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NO FREE GATE AT H0MEW00D Admission Fees Reduced to , Plus Tax, for Grandstand and , Plus Tax, for Clubhouse — Railroad Fare 75 Cents Round Trip — Special Provisions for Operation of "Daily Double" «. There will be no free gate at Washington Park, but reduced admission charges will prevail throughout i.he meeting, opening next Monday, May 22. The admission fee to the grandstand will be , plus tax; to the clubhouse, , plus tax, and the railroad fare, 75 cents for the round trip. Col. Matt Winn also announced that the above admission prices will be in force on American Derby day, June 3. Condition books for the first week of the Washington Park meeting have just come from the press, and it dis- $ closes races for all classes of thoroughbreds. Stake entries, overnight handicap horses and the lowly platers have all been provided for in a manner to bring out many of the best in their respective classes of racing. Stake dates for the meeting, starting with the Washington Handicap, opening feature, to be run Monday, May 22, follow with the Illinois Oaks, Saturday, May 27; Thomas Curran Memorial, Tuesday, May 30; American Derby, Saturday, June 3, and closing with the Robert M. Sweitzer Handicap, Saturday, June 10. No purse will be less than 00, with many overnight handicaps of from ,000 to ,500 daily. Administration officials for the meeting include M. J. Winn, president; Stuyvesant Peabody, vice-president, and C. W. Hay, general manager. The racing officials are: Stewards, Charles F. Price, C. Bruce Head and Robert M. Sweitzer; placing judges, William H. Shelley, Sam H. McMeekin and L. C. Bogenschutz. Charles F. Price will be steward in charge; W. H. Shelley, racing secretary and handicapper; Harry Morrissey, starter; Sam H. McMeekin, clerk of the scales; L. C. Bogenschutz, entry clerk; Frank Otis, patrol judge; Thomas Young, track superintendent, and E. A. Weidekamp, manager pari-mutuels. Several improvements at Washington Park will be noted by patrons this year. In keeping with the times. Col. M. J. Winn has patterned an innovation in the way of a cafeteria and garden, with a modernistic j setting, in the clubhouse. Couvert charges I and waiters tips will be dispensed with here and service will be furnished quickly from a modern bar for all who apply. Lounges and tables will be afforded such patrons. In the clubhouse plaza, facing the paddock, a building has been constructed with I numerous windows whereby all who seek j to secure tickets on the "Daily Double" will be accommodated without the usual wait I and delay. Racegoers also will find the landscape, j both in the infield and grandstand enclosures, horticulturally perfect. The season has been propitious for greenery, to say nothing of flowers, and those embellishments of nature are right now at their peak.
