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FAfRMOUNT PARK ACTIVITIES Racing1 Secretary Preparing for Saturdays Inaugural Opening Day Likewise Last for Nominations Nominationsfor for Fairmount Derby Feature Featureof of fleeting COLLINSVILLE 111 May 7 Racing sec ¬ retary Julius Reeder and his corps of assis ¬ tants were busy today at Fairmount Park getting ready for the opening of the forty nineday meeting which begins Saturday a and runs to July 5 inclusive The opening d day is also the final day for nominations for t the Fairmount Derby 15000 added and 1 Reeder reports that he already has in hand t thirtyfive nominations and expects at least t twenty more moreAt At the present time there are some GOO 1 horses on the grounds and by bugle time the I plant should be filled to capacity which is 7 750 750Twentyfour Twentyfour of the Collins racers are now f quartered here and Harry Hart trainer for t the establishment says they all shipped well f and he would have several in the opening l days races Hart reported that he had dis ¬ I posed of the good racer Patricia Marian to J J S Ward for 10000 before shipping from Kentucky He also confirmed the report that 3 Mr Collins had offered 50000 for Tannery which he thought was cheap at the price priceStable Stable room was assigned the Blue Dot Stable a St Louis establishment which at I present comprises ten racers racersWord Word was received this morning that the charges of Mrs R Pollard would arrive here 1 today from Maryland MarylandFifteen Fifteen racers of the Audley Farm in charge of trainer Kay Spence unloaded on the grounds and will be augmented by some fifteen more following the running of the Kentucky Derby Gallant Knight stable de ¬ pendency for the Kentucky Classic is also nominated for the Fairmount Derby DerbyJohnny Johnny Pontius sent word that Michigan Boy which goes in the Preakness Saturday would be shipped here to run in the Fair mount Derby following his performance in the Kentucky Classic ClassicOther Other arrivals on the grounds today in ¬ cluded the stable of F C Dunn Dr B E Watson unloaded fourteen racers they coin ¬ ing from Kentucky The stable of J O Whitlow was due today Continued on twentieth page FAlRfflOUNT PARK ACTIVITIES Continued from first page G R Bryson wired that his charges were en route to Fairmount Park ParkMose Mose Goldblatt sent word that he would not race the Harry Payne Whitney string here this spring but would have at least two candidates for the Fairmount Derby DerbyMose Mose Lowenstein also canceled his stable reservations ChicagoW deciding to race in Chicago W C Weant sent in the nomination of Mr Dick for the Fairmount Derby DerbyThe The weather has been excellent with a lit ¬ tle rain Tuesday which had much to do with improving the track Everything is in readi ¬ ness for the opening and general manager Eddy has high hopes for a most successful meeting
