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EXCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION » . New Post and Paddock Club at Arlington Almost Completed. ♦ Separate Body From American National Jockey Club— Drive on to Complete Roster of Members. • — The Tost and Paddock Club, one of the most exclusive racing clubs in America, will throw open its doors to its members at Arlington Park race track on July 1. Silently and speedily, the organizers of this club have gone about the construction of their 00,000 club house, until, at the present time, it is 60 per cent completed, with assurances from the contractor and interior decorators that it will be completely finished, furnished and ready for occupancy ere another month passes. The club, which is expected by its members to equal or surpass those of Belmont Park and Saratoga Sprinks, New York, will be limited to 230 members, the roster, of which, at the present time, embraces the names of many of the leading business men, sportsmen and sportswomen of Chicago. A membership drive, which will be by invitation only, is now at its heitrht and it is expected the books will be closed in a very short time. Only those passed on favorably by the board of governors will be eligible for the life memberships, which carry nominal yearly dues. The Post and Paddock Club is an entirely separate organization from the American National Jockey Club, which controls the race track. The club house, situated on a slight knowl north of the grandstand on a plot of approximately three acres leased from the Jockey Club, is of early American architecture and will be furnished accordingly for connecting concourses to the old club house. The club will be open only during the racing season at Arlington Park to bonifide members a*nd their guests. AMPLE DIMENSIONS. The club house is approximately 75x160 feet over all. On the first floor is a lounge and dining room 25x150 feet, with reception hall, kitchen, managers office, check room, ladies and gentlemens rest rooms, with beautiful entrance porch from the automobile drive on the east. On the west, or facing the track, is a covered porch 18x150 feet and a cement terrace in front of this 13x150 feet. From the loung and dining room is one entrance to the old club house. On the second floor are twelve private dining rooms, with locker room, servants pantry and ladies and gentlemens rest rooms. A huge roof garden, 25 by 150 feet, directly over the first floor lounge and dining room, is provided for those who wish to witness the races from the upper floor. Prom this roof garden there will be another entrance to the old club house, affording opportunity for those who wish to visit the mutuels plant. In a word, when completed and furnished, it will be the ultimate in clubs. From present plans it will be unsurpassed by any of a like nature in the country. The club is incorporated under the laws of Illinois and at a recent meeting of the organizers the following officers were elected: President — Paul Gardner. ■ Vice-Presidents — Charles F. Glore, Laurence N. Armour. Treasurer — Lawrence Stern. Secretary — Roy Carruthers. In addition to these men. the board of directors includes Warren Wright, Otto W. Lehman. John R. Thompson, Jr., and Charles McCulloch. FOUNDER MEMBERS. Among the founder members of the Post and Faddock Club are found the following names : John Hertz, John R. Thompson, Jr., Otto W. Lehman, Herbert Stein, Edward Carson, Edward DAncona, Thomas Howell, Harold Foreman, J. R. Card well, Warren Wright, Charles McCulloch. Vincent Bendix, Robert Shaffner, Ralph Hines, William M. Wright, Laurence H. Armour, Gerhart Foreman, Phil Block, Leonard Florsheim, Lawrence Stern, R. M. Eastman, Weymouth Kirkland, Morris Vehon, C. S. Pierce, Roy D. Keehn, Dave Stein. Among the regular members are included: William Wrigley, Jr., J. L Kramer, Arthur Cutten, Roy Carruthers, Barney Balaban, Carl Meyer, Samuel Insull, David Thompson, E. J. Lehman. Harry Lobdell, John J. Mitchell, Paul E. Gardner, Britton I. Budd, August Gutsert, Earle H. Reynolds, Monte-foire Stein, George Woodruff, R. A. Wood, Mrs. R. R. McCormick, Benjamin Marshall, Mrs. C. D. Peacock. B. L Behr, Bert Masse, E. J. Birmingham, Silas H .Strawn, Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., Charles F. Glore, B. F. Stein. Thomas E. Wilson, Charles Barrett, C. B. Schaffer. Artie Clement, Mrs. A. H. Lehman. George F. Nixon, George F. Getz, Leeds Mitchell. This is only a partial list of the founder and regular members, which roster, it is hoped, will be filled to the limit of 250 names before the club opens its doors.
