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DERBY FEATURE OF MEETING TORONTO Ont May 31 William A Wollatt president of the Devonshire course was an arrival from Windsor He reports many applications for stabling and predicts a most successful meeting The feature race of the first meeting at Devonshire will bo the Devonshire Derby 5000 added Entries to this race close June 20 Mr Wollatt will remain here for the remainder of the week 1 The first year of Washington Park is now history A new era begins today Washing ¬ ton Park throws open its gates this afternoon under the most favorable auspices that has marked racing in Chicago since the days when it flourished at old Washington Park Hawthorne Harlem and other wellknown local courses All the clouds of doubt and uncertainty that hovered over the reestab ¬ lishment of the sport for the past few years have vanished and the way is now clear for racing unsurpassed and unrivaled anywhere anywhereSo So the Illinois Jockey Club newly organ ¬ ized and with no financial worries and ex ¬ perienced racing men at the helm invites the citizens of Chicago and neighboring towns as well as visitors to Washington Park for the inauguration of a meeting of twenty six days from June 1 to June 30 which from every standpoint should be an immense suc ¬ cess cessAll All the necessary preparations for the open Ing including a number of improvements which were started soon after the reorgani ¬ zation of the Illinois Jockey Club were fin ¬ ished Tuesday The stage is now set and nothing remains but to await the bugle call that will bring the prancing thoroughbreds to the post for the inaugural contest contestWhat What a glorious and appetizing racing feast has been prepared for the great con ¬ course of people that are certain to wend their way to Washington Park this aft Coutinued on eighteenth page CHICAGO RACING SEASON Continued from first pace crnoon No more promising inaugural pro ¬ gram has been offered anywhere anywhereThe The Washington Park Handicap with 5000 added is the principal feature and the magnet that attracted a wonderful field large numerically and comprising some of the Lest sprinters in the West Among the twentyone named to start is the gallant Prince of Wales fresh with new laurels gained at Fairmount Park last Saturday where he carried off the Collinsville Handi ¬ cap the opening stake of that meeting meetingPrince Prince of Wales will have to shoulder 129 pounds and meet such foeman worthy of his steel as Sun Altos 120 Senator Nori is 114 Bulletin 112 Flagstaff 110 Sanola 109 Koreaster 107 and others With such fine exponents of speed there is every promise of a brilliant exhibition and a race in keeping with the importance of the occasion occasionFor For a secondary attraction the Old Town Handicap at one mile should provide another thrilling and hard fought struggle with such as Cudgeller Fred Jr Smiling Gus Golden Mac Hot Time Arabian and Magic Wand among the prospective contestants contestantsAll All in all the program for the first days sport is calculated to please all and furnish entertainment comparing favorably with that seen in New York Maryland and Kentucky KentuckyGeneral General manager C W Hay announced that all details in connection with the open Ing had been completed all the officials were on hand and he was indeed optimistic over the prospects of a most successful meeting meetingColonel Colonel Matt J Winn arrived from Fair mount Park this morning and is likewise confident that Chicago is destined for the Kreatest racing season since the old days some twentyfive years ago agoThe The recent passage of the Lager racing bill by both houses of the Illinois State Legis ¬ lature and which now awaits Governor Smalls approval has clarified the situation and firmly reestablishes Illinois on the turf map of the country countryW W S Sherwood who will act as one of the placing judges at Homewood was an arrival from his home in Louisville and reported ready for duty dutyJockey Jockey C McCrossen was a late addition to the large riding colony here having just got in from New York He will ride free ¬ lance at the Homewood meeting meetingW W R Padgett transferred six head of his stable and will van two more over to ¬ night to Washington Park ParkEdward Edward B McLeans Prince of Wales winner of the Collinsville Handicap at I airmount Park Saturday last arrived in excellent condition at this course Monday Prince of Wales came in care of Louis ITauber ITauberP P T Chinns extensive string numbering fifteen head arrived from Louisville for a campaign at the Homewood track trackAnother Another arrival from Churchill Downs was the stable belonging to J B Partridge in ¬ cluding Geo Groom Rasuli Eight Sixty and the good twoyearold Ferseth
