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FA1RM0UNT OFFERS 35,500 Total for Spring Meeting of 27 Days, Opening on May 6. Purses of ,200, 00, 00 and 00, With a Few of 00 Influx of Horses Continues. COLLINSVILLE, HI., April 13. Purse distribution at Fairmount Park this spring will compare favorably with other seasons according to general manager D. C. Burnett, who yesterday revealed a total of 35,500 will be given away to horsemen during the twenty-seven day campaign commencing May 6. Purses of ,200, 00, 00 and 00, with a few also of 00, will be hung up for the horsemen in the racing across the river, and the average daily distribution -will be ,015. The ,200 purses will be in the handicaps, and of these there will be seven, one each for the six Saturdays and the other taking in Decoration day. The influx of stables begun Tuesday continued yesterday and half a dozen more establishments checked in unloading their cargo of thoroughbreds. Dan Hardy brought in the best stable of the day, his nine comprising Sweet Adeline, Prince Sador, Doug Brashear, Lucky Cloud, Nogalo, Gaming, Lady Albert G., Dyak and Justification. Sweet Adeline and Prince Sador were stars in New England last year and they also showed to advantage in the recent New Orleans campaign. Accompanying the stable from Hot Springs was Melvin Knight, leading rider of the country almost a decade ago, who still is able to hold his own with his younger rivals. CLOSE TO HOME. W. Phillips, the well-known East St. Lou-isan, brought in eight head, among them j being Zuni, The Mayor and Sun Argo. The horses wintered at Phillips farm near the Collinsville track and are fresh for racing. I Zuni is the property of Norman "Butsey" Hernandez and will be returned to that owner when he checks in from New Orleans. C. Howell, who rode in the Worlds Fair Handicap here in 1904, brought in a familiar pair in Open Hearth and Able Abe, both winners here last fall. J. Oliver unloaded a quartet in Viernes Santo, Nameoki, Kuvera j and Exponent, the first named a 40-1 shot winner recently at Hot Springs. I Jockey Ray Conner, who rode to advantage here last fall, booting home fourteen winners, checked in with the Oliver stable. J. L. Hedde and W. Johnson shipped in the wo other strings. Hedde brought three, including Molasses Bob, a winner at New Orleans, after being disqualified out of a purse, and Johnson unloaded four, the best known being Lady Rosamond. I Clarence Davison, who will race his entire stable here for the first time, wired he was en route from New Orleans with thirteen jhead. Chance Ray, Sanctity, Masterpiece and jGetalong feature the shipment, and coming also will be the veteran jockeys attached to the stable, Henry Hauer and Eddie Franklin.
