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THISTLE DOWN OPENING Inaugural Handicap Draws Fifteen Bernard F Carrying 125 Pounds Twilight Racing1 to Prevail Except i ion on Saturdays and Holidays Eight Races Listed Today CLEVELAND Ohio July 14 Thistle Down home of the Thistle Down Racing Association opens its fortyfour days of ofsummer summer racing tomorrow afternoon A fine program topped by the Thistle Down In ¬ augural Handicap has been arranged and one of the largest crowds since the present local management took over the plant three years ago is expected to be present for the first race post time for which is 2 oclock eastern standard time The Inaugural Handicap drew a field of fifteen entrants which will match strides stridesover over six furlongs for a 2500 purse purseBernard Bernard F from the stable of I J Col ¬ lins Lancaster Ohio turf patron has been beenassigned assigned the top weignTbf 125 pounds by racing secretary Charles F Henry Next in line of weights is Happy Bolivar an invader from the Hollywood Park track at Ingle wood Calif The sixyearold son of Happy Argo and Vanity Fair which races for Mrs MrsA A M Koewler will carry 113 pounds Prince Argo the Butsey Hernandez candidate and which accounted for the Liberty Handicap at Detroit in his last outing has been as assigned signed 110 pounds Imperial Sir and Darby Dean have been imposted at 110 pounds also alsoFENWAY FENWAY HALL HANDICAP HANDICAPThe The secondary attraction of the opening day card is the Fenway Hall Handicap which has drawn a field of eight The sup ¬ porting feature contested over a mile car ¬ ries a purse of 1000 In that fixture Straight Thru Time Please Zipaway Miss Bonnie Saunderstown Hoptown Lass Pro ¬ fessor Paul and Cristate will meet The lat ¬ ter two comprise the Mrs J L Chesncy entry entryThe The first days program of eight races In ¬ cludes three dash races and five distance affairs affairsTwilight Twilight racing held each Thursday dur ¬ ing the latter part of the 1938 meeting will be in vogue daily except on Saturday and Labor Day and post time for the sunset programs will be 430 oclock eastern stand ¬ ard time timeMany Many improvements have been made to the plant chief of which was resurfacing of the parking lots The stables have been reroofed and painted the administration building revamped and the clubhouse grand ¬ stand and other buildings freshly painted paintedThe The plant one of the most modern in the middle west presents a beautiful picture but the chief interest to the fans is the caliber of horses ready to participate in the long season seasonNINE NINE STAKE ATTRACTIONS ATTRACTIONSNine Nine stakes and a guaranteed daily purse distribution was the incentive for attract ¬ ing better stables than those of the previous two seasons To take care of the many re ¬ quests for stabling accommodations Bain bridge Park was leased and its quota of five hundred stalls is exhausted That tracks racing strip has been put into excellent con ¬ dition for training and the ThistLe Down Continued on thirtyfifth page THISTLE DOWN OPENING Continued from first page management is defraying the vanning ex ¬ pense to and from the scene of the meeting Although the minimum purse value is 500 only two such races will be offered daily and at no time will a daily distribution be less than 5000 This does not include the train ¬ ers award which allots each conditioner of a performer starting in purses of 1000 or over and where eight or more start 60 for saddling the winner 25 for second and 10 for the third horse This was inaugurated here last year for the marathon races and it proved so popular that general manager Edward P Strong decided to widen its scope for this year yearFEATURES FEATURES FOR WEDNESDAYS WEDNESDAYSIn In addition to the stakes on Saturdays and Labor Day a 1200 feature will be offered each Wednesday The first book of condi ¬ tions is sprinkled with purses ranging from 800 to 1000 and in the event enough en ¬ tries are not recruited for these races the money will be distributed among the other events eventsLong Long distance racing always popular at Thistle Down again will be offered and climaxing these gruelling journeys will be the Endurance Plater Handicap over two and onequarter miles It is scheduled for Saturday Sept 2 and will carry an added value of 1200 1200Practically Practically the same officials who served at previous meetings will be in charge of the sport Jack S Young and Harry Alls house will be the stewards and placing judges will be Charles F Henry Frank Otis and W G Kelly The dispatching of the fields will be in charge of Bryan Steele Henry also serves as racing secretary and handicapper handicapperAll All close finishes will be decided by the Powers electric controlled camera and the daily double will be on the first and second
