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WANT PARIMUTUEL BILL Group of WeilKnown Chicagoans Behind Movement to Secure Fa ¬ vorable Racing Legislation With the ambition of restoring legalized racing on a high plane to Chicago a group of the citys wealthiest and most influential men yesterday Friday took over the char ¬ ter of the Washington Park Jockey Club and the right to continue the American Derby DerbyArthur Arthur Meeker Stanley Field Major Fred ¬ eric McLaughlin John Borden and Silas Strawn were elected on the board of direc ¬ tors They at once entered actively into the duties of their position and engaged Bradley Wilson to open offices and superintend the work of organization organizationArthur Arthur Meeker is a millionaire packer and owner of one of the finest farms in Illinois Major McLaughlin is one of the citys fore ¬ most business men He is a noted polo play ¬ er and gentleman sportsman Mr Field is a leader in business and social circles and a member of one of Chicagos first families Marshall Field III the wellknown racing enthusiast is his cousin Mr Borden enjoys international repute as a polo player and explorer having at one time fitted out at his own expense an exploring party into the frozen north himself heading the expedition Mr Strawn is one of the foremost corpora ¬ tion lawyers in America AmericaHarold Harold Foreman also associated with this exceptional group of Chicagoans in the ef ¬ fort to bring back clean racing is president of Foreman Bros Banking Company He is a nephew of the president of the Chicago Clearing House He is an enthusiastic golf ist and polist polistThe The Washington Park Jockey Club under their supervision will be composed exclu ¬ sively of citizens of the most eminent type none of whom will have any motive other than the advancement of clean and whole ¬ some sport As soon as a bill favorable to legalized racing is passed by the legislature the club intends to finance and build a com ¬ bined race track and polo field second to none in the world But no plans will be gone into for the construction of a track in the absence of the necessary legislation None of the gentlemen associated will coun ¬ tenance anything in the nature of law viola ¬ tion tionThe The first result of the formation of the club will be to give a responsible guarantee to the legislature that racing if encouraged by the general assembly will be conducted in Chicago by gentleman sportsmen of th highest standing and will bo entirely di ¬ vorced from the commercial and gambling interests interestsThis This is the first time recently that powerful leaders of Chicagos financial and social life have come openly to the front for racing and it is expected that their action will assure the passage of a bill now being drawn for presentation to the legislature
