst lit y ‘■go-for nd-iwoow-ngemt-hatneethenotalsoPlans for construction of a dojr racing: track on a newly-acquired site within the village of Fairfield in Bath Fwp., representing an investment of approximately $100,000, were disclosed Friday by Attorney Frank L. Johnson, this city.Attorney Johnson represents a company formed in Payton which will be known as the Fairfield Amusement Park, Ltd., not a corporation, composed of sportsmen of Dayton, Springfield, Osborn and other nearby cities interested in dogracing, who will finance the project.The plant will le built on thirty-, Work on the plant is expected lo one acres of land, located north-) start within the next ten days anda grandstand patterned after the, stand at the Greene County Fairgrounds, seating approximately 3,-1 500 people, will be erected.Formal opening of the dog track is tentatively scheduled for be-, trween June 1 and June 15 this summer. It is planned to hold two meets every' year, one in the spring and another in the fall. Bach will last twenty or thirty days.There will bo races every night while the meets last with eight races comprising the card.It is pointed out that the proposed Fairfield track will he operated on a somewhat different scale from other tracks In existence in Ohio, in that, dog owners may enter their whippets by invitation only, thus assuring nothing but first class racing.No bookmaking will be permitted but. one of the two ordinances passed by the village coun cil authorizes a system of rewards ; wiiereby racing fans who desire to forecast the outcome of the various races will receive cash prizes for successful predictions, it is ex-; plained.This system, according to At-1 torney Johnson, has been declared legal by the supreme courts of four states where the plan has been placed in operation and is not construed a.s a form of gambling on the result of the races, he said.east of Fairfield and within the corporate limits of the village, purchased Thursday from the Miami Conservancy District, Attorney Johnson said.Announcement, was also made that the Fairfield village council has passed two ordinances authorizing Mayor Routzong to license the track and legalize the racing.The track will be circular and one-fourth of a mile in length.It will be a turf track, an innovation which has never been -tried out In this country. The dogs will race on grass instead of a dirt track.RESERVES TO OPEN WITH TWO PRACTICE GAMES THIS SEASONTwo Sunday practice games at which no admission will be charged are being arranged by the Xenia Reserve Baseball Flub in preparation for the formal opening of the local diamond season scheduled for Sunday, April 21.Reserves will plav an exhibition game with the Grismer Fuels of Dayton Sunday afternoon, April 7 at 2:30 o’clock at Washington Park. Xenia fans may attend thisRhor?SpriEngtedforbeeierci
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1929
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