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A. R. BLANCHARD AT AURORA ACROUA, III., May 21.— Arthur R. Blanch-ard was the first of the staff of racing offi- J cials to arrive at Aurora, 111., to take up his duties as clerk of the scales and associate placing judge. Mr. Blanehard arrived from New Orleans, La., and is assigning the owners the stables allotted them upon the arrival of their horses at the course. From now until June 4, when the racing season in Chicago opens, at the picturesque track near the bank of the Fox river, horses will be unloaded almost daily. There are 1 more than 200 racers quartered on the grounds and it is expected that 750 thoroughbreds will be comfortably stabled when the gates are thrown open for the twenty-one I day meeting.
