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NORTH RANDALL OPENS TODAY Remodeled Harness Track Inaugurates Initial Running Race Session. Plant Thoroughly Equipped to Entertain Cleveland Public — Ten Named Overnight for Opening Feature. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26.— Historic North Randall, for more than thirty years the mecca of harness racing in the Middle West, makes its debut into the thoroughbred running horse field tomorrow afternoon, under the auspices of the Cleveland Jockay Club here, and judging from the interest manifest, one of the most auspicious inaugurations of the sport in the history of the Buckeye state is in prospect. Transformed from a tiny, ramshackle plant into a spacious and modernized plant, the new North Randall, which will be host to racing enthusiasts of Cleveland and its environs, reflects an imposing picture and is thoroughly equipped to meet the convenience and demands of the most exacting of patrons. Having a seating capacity of thirty-three hundred, the grandstand and clubhouse can comfortably handle that number of persons, while the terrace lawns in front of the stand provides ample room and a point of vantage for three thousand more. EXPECT BIG CROWD. In excess of 10,000 spectators are anticipated for the opening days offering of eight races, featured by the North Randall Inaugural Handicap. Officials of the Cleveland Jockey Club are predicting a capacity attendance, providing fair and warm weather prevails for the ushering in of the thoroughbred sport on its highest level in this territory, with an even greater gathering for the Memorial Day festivities on next Tuesday, when the second of the eight stakes programmed will be contested as the main event of the day. All but a few minor details in the renova tion of the plant have been completed for the inspection of the first-day patrons, and since these unfinished details are not essen- Continucd on seventeenth page. NORTH RANDALL OPENS TODAY Continued from first page. tial in the operation and presentation of the program, a brilliant brand of sport should be furnished for the occasion. Eight of the ten nominees for the ,500 added North Randall Inaugural Handicap accepted the weights assigned by handicap-per Julius G. Reeder and were named through the entry box for the main attraction of the day. Only Whistling Dick and Flutterby were omitted from the overnight entries and therefore the race was not materially affected. Because of his impressive triumph in the Governors Handicap last week-end at Beu-lah Park, Darby Dan Stables Francesco rules a slight favorite over M. J. Schmitts Sortie Star and Winston Guests Drudgery, which looms up as the foremost contender for the mile and a sixteenth test to be offered as the sixth number on the bill. NOT CLOSED DUEL. However, the Inaugural is not a three-cornered duel in the strict sense of the word, as Neighbor, Dusky Prince, Pompeys Pillar, High One and Saunderstown are also among those which will be striving to achieve the prize money and glory that the initial stake of the season offers. Although small fields are scheduled to compete in all of the races on the schedule, a well-balanced and diversified brand of racing is expected to result. With the arrival of Samuel C. Nuckols, presiding steward of the Cleveland Jockey Club, the official personnel in charge of racing affairs at North Randall was completed. Serving with Nuckols in the stewards pagoda are Julius G. Reeder, who will also act as racing secretary, and Owen E. Pons, Sr. The placing judges are Thomas Steele, William J. Shelley and Robert P. McAuliffe, while William C. Daly will attend to tha starting duties. The patrol judges are Thomas Moran and Jack Yerian, the latter also serving as paddock judge.
