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NEW ILLINOIS JOCKEY CLUB Prominent Chicago Men of Affairs Are on Its Roster. Meeting to Be Held Next Week to Elect Officers and Perfect Organization. Following a definite announcement that twelve days of running races would begin at Hawthorne race track the latter part of September, hundreds of bankers, brokers, merchants and prominent leaders in Chicagos commercial and social activities apply for membership in the new Illinois Jockey Club. Present officials of the club will call a meeting to be held at the Congress Hotel early next week, at which time plans will be completed for a permanet organization with the names of several well-known men included as officers. A board of governors will include fifty of Chicagos civic and social leaders. Jockey Club stewards, judges and racing officials will also be chosen from the pick of the country. Prominent horsemen already have assured racing judge Joseph A. Murphy that every effort will be made to co-operate with him in the selection from the finest stables in America. Carpenters, painters and decorators will begin the work of rehabilitation and grading the track August 15. Two weeks will be required to complete the work. A small force is now at work rebuilding the fences and stables. Now that permission lias been obtained from the government officials, in possession of the grounds during the war, there will be no further delay in completing the work thus far mapped out. It is stated that some of those well known in Chicago who have joined the club are : Joseph M. Cudahy, Sinclair Oil Co. Ernest R. Graham, Architect. W. J. Sutherland, Mooney and Boland Agency. Townsend Netcher, Boston Store. H. C. Moir, Morrison Hotel. Robert E. Peacock, Jeweler. Adolph B. Magnus, Anheuser Busch Co. Waiter P. Saunders, Board of Trade. Joseph E. Bidwell, Jr., Bentley, Murray Co. John T. Connery, Miami Coal Co. Joseph F. Connery, Edgewater Beach Hotel. Benjamin H. Marshall, Architect. Judge Charles A. McDonald, Superior Court. Stanley Field, Capitalist. Guy G. Woodin, Broker. Major Frederic E. McLaughlin, Coffee. Evan Evans, Moffetts Studio. Frank E. Alstrin, Broker. J. G. Naghten, Insurance. Fred A. Burton, Burton Coal Co. J. K. Dering, Dering Coal Co. Fred W. Upham, Consumers Co. Geo. E. Brennan, Insurance. John H. Coulter, Martin Howe Coal Co. Warren Wright, Calumet Baking Co. E. J. Stocking, Indiana Zinc and Creosoting Co. Benjamin L. Behr, Lehmann Estate. Clias. LeRoy Brown, Attorney at Law. William S. Chalmers, Lumber. Chas. A. Weeghman, Restaurant. Robert Mahdel, Mandel Brothers. Louis F. Swift, Jr., Packer. Darby A. Day, Mutual Life Insurance Co. William A. Pinkerton, Pinkertons Agency. Edgar A. Jonas, Attorney at Law. Thos. E. Wilson, Packer. Colonel John- V; Clinnin, Attorney at Law. Morris S. Rossnwald, Capitalist. John Irwin, Packer. Montefiore L. Stein, Broker. Benjamin L. Block, Broker. John F. Barrett, Broker. Michael P. Byrne, Contractor. .... William F. Quinlan, Coal. -Major William H. Clark, Attorney at Law. Rodney L. MacKenzie, Traction. Rep. William R. McCabe. W. F. McLaughlin, Attorney at Law. Wilbur D. Nesbit, Rankin Advertising Agency. Ralph L. Peck, President First National Bank, Palatine, 111. Ralph L. Pick, President Albert Pick Co. Aaron J. Jones, Jones, Linick and Schafer. Walter A. Busch, Anheuser Busch Brewing Co. Morris Vehon, President Royal Tailors. John Francis Tyrrell, Attorney at Law. Frank O. Wetmore, President First National Bank, Chicago. James M. Whalen, County Civil Service Commissioner. Lawrence A. Young, Capitalist. Alfon E. Bahr, Insurance. Ralph R. Bradley, Attorney at Law. Sidney S. Gorham, Attorney at Law. E. R. Bradley, Del Prado Hotel. Harry P. Branstetter, Kissel Motor Kar Co. John Burke, Congress Hotel. H. K. Baird, Wholesale Silk. George A. ONeil, Lord and Thomas Advertising Agency. C. E. Bray, Orpheum Circuit. Chris. II. Anderson, Insurance. Ira E. Clark, Piper Baking Co. Continued on twelfth pnse. NEW ILLINOIS JOCKEY CLUB Continued from first page. John D. Nadherney, Tailor. S. M. Earling, Banker. George I. Haight, Attorney at Law. William J. Sinek, Exalted Ruler, Elks. Aid. Dorsey Crowe. Judge Jacob L. Hopkins. Aid. J. O. Kostner. Herman E. Mack, President Hotel Mens Association. Edward Morris, Packer. Aid. George Maypole. Patrick J. Catr, County Treasurer. Robert R. Levy, IT. S. Marshall. Harrison L. Van Schaick, Real Estate. Harry Herndeen, Trainer. R. A. Cavenaugh, Illinois Commercial Mens Association. E. P. McKenna, Broker. Frank J. Hogan, Attorney at Law. W. O. Duntley, Duntley Products Co. William E. Golden, Secretary to County Judge. I i Owen Gilman, Board of Trade. Harry J. Ridings, Manager Cohans Grand Opera House. Dr. W. J. Lemmon. Edward E. Clark, Engraver. John .1. Lupe, Attorney at Law. Frank J. Tyrrell, Attorney at Law. Robert M. Sweitzer, County Clerk. Harry D. Gibbons, Attorney at Law. C. W. Murphy, Capitalist. j Nathan Ascher, Theater Owner, Ascher Brothers. j P. C. Moore, Electrical Supplies. L. S. Florsheim, Kabo Corset Co. Hal. O. Binyon, S. S. Kimball Brick Co. H. D Sickels, Art Dealer. Thomas S. Chalmers. Lumber. William G. Beard, Yellow Cab Co. J. M. Allen, E. S. LeLand and Co., Broker. Rcllo Timponi, Colonial Theater. Judge John R. Caverly, Superior Court Clifford Chandler, Nelson, Morris and Co. C. Groverman Ellis, Broker, Stein, Alstrin and Co. Richard Fitzgerald, Chicago Junction Railway. John II. Cory, Insurance. T. J Forschner, Contractor. C. A. Greiner. Leather. W. R. Moorhouse, Insurance. W. J. OBrien, Sterling-Midland Coal Co. Hon. Frank J. Johnston, Jr., Superior Court. James S. Arcus, Arcus Printing Co. Frank E. Davidson, President Illinois Architects Association. Thomas J. McGuire, Peoples Gas Co. J. O. Conway Hutchins, Ambassador Hotel. E. W. Tobin, Blackstone Hotel. M. E. Greenebaum, Jr., Greenebaums Bank. Emil W. Straus, Congress Hotel.
