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Diversified Arlington Program « Wonderful Array of Rich Stakes and Valuable Overnight Purses, Totaling About 00,000— Weights for Inaugural Handicap ♦ The Arlington Park Jockey Club has arranged a most diversified program for its thirty-day meeting, which opens next Monday, June 29. With a wonderful array of rich stake races and valuable overnight purses a total of about 00,000 will be distributed among the horsemen racing at the mammoth northwest side track. For the first week a total of about 39,525 will be offered. The Arlington Inaugural Handicap, a steeplechase, and six races on the flat, totaling about 2,725, is provided for the opening day. Tuesday, has seven races on the flat for about 1,400; Wednesday, the Hyde Park Stakes, a steeplechase, and six other flat races, for a total of about 5,600; Thursday, sev- foen races, for a total of about 1,400; Friday, seven races on the flat and a two-mile steeplechase, for a total of about 3,400, with a glorious climax on the Fourth of July, when the Stars and Stripes Handicap and six races on the flat will total about 5,000. The close approach of the opening day was indicated with the announcement of weights for the Arlington Inaugural Handicap, the big feature of Mondays program. Balko, the Sagamore Stables great sprinter, one of the fastest in the country, was assigned top weight of 130 pounds. Jack High drew an impost of 124 pounds, and Gallant Knight, 123. This stake closed with 157 nominations on March 7, and six supplementary ones on June 1. A number of prominent eastern stables are due to leave New York for Arlington Park today. James Healey, Sr., with eighteen, was scheduled to start from Brooklyn Tuesday evening. Val Crane is bringing eleven, headed by Minotaur, Dowagiac and Char Marten, from Aqueduct, and the W. R. Coe string, in charge of Benny Creech, pulls out of the same track Saturday, according to information received at Arlington. The stable of William E. Caskey, Jr., and Continued on seventeenth page. GREAT ARLINGTON PROGRAM Continued from first page. some of the horses of Mrs. J. M. Reed arrived at Arlington from Bainbridge Park Tuesday. Willie Doyle, patrol judge at Arlington Park, arrived Tuesday, and Herman Conk-ling, steward of the Hunts Association at the same course, returned after spending the week end in central Illinois. Stewards George Brown and Chris Fitzgerald are expected Friday. The complete list of weights for the Inaugural Handicap follow: Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Balko 130 Phantom Star ... 103 Jack High 124 Gerard 102 Gallant Knight. .123 Black Tyrone 102 Hi-Jack 119 Camp Boss 102 Equipoise 118 First Mission 102 Boojum 117 Footmark 102 Caruso 117 Gaelic Prince ... 102 Chestnut Oak 117 Ironsides 102 Judge Schilling.. 116 Marplot 102 Tannery 115 Michigan Girl . . .102 My Dandy 115 Polly Play 101 The Beasel 114 Levante 101 Mr. Sponge 114 Mowris 101 Black Majesty ... 113 All Upset 100 Finite 113 Bud Broom 100 Epithet 113 Charmer 100 Grattan 112 Dark Entry 100 Porternesia 112 Ebb and Flow. . .100 Anchors Aweigh . Ill Equation 100 Cayuga Ill Finalist 100 Pigeon Hole Ill Hieover 100 Silverdale Ill Ilium 100 Brown Wisdom . . 110 Jubilate 100 Halcyon 110 Neverf ade 100 Instigator 110 Nusakan 100 Tuskegee 110 Rusty 100 Siskin 110 Schooner 100 Buddy Bauer 109 Smile On 100 Jock 109 Soupcon 100 Ladder 109 Stealaway 100 Lady Broadcast. 109 Summer Day 100 High Foot 109 Sunny Lassie 100 Curate 109 Tippy Toe 100 Michigan Boy... 108 Try It 100 Morstone 109 Uncle Henry 100 Magnifico 108 Out Bound 100 Kai Feng 108 Amyvale 99 Alexr Pantages . 108 La Salle 98 Coot II 108 Hillsborough ... 98 Spanish Play 108 Herrick 98 No More 108 Don Alvaro 98 Surf Board 108 Seb 98 Ned 0 107 Noon Whistle 98 Morsel 107 Wrigley Field ... 98 Maya 107 Town Limit 98 High Day 107 Shasta Bullet ... 98 Con Amore 107 Claremont 98 Tarpaulin 107 Briar Hawk 98 Clock Tower 107 Breezing Thru. . . 98 Satin Spar 107 Black Forest 98 Pansy Walker... 107 Ante Bellum 98 Baba Kenny 107 Aknahton 98 Don Leon 106 Martha Jones 97 Eskimo 106 Mad Career 97 Dedicate 106 Supreme Sweet.. 97 Sandy Ford 108 Foreign Exchge. 96 Zelide 108 Dunlins Lad 96 Tetrarchal 105 Sundot 96 Purple Dust 105 Morsun 96 Quatre Bras II... 105 Black Comet 96 Ray Blades 105 Barometer 96 Pennate 105 River Forest 95 Overturn 105 Hopef ield 95 Panchio 105 Shawnee 95 Nellie Custis 105 Downpour 94 Semper Felix 105 Nifty 94 Jim Dandy 105 Zida 94 Knights Call 105 Wise Lee 94 Harry Hieover. .105 Bosafabo 94 Best Man 105 Bertrand 94 Checkerbeiry ...104 Doris Jean 94 Blind Bovvboy...l04 Conscience 93 Dowagiac 104 Wild Child 92 Insco 104 Major Lanphier. . 92 Martis 104 Captress 92 Prince Atheling.104 Royal Rogue.... 92 Uncommon Gold. 104 First Vote 90 Follow Thru 103 Egypt ....90 Comic 103 Rockhone 90 Crucifixion 103 Portcodine 90 Barrido 103 Amerisk 90 Stock Market... 103
