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WORTH OPENS TODAT From all indications Worth wiH be favored by perfect racing weather for its opening this afternoon Much interest is centered in the Wagner Bros new track and a crowd of many thousands can bo looked for The new racing plant is complete in all essential respects and secretary Nathansou offers the public a fine card of six well balanced races The Worth Jockey Club Handicap at one and onesixteenth miles with S2000 added is of course the main feature and fifteen of the best borses in train ¬ ing here have accepted the weights weightsFollowing Following is an accurate schedule of train times timesSpecial Special trains Wabash R R Dearborn Sta ¬ tion Polk street direct to grand stand in 35 minntes at 1210 1245 105 118 and 135 p m stopping at Archer Avenue 41st Street and En glewood Special train for horsemen and oth ¬ ers direct to grand stand at 7 50 a m mRegular Regular suburban trains to Chicago Ridge at 605 and 915 a m and 125 230 and 255 p m mReturning Returning a special train loaves the grand stand after the fifth race daily other traina after the last race raceSunday Sunday trains to Chicago Ridge at 945 a m and 125 435 610 and 915 p m mHighclass Highclass music will be furnished at Worth by Banks Cregiers orchestra orchestraA A liberal gathering of regulars bid Lakeside farewell until fall yesterday and touched the syndicate ring up to the tune of 16000 Natural Gas backed from 15 to 1 down to 5 to 1 a d Ice from tens to eights were the tools used to slaughter the ring Both won from flag fall to finish and the crowd fairly went wild with ex ¬ citement citementJust Just as the horses were going to the post for the third race a fire broke out under the floor in the center of the grand stand This created quite a bit of excitement but Chief Mike Sweeney was Johnny on the spot with a score of worthy assistants and in a few minutes the fire was extinguished extinguishedAn An offer of JSOO was refused yesterday for a a maiden filly named Hermene a full sister to the Kentucky Derby winner His Eminence The offer was mado by a C H Smith not of Garry Hermann fame fameDominick Dominick froeh from California will ride Poesart in the Worth Handicap Cobarn will be on The Conqueror II J Mathews on Mer ito Crowhurst on Louisville See on Star Cham ¬ ber Seaton on Roboit Waddell and Gormley on Andes Boney Boy will run in the firet race and not in the race of the day
