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HAWTHORNES OFFICIALS. The list of officials who will govern the various departments of racing at Hawthorne this year was made public yesterday and is as follows : Presiding judge— Harry Kuhl. I Associate judge — Charles E. Trevathan. Secretary Wm. R. Letcher. Treasurer— E. G. Franklin. Starter— Jacob J. Holtman. Patrol judge H.T.White. Clerk of scales— H. F. Moore. Entry clerk— J. Randolph. Official timer— George Farnsworth. Press agent— W. J. Jackman. The surprise in the list is the selection of Holtman for starter. In a general way the pub I - Secretary Letcher is a Kentucky product, a man who has been raised in a race horse atmosphere. - He has been identified with racing ever since he was old enough to take an interest in i the sport. He was made secretary of the Cincinnati - Jockey Club at Oakley at the time of C its organization in 1892, and held the position until the club was dissolved 1898. Last year he was assistant to Secretary Kuhl and became well acquainted with the Chicago race-going public and the men who will have stables here this year. Frank A. McEvoy, the manager of the track, made his debut in this important position last season with signal success. Cnder his direction the Cicero track had one of the most profitable seasons in its history, and the racing was uniformly clean and attractive to the public. Mr. McEvoy is a Chicago man who has long been identified with racing in various capacities, and has made a thorough study of it from a business standpoint. The rest of the new officials are more or less J known to race-going people and are all men who seem to be thorougldy fitted for the various duties that will fall to them. , . . lic expectation had been that "Dick" Dwyer would send the horses away at Hawthorne as well as at Washington Park and Harlem, but the powers that control at Hawthorne concluded to introduce a new expert. Holtman was formerly "Curley" Browns assistant. Last year he did the starting at Newport and on the Northern Circuit tracks, and made a good impression. Good starters are rare birds, and if Holtman wins favor by good work here his addition to the list of recognized experts will be welcomed with approval. Harry Kuhl. the former secretary and associate judge at Hawthorne, will serve his first term as a presiding judge. Mr. Kuhl is well equipped for the place. He knows the rules thoroughly, is cool-headed, and has had a long training under competent people. He is popular with horsemen and the rnco-going public. The post of associate judge falls to C. E. Trevathan, a turf writer and authority of reputation. He has served as presiding steward at Washington Park, in 1S94. and as judge for four years at the Bay District track at San Francisco. Mr. Trevathan is best known, perhaps, by reason of his newspaper connections, his writings on turf affairs being sought for by the best papers in the country. Like Mr. Kuhl, he is a man of cool, impartial mind, well versed in the rides and of the temperament and dispo-sition to make an excellent official in the stand.
