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CHICAGO SEASON WANES Todays Program Is SemiFinal Card of Current Year Sportsmans Park Closing Monday Expect a Record Attendance at atHalfMiler HalfMiler Good Program CICERO 111 Oct 28 The semifinal program of the National Jockey Club will be presented at Sportsmans Park here to jmorrow and if the weather continues to be favorable it is likely that the little West Side plant will be taxed to its capacity The nineteenday meeting of the local track will not be brought to a close until Monday but many Chicago fans will be seeing their last day of racing of the Illinois season tomorrow tomorrowAlthough Although the Autumn Handicap which was to have featured tomorrows card was declared off for want of sufficient entries the program is not without attractions to hold the Interest of spectators Instead of the handicap a bettergrade claiming con ¬ test holds the spotlight and it is surrounded by seven other races which promise their share of thrills thrillsThe The new feature styled the Autumn Claiming Purse is a test of a mile and a furlong and it drew a field of six including Checks Playmay Oddesas Pride Lady I Fitz Grand Day and Portunus This sex ¬ tette comprises a wellmatched field and I may produce another of those stirring fin ¬ ishes which have been so common here the I past few days daysINCREASE INCREASE THE PURSES PURSESWhen When it became apparent that the original feature would be withdrawn the National Jockey Club increased the purses for four of tomorrows events the first three and the new headliner which is to be presented as the fifth race raceThe The weekend program is equally divided between sprints and distance contests the first four to be decided over seven fur ¬ longs and the others at distances greater than a mile The chief supporting race will be the fourth an allowance affair for twoyearolds and it drew fifteen contestants only ten of which however will be permitted to start AH of the other races also drew capacity overnight fields fieldsMondays Mondays final program will be headlined by the Endurance Test in which the sturdier campaigners are asked to cover two miles and a furlong This race annually arouses much interest among Sportsmans Parks patrons and Mondays running also should provide all the thrills expected expectedPost Post time for the first race tomorrow and also on Monday will be 145 oclock
