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LOCAL KCK MEETINGS. Today ends the successful two weeks of racing at Harlem and Monday will be the first day of the Chicago Jockey Clubs initial meeting at Hawthorne. Despite the unfavorable weather during a portion of the past two weeks, the attendance at Harlem was each as to afford distinct encouragement for the future. By the time Hawthornes fortnight shall have elapsed it is promised the new grandstand will be completed, a circumstance that will add greatly to the comfort of patrons of the track. Meanwhile Hawthorne is ready. The grandstand, stables, other buildings and the track have all been put in order. The familiar figure of Edward Corrigan will be missed, bat as of yore Harry Knbl will be found in the secretarys office. The full register of track officials, all men of experience in their departments, is: Presiding j udge, J. H . Rees ; associate jadge and secretary, Harry Kuhl; assistant secretary, W. R Letcher; starter, Richard Dwyer; manager, Frank A. McEvoy ; clerk of scales, H. F. Moore ; paddock and patrol judge, R. Tozer; official timer, George Farnsworth; entry clerk, Harry White. All the horses that have been racing at Harlem will be available, while many others are expected from Cincinnati and St. Louis. H. B. Durham with 14 horses; M. Jordan, 8; C. R. McLean, 6; Wr. Fields, 12; R. Tucker, 10; L. S. Williams. 5; H.J Scnggan. 7; C. E Ma hone, 5; D. Waldo. 4, and Wills and Co., 3, are among those who have applied for stable room. Western turfmen like to race their horses in Chicago, and by the time the fervid days of July arrive about all worth having will t e here. The local outlook is all that could be hoped for under present conditions.
