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STAGE SET FOR CHICAGOS REVIVAL DIA GRAM AND TRA CK RECORDS OF THE OLD HA WTHORNE TRACK WHERE THOUSANDS WILL GATHER SATURDAY TO WELCOME THE RE- TURN OF THE THOROUGHBRED The old Hawthorne course, where racing will be revived tomorrow under, the auspices of the Illinois Jockey Club; and .with ihe great Exterminator as the main attraction, is situated about eight miles from the center cf Chicago. It is a one-mile oval with no chute3. Here is a diagram of this noted old track : .. - . . -H. Judges v - . fHaovcx Gsrtra " .. . rrj2 - w.. . . . .... - "v -. - .. - . JTandrrsrffXrm .. . -,.;. ;-.V frfJirf . . . Township ticksey. - " . .- lenjth of stretch from last turn to judges stand, County Cook. about 885 feet. -. - " " Stato Illinois. . : . Distance from judges stand to- first- turn, about Eight miles from center, of Chicago. 385 feet. Ono mile, oval. Width of stretch, 85 feet. Soil Sandy loam mixed- with-clay. - Width of backstretch, 80-feet. No chutes. Seating capacity of stands, 8,000.
