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I 1 NEW DELAWARE TRACK Inaugural Meeting of 25 Days at Beautiful Course Begins Today. 0,000 Added Kent Handicap Main Offering of Most Attractive Opening Program. STANTON, Del., June 25. Delaware Parks inaugural meeting of. twenty-five days will be started at the beautiful new course here tomorrow afternoon with ten capable three-year-olds competing for the Kent Handicap, mile and a sixteenth event, to which the Delaware Steeplechase and Racing Association is adding 0,000. Unsettled weather is indicated but the opening days crowd is expected to tax the capacity of the plant, which has seating accommodations for about 7,500 persons in the grandstand and clubhouse, and for twice as many standers on the terraces. The meeting is opening with about 800 of the 1,200 horses that can be stabled already on the grounds, but all stalls have been allotted and with shipments arriving steadily from New York, New England and the West, the quota should be reached early next week. Many of the countrys most prominent owners have sent representatives here, while some of the more powerful establishments are here in full force, including those of Glen Riddle Farm, Walter M. Jeffords, Brandy-wine Stable, Tranquillity Farm, Brookmeade Stable, Foxcatcher Farms, Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, F. A. Carreaud, Mrs. R. H. Heighe, J. W. Y. Martin and Cleveland Putnam. PROMINENT OWNERS. Colors of other well-known owners that promise to be prominent during the meeting are those of John Hay Whitney, E. R. Bradley, Araho Stable, Greentree Stable, C. V. Whitney, Marshall Field, R. L. Gerry, Mrs. W. Plunket Stewart, Belair Stud, Wheatley Stable, Howard W. Maxwell, and E. K. Bry-son. The ten overnight candidates for the Kent Handicap are headed by John Hay Whitneys Flying Scot, which was assigned 122 pounds by handicapper John P. Turner, or ten pounds less than allotted War Admiral, the top weight. Among the opponents of the Withers winner, which finished third in the Latonia Derby in his last start, will be Mrs. C. Oliver Iselins improved Strabo, whose effort last Saturday brought him victory in the Dwyer Stakes. The Pompey colt will shoulder 118 pounds. Next on the Kent weight with 111 pounds each are Myron Seth-nicks Pasha and Marshall Fields Swahili. The imposts then scale down to 101 pounds on Exhibitor. FINE SUPPORTING CARD. A fine supporting program has been arranged by secretary Turner, with the secondary event being the Wilmington Handicap at six furlongs. Mrs. Marian Cassidys Bill Farnsworth will take up top weight of 122 pounds, or two more than the impost on Mucho Gusto, the Araho speedster. Other fast horses among the seven in the sprint are Carvola, Valevictorian and Drudgery. The Rosemont Purse, at a mile and one-sixteenth has attracted a small but worthy field, including Dark Hope, Tabitha and Treford. Throughout the meeting, the minimum purse will be ,000, although the daily features will have higher values. The stakes in addition to the Kent are the ,500 added Brandywine Handicap, 5,000 Christina Stakes, ,500 added Diamond State Stakes, 0,000 added Sussex Handicap, ,000 added Polly Drummond Stakes, and 0,000 added New Castle Handicap. Joseph Bennett, custodian of the jockeys room, reports the registration of the following riders: Joe Wagner, Ed Mower, F. A. Smith, W. Adelman, Willie Obert, Eddie Smith, Basil James, A. Bayley, C. Stafford, Bobby Mer-ritt, P. McDermott, Johnny Gilbert, Johnny Bejshak, Tommy Malley, George Napier, Raymond Booker, Joe Renick, Leo Fallon, E. Scott, H. Beasy, Lou Machado and Ted Packer. Eight races will be offered daily, with the first to reach the post at 2 oclock, eastern time. The "Daily Double" will be on the first and second races. Catering will be in charge of the popular Harry M. Stevens Company, in charge of Joe Stevens, and the policing will be done by the Pinkertons. Except for minor details, the entire plant was placed in complete readiness today by a large crew. James Ross had the track in excellent condition, having recently placed a light layer of sand on top. He believes the track will prove one of the best and safest in the country, but records are hardly expected.
