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HAWTHORNES NEW POLICY Frequent Handicap Races Expected to Meet Approval of Patrons John C Schank Memorial First of These TheseEvents Events Carded for Decision on Saturday SaturdayAug Aug 4 Schedule for First Week When Hawthornes thirtyday race meet ¬ ing opens next Monday afternoon its new policy of offering frequent handicap races is certain to prove popular with both horse ¬ men and public The horsemen are pleased with the Hawthorne policy because it pro ¬ vides plenty of opportunities for their bet ¬ ter horses to win larger purses than would otherwise be the case The public will be pleased because races under handicap con ¬ ditions make for better contests contestsThe The man who will be forced to burn a great deal of midnight oil in this pleasing of horsemen and horse players alike will likely not find the new Hawthorne policy as pleasant as they do For in handicap races the racing secretary must assign weights to the horses one of the most tedious jobs to be found around a race track and when a glance at the condition book for the first week of the meeting reveals no less than six handicaps it should be plain that racing secretary Francis Dunne is going to have little spare time on his hands handsMost Most important of the first weeks fix ¬ ture is of course the John C Schank Memo ¬ rial Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth a 2000 affair for threeyearolds and over Scheduled for running on Saturday August 4 the entries for the Schank Memorial close on Thursday and the weights will be offered on Friday Inaugurated last season as a tribute to Hawthornes lamented president the Schank Memorial fell last season to In ¬ dian Runner and the 1934 running promises to bring out as good a field as was the case last year yearThe The Schank Memorial will be only one of the handicap events which will have Haw ¬ thornes new racing secretary digging through the past performances and his own private dope books Here are five others that will be run in the first week of the meeting meetingMonday Monday Berwyn Handicap at six fur ¬ longs for threeyearolds and over entries July 27 weights July 28 28Wednesday Wednesday Maywood Handicap at six and and onehalf furlongs for threeyear Continued on nineteenth page HAWTHORNES NEW POLICY Continued from first page olds and over entries July 30 weights July 31 31Thursday Thursday Apex Handicap at six furlongs for three yearolds and over claiming en ¬ tries July 31 weights August 1 1Friday Friday Ellerslie Handicap at five and onehalf furlongs for twoyearolds entries August 1 weights August 2 2Saturday Saturday Zenith Handicap at six and onehalf furlongs for threeyearolds and over entries August 2 weights August 3
