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| ARLINGTON TURF NOTES " ARLINGTON IIEICHTS, 111., June 17. Roy Carruthers. managing director of the Ameri-an National Jockey Club, who has Just returned from a visit to New York, reports that the leading horsemen in the East are taking a wonderful interest in the ap-poacliing liiectintr at Arlington Park. lie received the assurance of most of them that tli.y would ship their entire stables here for that mcctinp;. Hmm include, amoiiR others, Harry layne Whitney, Willis Kharpe Kilmer. J. K. Widener, C. tX Wid. Mar, Admiral Oarjr T. Grajrsoa, Robert 1. Gany, w. R. Coe, W. H. Du Pont, Uak Ridge Stable and Glen Riddle Farm .Stable. Th.se stables will be shipped here in time for the opening of the meeting July 1 and remain for the entire season. The American National Joekey Club has mail-d to the Director of Aciieulture, at Springfi. Id, a ch.ek tor 2,iii.j in payment of the state tax on r.t -e tracks for twenty-nine days at the rate of ,500 per day. Fiank Ta i..r was a visitor at the Jixkey Clubs ofin -s Batortey and reportad that th--extensive CoIdstr..-am Stud Stable, of whi.h he is trainer, wmld be shipped Me-nday from Latonia to AtHBBtMl Park. Trainer Jack Baker notified the clubs offices that he had arranged to transfer his bi« -Ki,ihii.sbinent from l.atoiiia to Arlm:;t..n t rk June 30, the diiy prior to the opening f the nifeting. The horses in charge of Uak.r are the property of R. S. Clark and A. B. Haneoek and includes many candidates for the stakes at Arlington. James Itowe, Si, announced that he had arranged to ship twenty-two of the Harry Iayne Whitney horses from Aqueduct to Arlington Park in pb-nty of time for the opening at the latter track. The consignment will in. hide all of the star racers in the Whitney est;iii|;sliment. Jolin P. Pirie, Jr., member of the firm of Carma Pirie Bootl Company, is the latest local recruit to racing. He has recently purchased a couple of promising t wu-y.ar-olds and these will shorlly bo sent to Arlington Park to race luring the BMOtiBtr, Mr. Pirie became interested in racing through »»tto W. I-.-hin urn. popular pi ■■ siiUnt of the American National Jockey Club. J
