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CRETE INAUGURAL NEAR Lincoln Fields Opening Chicagoland v Racing Season on Thursday. Administration Offices Buzzing With l* Activity — Big Shipments Arrive From Louisville and Latonia. CRETE, 111., May 23.— When entries for the following days program are drawn tomorrow morning, preparations will "Be completed for the opening of the Chicagoland racing season at Lincoln Fields Thursday. Improvements designed for the comfort and pleasure of patrons were completed some days ago and after a final inspection of the plant, Col. Matt J. Winn, executive director of Lincoln Fields, and C. Bruce Head, general manager, announced that all is in readiness for Thursdays opening. While the racing administration offices ■were humming with activity as horsemen registered their thoroughbreds, made their license applications and filed their badge requirements, the stable enclosure also presented a lively scene. Horses continued to arrive in heavy shipments today and those which could not be accommodated at Lincoln Fields were directed to nearby Washington Pjirk, where the overflow is being provided for. PORTER ARRIVES. Among the latest to arrive was Cliff Porter, with the- racers of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cleary of Chicago. Heading this well-balanced stable is the good filly Flying Lill, recent winner of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, and one of the best three-year-olds of her sex in the country. She is expected to be seen under colors frequently during the Chicago season. Other useful performers in this string are Calexico, Whiskover and Elma H. . Other big stables either here or en route are those of Warren Wright, Charles T. Fisher, J. E. Copenhaver, Mrs. Ethel V. Mars, Clyde Van Dusen, J. E. Hughes, John Marsch, F. P. Letellier, T. M. Doyle, C. E. Davison, C. E. Dale, Garrett Watts, H. S. Swift, E. F. Woodward, Roscoe Goose, J. J. OByrne, Karl Mayer, Joseph Grossman, G. B. Scallon, P. A. and R. J. Nash, Mrs. Emil Denemark, A. G. Tarn, Herbert M. Woolf, E. E. Fogelson, W. F. Morgan, Miss Henrietta Bingham, Hyman Friedberg, Edwin Ax-ton, Dr. E. H. Bennett, E. E. Chanock, Mrs. Ar M. Creech, S. Bryant Ott, Jake Lowen-stein and many more. Most of these stables have made nominations to Lincoln Fields eleven stakes and they are expected to figure heavily in the division of prize money during the twenty-seven days of the local meeting. Upwards of 00,000 will be distributed by the Lin-■coln Fields Jockey Club during that period, and it is this lavish sum that has attracted so many formidable racing establishments to the Crete course. ELEVEN STAKES. / All of the eleven stakes are endowed with ,500 in adcled money and, while the minimum purse for overnight races is 00, there is a liberal assortment of events of greater value which will appeal to stable owners. Although racing secretary William H. Shelley in his program book has not overlooked the ordinary plater type of horse, which plays such an important role in racing day after day, he has carded many 1 Continued on thirty-fifth page. CRETE INAUGURAL NEAR Continued from first page. events for thoroughbreds of quality and fans can expect, to see them under colors frequently during the meeting. There are more horses of class here this year than in some time, a detail that augurs well for the caliber of racing patrons will be served. Many ranking jockeys also are here to ply their profession, among them Warren Yar-berry, the J. E. Widener rider who is one of the most accomplished younger saddle artists in the country. Alfred Robertson, the Milky Way Farm jockey, also is here, as well as Joe Rosen, Nunzio Pariso, Willie Garner, Paul Ryan, R. L. Vedder and many more. With the talent available for the meeting, the Lincoln Fields management looks only for a fair share of good weather to assure success. To Colonel Winn and his associates the outlook is exceedingly bright.
