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CONEY ISLAND TRACK READY Improvements Completed and Horse Colony Increasing Hourly Racing Secretary Kept Busy. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 28. Everything is in readiness for the reopening of the Coney Island track, the home of the Cincinnati Jockey Club, which begins its long season of forty-two days at the island track Monday afternoon. Improvements have been completed and with more than 400 horses already quartered at the Ohio track, and hourly arrivals swelling that figure, Jack B. Campbell, racing secretary, hopes to have a good eight-race program for the opening days attraction. William V. Dwyer, president and general manager, is expected from New York today, but during his absence, preparations have been going along under the supervision of William Halpin, member of the executive committee. George Reed, track superintendent, reported this morning that the rain yesterday and today had given him a great aid in placing the track in excellent condition. The spring floods, which completely inundated the plant, left a silt on the track and this has been worked in with the soil, providing a good cushion. The office of the racing secretary, which was opened several days ago, was the scene of much activity. Pat C. Galliger, who is handling the registration of horses, reported that he has more than 500 registered, many of which will be vanned over from Latonia Saturday and Sunday. Samuel C. Nuckols, one of the four stewards, was on hand to look over the applications for trainers and jockeys licenses, while S. S. Bender, who was authorized by James A. Shevlin, member of the Ohio Racing Commission, was receiving applications for trainers, jockeys, apprentices, colors, valets and agents licenses. Coney Island will operate under the new Ohio racing law and under the jurisdiction of the state racing commission. Judge Nuckols reported that the claiming rules have been changed and that open claims would prevail. Entries for the opening will close at the Latonia track at 10:30 a. m. Saturday morning. An entry clerk will be on hand to take entries at Coney Island and they will close at that track at 10 a. m. Racing secretary Campbell believed that it would be to the advantage of horsemen to close them at Latonia for a greater number of the horses are quartered at the Kentucky track. The Waite starting v.achine, from which the fields will be dispatched, arrived at the track this morning. Workmen were busy installing the public address system.
