The Houston Chronicle

                    June  17, 1993, Thursday, 2 STAR Edition

SECTION: A; Pg. 30

LENGTH: 148 words

HEADLINE: Racetrack plans go ahead

BYLINE: Staff

KEYWORD: Horse Racing Houston

 BODY:    Former Gov. John B. Connally was a major investor in a proposed 
horse racing track in Harris County, but his death will not hinder the 
project, a spokesman said Wednesday.

   Connally, who had been a member of  Maxxam  Inc.'s board of  directors  
since 1988, was heading the  Maxxam  group that became a general  partner  
in Sam Houston Race Park Ltd., said company spokesman Scott Lamb.

   Sam Houston Race Park is the investment group that holds a state 
license to build a Class I racetrack.  Maxxam has interests in aluminum, 
forest products and real estate.

   ""We are deeply saddened by his passing and will miss his involvement 
in the project immensely, but plans for the track are going forward,'' 
Lamb said.  ""We are still early in the process, but we are on target for 
what we thought would be a target date, the summer of 1994, to have the 
facility up and running. ''

                                                                       
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