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ACTIVITY AT FAIRMOUNT Hundreds of Workmen Rushing Improvements to Completion Horses Arriving In Tnrcre lumbers Expect ExpectCrowd Crowd of 10000 for Opening OpeningProgram Program Saturday COLLIXSVILLE III May 26 Fairmount Park presents a scene of beehive activity hundreds of workmen laboring at top speed to have the extensive improvements com ¬ pleted for the opening next Saturday Judg ¬ ing1 by the prograss that has been made during the past week everything will be in good condition for the inauguration of the sport sportThe The pretentious clubhouse is only lacking in minor details and with three more days before racing much will be accomplished and the immense structure which forms a big feature of the elaborate racing plant will be fully to the specifications of its builders buildersHorsemen Horsemen and horses are continuously ar ¬ riving and every available stall at the course and adjacent to it is occupied There are 750 horses here now and more on the way wayInterest Interest in the coming meeting is extensive Requests for boxes have been in excess of the accommodations General manager Bruce Head has been swamped with requests for reservations The opening day next Satur ¬ day is expected to find more than thirty thousand visitors at the course The enlarge ¬ ment of the plant will readily accommodate this immense attendance The racing strip is perfect Horsemen regard it as good as any in the country Its springiness and ample cushion of top soil will be advantageous to even those racers with suspicious under ¬ pinning As one horseman expressed himself horses will be able to run far and fast on the track trackThere There will be a vastly superior grade of horses at this meeting to that which inaugu ¬ rated the sport over the track last fall Cap ¬ tain Hal Prince of Wales and other good sprinters are certain to be among the starters in the Collinsville 5000 Added Handicap at threequarters that features the opening days program programCaptain Captain Hal was an arrival this morning with eleven others that Roscoe Goose is train ¬ ing It is the intention of trainer John Schorr to send Prince of Wales here Friday FridayTodays Todays arrivals include the horses owned by M Lowenstein Eud Gentry Arthur Gold blatt 1 B Partridge and K L Fitzgerald T C McDowells extensive consignment is due tomorrow and at the same time will come those owned by 1 Randolph The Keeneland Studs representatives are due Friday and also those owned by J C Ferris FerrisCarlaris Carlaris is attracting wide attention here He is in training and his presence on the track brings a big gallery to note his exercise There will be no scarcity of jockeys though there will be an absence of stars There are few riding stars at any track Among those that will be seen in the saddle dailv are E Pool F J Baker S ODonnell L Lang C Lang J McTague L Morris F Mormile K Fator II Elston and a number of highly rated apprentices
