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CONEY ISLAND INAUGURAL Ready for First Meeting at Ohio Track Since 1926. Mrs. Payne Whitney, C. V. Whitney, Mose Goldblatt and Other Well-Known Owners Represented. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 29 Coney Island, the scenic course of the Cincinnati Jockey Club, throws open its gates Monday for a forty-two day meeting, the first held under the newly created Ohio racing law, and under the jurisdiction of a racing commission. The picturesque and well appointed plant that has been dormant since 1927, is bedecked in its finest, the last muck left by the overflowing waters of the Ohio River last -spring having been wiped out by the painters brush and busy hands of workmen that have completely renovated the spacious and complete course, which bids fair to take its place among the leading tracks of the country. Thoroughbred racing comes home to Cin-cinnatians. For a half century they have journeyed to Latonia, across the river, and the brief two seasons of racing that Coney Island enjoyed has whetted the racing appetite of the enthusiasts. Although it was impossible to arrange a stake program for the long meeting, the list of stable registrations shows that many of the leading thoroughbred establishments of the country will be on hand to take part in the seven weeks of racing. More than 00,000 will be distributed in purses. Conditions call for a daily distribution of ,000 while on Wednesday and Saturday this amount will be increased to ,400. With such well known stables as Mrs. Payne Whitney, C. V. Whitney, Mose Goldblatt, W. E. Smith, S. S. Combs, Wm. Gallagher, C. C. Van Meter, Charles T. Fisher, Edward Haughton, W. F. Hausman, W. E. Hupp, Samuel Furst, G. J. Mandle, Leo J. Marks, Mrs. John Hertz, Max Hirsch, Warren Wright and others quartered at the Ohio track, the racing should be on a par with the leading tracks of the country. Coney Island, which fell heir to that name from the famous old New York track and amusement park, was completely inundated by the spring floods and they caused more damage than the seven years it lay in idleness. However, the receding waters left a Continued on twenty-second vage. CONEY ISLAND INAUGURAL Continued from first page. silt on the track, which was worked in with the soil and instead of the hard course that prevailed in 1926, the track is now one of the safest and fastest in the country. At the meeting at Coney Island, Crusader, one of the best sons of Man o War, won the Cincinnati Derby, while in 1925 Silver Fox was victorious in that fixture. With such officials as Samuel Nuckols, Jack B. Campbell, William Hamilton, Thomas Thorp, supervising the sport, the patrons of this vicinity have the utmost confidence that clean racing will be provided. Wm. Dwyer, president and general manager, arrived from New York, Friday and took over the directing of the details necessary for the opening. The "Daily Double" will be used on the second and fourth races and the public address description of the running of the races will be used. The eight races will be started from the-Waite gate. Post time for the first race will be 2:00 p. m. and the management will have the races run off in fast order to insure the public getting home at an early hour. Regular bus service serves the track and the company has assured the Cincinnati Jockey Club that it will provide accommodations for the patrons.
