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GOOD TRACK IN PROSPECT FOR TODAY. Wind and Sunshine Combine to Improve the Oak-lawn Going — Constant Arrivals a Feature. Hot Spring. Ark.. March 11.— A stiff wind all day and a warm sun during the afternoon dried out the track ■ msiderably at OaklaWB today and. barring further rain, the going will be good tomorrow afternoon, though not fast. There were a large number of horses out this morning for work-outs despite the muddy going. Many tourists taking their morning "hikes" stopped at Oaklawn Park to watch the thoroughbreds exercise and took keen interest in their actions. That the Oaklawn Park meeting lias been a success from every viewpoint during its first four days is putting it mild. There is plenty of action on the speculative end of the sport. Some of the most prominent operators in the country are on hand looking after it. The alertness of the officials. While the meeting is still in its infamy, demonstrates that nothing belt the cleanest of racing will be toli:atecl. This is the aim of the Business Mens League, under wiiose auspices the sport is conducted. Sprinters have had the call on each day thus far. due to the longer route races falling to fill because uf the bid track for the five days previous to the opening of the meeting, this prevented the horses which stay a considerable distance of ground 1 ruin getting enough work. But from now on raciag secretary Campbell expects to stage three. or at hast two mile or more races d;iily. The handicaps ha ■ drawn out a high grade of horses ai.d. with the large number quartered here, there are plenty for every kind of a race imaginable. Even with the meeting under way, the arrivals of turf followers unci tourists continue at an amazing rate. Every train from New York for the past five days has had to arry extra sleepers. The delegations arriving from Chicago, St. Louis. Cincinnati and Louisville also continue large each day.
