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ARLINGTON PARKS DELUXE OPENING DAYPROGRAM ± Si ■ INAUGURAL HANDICAP ♦ Twenty-Five of Fastest Sprinters Named for Introductory Feature. ♦ Fields for Supplementary Races Large and Scintillating in Quality — Great Meeting Assured. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 111., June 27.—* The Arlington Park Jockey Club will inaugurate on Monday a race meeting of thirty days that will have the support of many of the most powerful racing establishments east and west, and be marked by the distribution of about 00,000 in stakes and purses. Last year the total distribution at Arlington Park amounted to 50,745. With stakes values increased and no purse less than ,500, the harvest for horsemen this year will reach or exceed the 00,000 mark. The salient features of the meeting are the 0,000 added Classic Stakes, for three-year-olds, to be run July 18, the Arlington Handicap, 5,000 added. Post and Paddock Stakes, 5,000 added, Arlington Cup, 0,000 added, Stars and Stripes Handicap, 0,000 added, Arlington Matron Handicap, 5,000 added, Arlington Oaks, 5,-000 added, Hyde Park Stakes and Lassie Stakes, each with 0,000 added; Arlington Inaugural, with ,000 added and the North Shore Steeplechase and Lake Forest Steeplechase, each with ,000 added. Steeplechasing will play a prominent part in the sport at Arlington, 0,0C0 being provided in stakes and purses for the jumpers. Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday a race through the field will be programed, in addition to the regular seven races on the flat. THREE STAKE FEATURES. For the first week of Arlington racing an outlay of over 30,000 is provided, with three stakes down for decision, the Inaugural Handicap on Monday, the Hyde Park Stakes on Wednesday and the Stars and Stripes Handicap on Saturday, July 4. One of the greatest collections of thoroughbred flesh ever assembled in this district will perform for the pleasure of the sport lovers who make the trip to Arlington Park to witness the seasons opening of that beautiful racing plant on Monday. So great is the galaxy of thoroughbred stars entered that any one of the five or eight races scheduled would be considered worthy of a feature position on an ordinary card. The Arlington Inaugural Handicap, ,000 added feature, which is, of course, the head-liner, is supplemented by the Onwentsia Steeplechase, the Springfield Purse, the Highland Park Purse and an exceptionally well balanced claiming sprint, while in addition there are three other races which have attracted full and fairly formidable fields. No less than twenty-five thoroughbreds whose names have, at some time or other, gone to make turf history, are slated to compete in this first of the fine list of Arlington Park stakes. Gallant Knight, considered one of the outstanding racers of the turf, returns to the scene of his great battle with Gallant Fox when he races in this, while Silverdale, last years winner, Brown Wisdom and My Dandy, the Reichert Bros, pair, Satin Spar, the Western champion, Epithet, Don Leon, -Siskin, Ned O., Tannery, Martha Jones and High Foot are a few of the others that will attempt to win over the seven furlongs distance. OWENTSIA STEEPLECHASE. In the Owentsia Steeplechase, which is at about two miles, Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark, foremost among breeders of jumping horses, will start a pair. They are Tassel and Contrition, and one or the other will likely have as a pilot C. H. "Pete" Bostwick, famous gentleman rider. The two will be opposed by Autumn Bells, Hillock, Fichet. Charmarten and Proof Positive. The race is for a ,000 purse, and as steeplechasing has takpn a hold on Chicago fans, this is the first of a series of contests through the field and should attract almost as much attention as the Inaugural. In the Springfield Purse such horses as Siskin, winner of last seasons Hyde Park Stakes, Outbound, from the Hertz stable, Martha Jones, Rusty, Quatra Bras II. and others will meet, while the Highland Park Continued on twentu-first vaaeJ INAUGURAL HANDICAP Continued from first page. Purse will bring together Valenciennes, the star Hertz mare which last season won the first running of the Arlington Matron Handicap, as well as Dowagaic, Calf Roper, Sun-vir, Hot Toddy and Galahad. There seems little doubt that the Arlington Park meeting, as was the case last year, will be the outstanding one of the Chicago season. The cream of the eastern brigade is present and ready to start, while most of the horses that remained for the close of the Washington Park season will be transferred to the northwest side course tomorrow. Preparations are going forward for a grand opening, and should the present heat wave subside it is likely that the attendance will compare favorably with that of the opening day last season. The Chicago and Northwestern, which will supply the main transportation facilities to the course, has promised adequate service. A special non-stop schedule has been arranged, and it will leave the Northwestern station at 12:25, and trains will depart at frequent intervals until 1:35 p. m. On opening day and Saturdays the first train will leave at 12:10 p. m. One train will stop at Jefferson Park about 12:50, but the others will all go direct to the track. On the return trip all trains will stop at Jefferson Park, while the last train will also stop at Cly-bourn and Irving Park. The first race on Monday will go to the post at 2:15 p. m. James Healey checked in with fifteen head, the property of Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark. Twelve of the band are jumpers. Healey is well provided with riding material, having jockeys W. Hunt, E. Albright, G. Smoot and H. Grant available for steeplechase service. Jockey Joe Renick, who rode with considerable success at New Orleans, will do the flat riding. Christopher J. Fitz Gerald, who will act as steward at Arlington Park, is an arrival from New York. George Brown, Jr., who will serve with the former, also got in from Maryland. H. W. "Frisco" Hoag unloaded six head which comprise the stable of J. W. March-bank, California owner and breeder. Several carloads of horses are due to ar- rive today from New York. The most prominent of this shipment is the stable of Mrs, Payne Whitney, owner of Twenty Grand. For the convenience of the horsemen racing secretary Joseph McLennan has opened an office in the vicinity of the stables to take entries. The new office is located about three-quarters of a mile from the grandstand. M. "Ned" Henderson, former steeplechase jockey, who is training the horses of E. J. Kaufman, who races under the nom de course of the Fovchapel Stud, arrived from New York with No Pal, Sardaneza, Libertin, Acrobat n. and Fichet. Henderson reports the horses in good condition and they should account for some of the Arlington Park fixtures. Roy "Happy" Gordon, outrider at Arlington, is an arrival from his home in Baltimore. Gordon, an ex-jockey, is one of the best at his vocation. J. Simpson, Jr., one of Americas best amateur riders, brought four from Brook-line. The quartet is headed by Autumn Belle. The latest shipment to arrive brought seven horses from New York, of which four are the property of J. W. "Bud" May, one for the Audley Farm, and two others belonging to W. R. Coe.
