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HARtEM TOMORROW The Harlem Jockey Clubs spring meeting which lasts eleven days will open Monday and with some real summer weather the Proviso race course should present an unusually at ¬ tractive appearance for many thousands of dollars have been spent on improvements in beautifying the grounds since the gates were closed last fall and there is every prospect for an excellent meeting meetingThe The first days card embraces seven races of the total value of 3200 One of these is a steeplechase handicap over the short course for a purse of 500 The principal race of the sec ¬ ond day Tuesday has a 1000 purse for three yearolds one and onesixteenth miles weights 115 pounds with penalties and allowances Wednesday will bring Harlems first stake event the Petite Stakes 1200 added entrance 10 each 50 additional to start for twoyear old fillies at four and a half furlongs Among the entries for this stake are Endurance By Bight Autumn Leaves Hoodwink Barouche Drummond Mabel Winn Plum Tart Lass of Langden and many others of fair class The same afternoon an owners handicap one mile will be run for a purae of 600 The principal event on Thursday is a handicap for threeyear olds and upwards over one and oneeighth miles Two more steeplechases will be run during the week oneon Wednesday and one on Friday The feature race on Saturday will be the M Lewis Clark Stakes one and oneeighth miles for threeyearolds 2000 added 60 to start in addition to the original entry fee of 10 As seventyeight entris were received for this stake and the number of starters probably will be close to a dozen it will be quite a valuable race and is likely to bring out n number of colts whose names have often come into public men ¬ tion asAmerican Derby candidates The fact that the conditions for the M Lewis Clark Stakes were so framed that the winner willnot incur any penalty for the American Darby should have a tendency to increase the size of the field fieldW W B Jennings Canmore may make his first appearance on a Chicago race track in this race So probably will Boiling Boer Golden Age His Eminence and Brutal Besides these several Derby colts which already have run here this spring may go to the post postThe The features of the second week of the meet ¬ ing will be the Graduate Stakes for twoyear old colts and geldings 1200 added to be run on Tuesday June 18 and the Austin Selling Stakes for threeyearolds and upward 1500 added one and onesixteenth miles In the book for the second week Secretary Nathanson has arranged a race at one and onequarter miles open only to horses nominated in the American Derby The conditions of this race are identically the same as for the American Derby except that the weights will be seven pounds below the scale This arrangement and 1000 added money should bring to the post an acceptable field fieldIt It has been started that Corrigatf the great California colt owned by Burns Waterhouse has no stake engagements at Harlem whereas in truth he is entered in all Harlems twoyear olds stakes for which he is eligible eligibleA A new covered walk solidly built with bard wood and four hundred feet in length has been constructed from the Twelfth street entrance to Harlem Park running to the grand stand Along the four acres of lawn flowerbeds have been laid out at the north end of the stand and beautified with trees and shrubs John Thorpe whose artistic landscape gardening has done much to beautify this race track says that 4000 CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE HARLEM TOMORROW Continued from Firai Page ehrubs and nearly twice that number of plants have been used in baautifying Harlem this spring not to mention several hundred young trees which have been planted out on the lawns and all around the track itself The famous landscape gardener also is very proud of the golf coarse which he has laid out in the infield The bunkers are planted with flowers red and yellow the colors of the Harlem Jockey Clnb and in the hazards tan bark is used instead of the customary sand Virginia creepers have been planted to twine over the jumps of the steeplechase course and in order to avoid dust as much as possible all roads and paths in the theHarlem Harlem Park enclosure are being laid with tanbark tanbarkThe The paddock and paddock buildings are un ¬ changed except for new paint on the latter Paint also has been used with a lavish hand on the grandstand and all other buildings Gener erally the colors used are the Harlem red and yellow But the interior of the high roof of the betting ring has been done in a pretty and cool looking light blue Many other minor changes and improvements too numerous to mention have been made and when the gates are thrown open to the public tomorrow noon the entire plant will present a spick and span appear ¬ ance Banks Cregiers orchestra will furnish music each aftecnoon aftecnoonThe The track itself is reported in firstclass con ¬ dition and trainers say they have worked horses halfmiles in 48 seconds and even a shade bet ¬ ter This is attributed somewhat to the suc ¬ cessful new drainage system which has been pnt in under the homestretch beneath which four miles of tile pipes have been laid longitudinally and across the track at every eight feet Mr Condon is so well pleased with the success of this scheme that he intends to continue it all the way around the track
