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ARLINGTON MEETING NEAR Only Three Weeks Remain Before Opening of Great Track Classic VVith 70000 Added Again May Decide TlirccYcarOld Cham ¬ pionship of Year The announcement of the Arlington Park Jockey Club that the Classic will be run Saturday July 12 together with the dates for the decision of the various rich stakes to be decided at the greatly improved north ¬ west side course brings to the attention of the racing public that only three weeks re ¬ main before the opening of Arlington Park ParkThe The 1930 meeting will run from June 30 to August 2 and during the thirty days of racing between 600000 and 700000 will be distributed in stakes and purses pursesNaturally Naturally the Classic with 70000 added one of the richest turf prizes of the year will attract the most attention especially in view of the announcement from New York yes ¬ terday that both Gallant Fox and Whichone will be shipped to Arlington Park and start in the Classic ClassicLast Last year the first running of the Classic decided the threeyearold championship of 1929 and from the present outlook this newly established turf event is destined again to crown the champion of the current racing season seasonBe Be that as it may the Arlington Park holds forth the promise of some of the greatest racing in this country this year Not only will it bring together the stars of the three yearold division but the best of the two yearolds and especially the stars of the handicap division divisionThe The Arlington Handicap with 35000 added for threeyearolds and over to be run Saturday July 26 is certain to be contested by all the outstanding handicap horses of the year Even the great race of last year in which Misstep beat Display by a head in the new track record time of 1 50 for a mile and an eighth may be surpassed Such cracks as Buddy Bauer Dowagiac Sun Edwin Sun Fire Bobashela Osmand Royal Ford Canaan Mix Up and Sun Beau fin ¬ ished behind the leading pair The prospects are for a field of greater quality this year and another wonderful contest contestThe The Arlington Handicap has been increased from 20000 to 35000 added and the dis ¬ tance lengthened to a mile and a quarter quarterAnother Another important Arlington feature for the handicap division is the Arlington Cup with 25000 added which will be run Satur ¬ day July 26 This is a new attraction de Continued on twentysecond page ARLINGTON MEETING NEAR Continued from first page cided upon after the failure of the Interna ¬ tional race raceThe The Stars and Stripes Handicap with 20000 added is still another that is sure to fill the mammoth race course on the national holiday July 4 4These These are the principal features while the Post and Paddock Stakes with 20000 added is bound to give Chicago racing patrons an opportunity to see the best twoyearolds of the year in action actionOther Other generously endowed stake races are also provided and with the introduction of steeplechasing in Chicago for the first time in over thirty years the Arlington Park meeting undoubtedly will be one of the best ever held in the Middle West and on a par with if not greater than the Belmont Park and Saratoga meetings in the East EastThis This has been the aim and purpose of the new Arlington Jockey Club which has already spent over 600000 in improvements since the organization of representative Chi ¬ cago capitalists commercial industrial and professional leaders took over the big track trackPart Part of that sum was expended before the first meeting last year the remainder came out of the earnings of 800000 from that meeting which exceeded the expectations of the directors Laurance Armour Vincent Bendix Britton I Budd Edward N DAn cona Leonard S Florsheim Paul E Gard ¬ ner Charles F Glore John Hertz Edward N Hurley Roy D Keehn Weymouth Kirk land Otto Lehmann Charles A McCulloch Charles S Pearce Earle H Reynolds Law ¬ rence F Stern Silas H Strawn John R Thompson Jr Thomas E Wilson William M Wright Warren Wright and Albert D Lasker Using Arlington profits in this man ¬ ner and for the increase of stakes and purses with the object of attracting the best horses of the most powerful stables of the United States and Canada to give Chicago as good racing from season to season as New York offers at Belmont Park Aqueduct and Sara ¬ toga will be the permanent policy of the Arlington Park Jockey Club There will be no dividends for stockholders no pay for high executives not even the accustomed in ¬ terest on capital invested Arlingtons thou ¬ sand acres of landscaped beauty is conse ¬ crated to racing for racings sake and the improvement of the breed of horses
