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READY AT LINCOLN FIELDS Preparations Almost Completed for Inauguration of Fall Meeting. Racing Secretary Shelley Anticipates Excellent Fields for Opening and Labor Day Programs. CRETE,, 111., Sept. 1. With the offices of the racing administration department functioning full blast today, officials of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club reported preparations for the thirty-one day meeting opening Saturday at local Lincoln Fields right up to schedule. Racing secretary William H. Shelley, assisted by Larry Boganschutz and others, had his department operating in near mid-season fashion, and the work of registering approximately 1,200 horses and issuing badges for the meeting moved along rapidly. Secretary Shelley plans to distribute badges for horsemen and their employes engaged in the racing at Hawthorne from the office of the racing secretary at Hawthorne Friday. At the same time secretary Shelley laid final plans for the acceptance Friday morning of entries for the eight races on Saturdays inaugural program and nominations for the ,500 Labor Day Handicap, stake feature on Mondays holiday card at the local track. Entries for the Labor Day Handicap close Friday evening, with secretary Shelley, and weights and declarations are due Saturday morning at Lincoln Fields. Secretary Shelley anticipates a great field for the Labor Day feature, which is open to three-year-olds and older horses and will be run over the mile distance. Today his list of probable starters in the race included Plucky Play, Hygro, Evergold, Charleigh, Surf Board, Ridgeview, Rusty, My Dandy, Brown Wisdom, Bar Hunter, Playdale, Sweep All, Prince Hotspur, Wotan, Supreme Sweet, Prince Atheling, Cathop and others. The Crete Purse, for three-year-olds and upward, at three-quarters, and the mile Olympian Fields Purse, for horses of the same ages, are the principal numbers of Saturdays opening offering. These should fill well, according to secretary Shelley. An increase in the influx of stables added to activity at Lincoln Fields Thursday, and track superintendent Thomas Young was busy much of the day assisting those in charge of the arrivals in putting their thoroughbreds away. A half dozen stables Continued on twenty-first page. READY AT LINCOLN FIELDS Continued from first page. reached the unloading chute from Dade Park, with still approximately 100 more coming on from that Kentucky racing point before Sunday. Almost a score van loads of thoroughbreds unloaded from Hawthorne, several of the larger stables sending over divisions, including their representatives for the principal races to be run Saturday and Labor Day. Col. M. J. Winn, executive director, is pleased over the outlook for success and fine racing at Lincoln Fields. It is his idea that the reduced railroad fare on the C. and E. I. and the popular one dollar admission fee to the grandstand will make Lincoln Fields more popular than ever before. Briefly he said: "Those who wish to see fine racing and one of the most attractive race courses in America will be more than repaid by com ing to Lincoln Fields. We have better accommodations than in other seasons. Notably is this true of the club house, where a re-arrangement of the pari-mutuels provides better service and more attractive surroundings. Improved parking facilities and the greatly increased beautification of the grounds are other betterments since our last meeting." The racing program for the meeting will, according to Colonel Winn, be altered at any time and on short notice to include any possible feature that . may develop during the course of the season. With this idea in mind, Colonel Winn may be expected to arrange for Lincoln Fields anything in the special race line that may flower out of the racing East and West during the next few weeks. With the lone exception of Labor Day, when the racing will start at two oclock, post time for the first race will be 2:15 daily. Speedy presentation of the eight-race programs will permit Chicago patrons to return to downtown Chicago by a few minutes after six, according to a schedule worked out by general manager C. Bruce Head. Patrons who do not care to remain for the eighth race can return to Chicago on a special train leaving after the seventh race.
