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J 1 i i CLASSIC OF 0,000 Great Three-Year-Old Fixture Enhanced in Value. . Arlington Parks Monetary Dis- tribution in 1930 May Eeac1 Total of 00,000. The Classic, with 0,000 added; the Arlington Handicap, 5,000. added ; Stars and Stripes Handicap, ?20,000 added; two 5,000 added events; two of ,500 added, and three of ,000 added, not to mention the proposed 00,000 International race and 0,000 for steeplechase contests, comprise in part the financial inducements which are expected to attract all of the outstanding thoroughbred stars of the country to Arlington Park during the 1930 meeting, which begins on June 30 and continues for thirty clays. Theie will be 13,000 in added money for the racing at Arlington Park, provided the proposed 00,000 International race of one mile and a half, for three-year-olds and over, becomes a reality on August 2, getaway day. There will be 38,000 in case Christopher Fitzgerald, now in Europe bearing a commission to sign up foreign stars, finds that he cannot bring overseas a sufficient number of first-class horses to make such a race worth while and a weight-for-age race of one mile and a quarter carrying an added money value of 3,000 that will bring the best American cup horses together is substituted as has been planned. HARVEST OF GOLD. Independently of the 00,000 International or its 5,000 substitute, the stakes that will close May 2S are: Added. Classic, three-year-olds, 1 1-4 miles. .. .0,000 Arlington Handicap, three-year-olds and over, 1 1-4 miles 33,000 Stars and Stripes Handicap, three-year-olds and up, 1 1-S miles 20,000 Arlington Oaks, three-year-olds, fillies, 1 1-S miles 15,000 Post and Paddock Stakes, two-year-olds, 3-4 mile 15,000 Arlington Inaugural, three-year-olds and upward, 7-8 mile 7,500 Arlington Matron Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, mares, 1 mile 7,500 Hvde Park Stakes, two-year-olds, geldings, 5 1-2 furlongs 5,000 Lassie Stakes, two-year-olds, fillies, 5 1-2 furlongs 5,000 Cherry Circle Claiming Stakes, three-year-olds and upward, 1 mile 5,000 The Classic goes up 0,000 in added money, the Arlington 5,000, the Stars and Stripes and Post and Paddock ,000 each. The Arlington is lengthened from one mile and a furlong. The Oaks, Inaugural and Matron are new races and destined to immediate and wide popularity, the Oaks and the Matron particularly. ABAKDOX OLD STAKES. To make places for the two specials for mares, the Inaugural and International, or its substitute, the abandonment of the North Side and City and Suburban handicaps became necessary. This may or may not be a permanent alteration of the original Arlington Park program. Circumstances will govern. The loss of the City and Suburban, however, has been fully offset by lengthening the Arlington and raising its value 5,000. In the Arlington, the Stars and Stripes and the Inaugural, not to mention the International or its possible substitute, better provision is made for horses three years old and over than any other American racing program offers for thirty days sport. The International race filling satisfactorily, the gross in stakes and purses for the thirty days should run well over 00,000. It might reach 25,000. Fitzgerald failing, the total should fall somewhere between ,000 and 1930.sh25,000. The difference between added money and gross in either case will be made up by subscriptions and starting fees, in stakes. There will be fifteen purses of ,000 each for steeplechasers, in all 0,000. There will be more nominations for each and all of the stakes, which will close May 2S, entries to be forwarded to the secretary, . C4G North Michigan avenue, Chicago, than the program of the first meeting attracted. Last July only detachments from the powerful stables of the East came this way. The Whitneys, the AVideners, the Zieglers, William It. Coe, Gifford A. Cochran, "Walter J. Salmon, Mrs. Henry C. Phipps, Mrs. Charles Amory and the other leaders in New York and Maryland sport will bring on the best they have, next July. This is indicated by eastern bids for stabling already in.
