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1 ARLINGTON PARK NOTES s and Steve Hannagan has accepted the position as public relations .chief for Arlington Park race track and with his chief assistant, Joe Copps, arrived last week from New York City. John Fitzgerald will be a special writer and turf stories will be handled by Jimmy Loftus. Rush Kimball has charge of the photography. Breakage at the Post and Paddock Club during the year 1935 was less than in any previous season. A minimum amount of re-r placements is called for at any time. Arlington Park race track will have gay new posters this season and a program cover in four colors, most unusual in horse racing. Train service this season to Arlington Park Chicago time, will be as follows: First race train, 12:45, and at frequent intervals until 1:30 p. m. This last named train will arrive at the track at 2:05 p. m., in ample time for the first race, which will get away at 2:15 p. m. Mort H. Shaw, chief and manager of the mutuel department at Arlington Park race track, has returned from Baltimore, Md., where he attended the graduating exercises of his son, Mort Shaw, Jr., from the engineering school of Johns Hopkins University. Diplomas are prevalent this week in and about the Arlington offices. Schrade Radtke, son of the auditor of the plant, Fred Radtke. was graduated from Oak Park High School with the next to the highest standing in his class. John McFarland, who for thirty years has been a race track detective, will be on duty again this year at Arlington Park, a task that has been his since the opening of the course. Henri Poirer will assist Arthur OConnell this year at the Post and Paddock Club. Miss Ruth Ray, for years secretary to Benjamin Marshall, will act as hostess this sea- son at the Post and Paddock Club. Thomas E. Wilson, vice-president of the Post and Paddock Club, held a sale of fine Shorthorn cattle at his Lake Forest estate this week. Usually this sale has been an autumn feature, but Mr. Wilson was more than gratified at the success of the June selling. Over 300 persons sat down at ribon to a typical "farmers luncheon" with the tables spread under the fine old trees on the place and with the menus piece de resistance magnificent ham and "flocks of vegetables." Roy Dickerson, starter at Arlington Park, has returned from the Southi
