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FAIRMOUNT INFLUX STEADY Many Popular Local Favorites Among the Recent Arrivals. Collinsville Course Will Be First Illinois Track in Action This Year Opening May 6. COLLINSVILLE, 111., April 21 The thoroughbred assemblage at Fairmount Park for the twenty-seven day spring meeting commencing Saturday, May 6, hit the 450 mark yesterday as the steady stream brought in six additional stables. Guy Schultz, with a useful stable of eleven, unloaded the biggest band, but H. Hocken-bury, D. Hall and R. Holloway checked in with five each, while T. Parks put away a quartet, and C. D. Byrd a trio. Many popular local favorites were included in the arrivals yesterday. In Schultz group were Polite Ford, one of the best juveniles of last falls meeting; Prince Pad, Merry Freda and Baboo. Schultz also brought along an Omaha, Neb., lad, Warren Williams, who will make his saddle debut at this meeting. Williams is sixteen years old and tips the beam at 97 pounds. Hockenbury had in his five Ducmiss and Nim, the former, with Goldman, one of the few twin thoroughbreds racing in the country. Ducmiss was one of the most successful equines racing at New Orleans the past winter, capturing five purses. Halls consignment included Chronology, a three-time winner at Hot Springs recently, as well as Gold Play, a winner here last fall. COLLINSVILLE REGULAR. Holloway, who has seldom missed a Fair-mount Park meeting since the tracks "inception, brought in the popular sprinters, Nigrette and Goshen, both of which raced with marked success here last year. The veteran campaigner, Young Bill, was also in the group. Lopaz and Genie Jr., consistent winners here last fall, too, were in the four registered by T. Parks, while Boyd put away Oxford Lad, Dusky Maid and Tureen. Dusky Maid won at odds of nearly 40 to 1 here last fall, while Oxford Lad and Tureen also came down in front during the campaign. With the meeting only two and a half weeks off, the training sessions daily have j been attracting more and more performers. Despite the off condition of the track yesterday, resulting from the steady rains, close to fifty thoroughbreds were an the strip, including Chance Ray, the star of the C. E. Davison stable. In the absence of Davison, who is visiting in Maryville, Mo., foreman Bruce Davis said Chance Ray was one of the sharpest horses on the grounds, and the ten-time winner of last year would be a definite starter in the Inaugural Handicap opening day, barring mishap. A
