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HOfflEWOOD HORSE PROBLEM Applications for Stall Room Greatly Outnumber Capacity of Track President Walter Gregory So Enthused Over OverProspects Prospects That He Predicts the Best BestMeeting Meeting in Years The job of trying to fit 2213 horses into slightly more than 1300 stalls is the big problem facing Washington Park officials as they put the finishing touches on prep ¬ arations for their thirtyday meeting which opens a week from Monday on July 31 31The The former figure represents the number of horses for which applications for stable room has been made up to Thursday night The latter figure is the number of available stalls including several hundred which will be utilized at Lincoln Fields to take care of the overflow overflowIt It is likely that another 400 or 500 will be heard from between now and opening day This condition sets some sort of a record for a Chicago track and is due to the fact that Washington Park is the only major midwestern track in action during August AugustThe The headache of turning away 1000 horses has long since resulted in the full house sign being hung up This overabundance of talent means a wealth of good horses which has moved president Walter L Greg ¬ ory to declare without hesitation that the Homewood course is in for the best meet ¬ ing in recent years yearsThe The powerful Dixiana stable owned by Charles T Fisher of Detroit which has been racing in the Motor City bedded down yesterday at the South Side track There were twentyseven in the string that trainer J W Smith unloaded unloadedMCLENNAN MCLENNAN DUE TUESDAY TUESDAYThe The Homewood wheels will begin spin ¬ ning in high nest week Racing secretary Charles McLennan will arrive Tuesday Arriving about the same time will be several vstables from Suffolk Downs One of these is trained by Paul Kelly who in returning to Chicago is coming back to the scene where he was highly successful for a num ¬ ber of years yearsAmong Among the early arrivals next week will be Hirsch Jacobs whose very presence will be a feature of the thirty days of racing Jacobs has always confined his activities to the East and is now well on his way to lead ¬ ing all American trainers for the seventh consecutive year This will be the first tima he ChicagoWarren has raced in Chicago Warren Wrights division now racing at Latonia WednesdayThe is expected by Wednesday The Washington Park course will be in a dizzy whirl the last few days before the opening when most of the 1300 horses which will be accommodated will unload The Arlington Park contingent consisting of the majority of those racing there now will make the trek across town during that weekend
