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OAKLAWN ACTIVITY GROWS Drying of the Track Puts Hun ¬ dreds of Racers to Work Offices Open for Business and andRegistry Registry of Horses Begins Cold Weather Pinches Hot Sprint Ark February 20 Despite the drenching it received yesterday the Oaklnwn Park nice truck had dried out almost to a fust condition today and again several hundred horses were out for exercise Sixteen carloads of thoroughbreds arrived from New Orleans last night and their presence jammed the stabling accommodations of the local track to capacity The horse special made a flying trip here from the Crescent City and all of the horses were unloaded in good condition conditionThe The temperature took a sudden turn downward here today and during the morning hours real winter weather prevailed This had a deterring effect on the large number of tourists who usually walk to the course each morning to watch the horses in their workouts and only a few of them braved the chilly blasts blastsWith With the arrival today of General Manager Jos ¬ eph K Martin and Itucing Secretary T I Camp ¬ bell the offices at the race track were opened and active preparations for the coining meeting were gotten under way Mr Martin Came from St Louis and Mr Campbell from New Orleans OrleansSecretary Secretary Campbell will lx gin the task of regis ¬ tering the horses tomorrow and this work will require several days because of the unusually large number of them here hereArrivals Arrivals today included Louis A Cella who came to rest after his siege of illness and to forget business cares caresRACING RACING PEOP1E AND TOURISTSiARRIVE TOURISTSiARRIVEEvery Every train arriving today bore its quota of racing people in addition to numerous tourists while the hotels report scores of reservations as far ahead as the next ten days daysJohn John Kennedy who was employed in the sfcible of K It Hradley here died suddenly this morning Trainer William Hurley sent the body to Ken ¬ nedys people in Chicago The dead man had ar ¬ rived from Havana Cuba only ten days ago agoFormer Former jockey Stanley Davis who has been train ¬ ing the horses of the Poland Stable severed hi connection with that establishment today He will nice few horses of his own in the future The Poland Stables horses will be trained by Charles Hughes HughesJockey Jockey Frank 1obinson who led the list of win ¬ ning riders at Initlr the New Orleans meetings this winter got in last night from the Crescent City He will ride here for Si A Clopton CloptonJockey Jockey W J OPrien who is under contract to Kdward 15 Mclxmu may ride for Edward IS Ar ¬ lington during the coming Oaklawn Park meeting OBrien has been here for several weeks and is able to do lighter riding weight than iu a long while
