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SIGN ALAMO DOWNS OFFICIALS ! Preparations Completed for Inaugural of San Antonio Meeting. Horsemen on Grounds Praiso Resurfaced Track Interest in Meeting Growing With Each Day. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 12. With the start of the spring racing season at Alamo Downs, April 25 through May 18, now less than three weeks in the offing, 200 horses are stabled on the local grounds, with morning workouts once more making the air electric with sound. From easy gallops, these conditioning exercises have been grad ually lengthened to short, fast-dashes over a sprint route. Longer workouts will be in order hereafter, however, and by inaugural afternoon the equine colony will be in the proverbial pink. The close of Oaklawn Park at Hot Springs released a torrent of racers which recently descended upon Alamo Downs, while the windup at Bay Meadows and Arlington Downs will find others concentrating their attention on San Antoio. Many good racers will occupy every stall on the track, for the San Antonio course will be the only mile track in operation in Texas at the time. The resurfaced track, providing a deep, safe cushion, -will also be conducive to more consistent racing, and arriving horsmen are enthusiastic over the track. "No horse will break down at Alamo Downs this meeting because of a hard track," is the way they phrase it. Interest in the approaching race meeting is reaching a high pitch in the San Antonio sector, and many fans are making it a point to drop in at the stables on their way to and from the city to rub noses with their 1 favorite thoroughbreds and absorb a bit of turf lore. Railbirds are occupying their age-old position by the infield rail and stopwatches are clicking in the early morning , hours. Activity is also increasing about the barns as vans unload their cargo of horseflesh daily, but by April 25 everything will be in order and ready for the music of the bugle. I The official family which will handle the sport locally has just been completed with the naming of Dr. R. L. Rhea as veterinarian. Dr. Rhea is widely known throughout Texas and is a valuable asset to Alamo Downs and to racing throughout the state. The complete line-up of officials: Stewards, Charles F. Henry, Herman P. Conkling and Edward Compton; placing judges, John Carey, Sidney Bender and S. S. Brown; paddock judge, John Carey; clerk of scales, Sidney Bender; starter, Joseph Nelson; mutuel manager, Joe E. Barr; veterinary, Dr. R. Li. Rhea; timer, W. H. Askey. Raymond Russell is president of Alamo Downs, Inc., flanked by John Meusebach and Dr. Dan Russell as vice-presidents and Alex Thomas, secretary and treasurer.
