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BEGIN REGISTERING HORSES AT AKSARBEN RACE TRACK TRACKOfficials Officials Start FullTime Work Whole Week Earlier Than Usual UsualOMAHA OMAHA Neb May 19 The greatest in ¬ flux of horses in history has made it neces ¬ sary for AkSarBen track officials to com ¬ mence fulltime operations nearly a week earlier than usual usualAlthough Although opening day May 27 is still more than a week off judge R A Dick Leigh Sr racing secretary and presiding steward opened his office bright and early this morning to commence registering horses Assisting are A J Heffernan asso ¬ ciate steward John L Watkins placing judge and clerk of scales Noel Alford cus ¬ todian of the jockey room and others othersNoel Noel Chilcutt official starter has taken personal charge of the schooling of horses in the newest type Bahr electric gate which will be used at this years meeting Close finishes will again be recorded by the high speed electric eye camera cameraObserving Observing teeming activity in all quarters W H Schellberg race committee chairman declared We could start a full racing pro ¬ gram tomorrow tomorrowHorses Horses continue to pour in by rail and van from all directions to compete for nearly 150000 in purses over thirty racing days extending through Saturday July 5 Al ¬ though construction of additional stalls was ordered rushed last week officials are still wondering where they will put late arrivals arrivalsNearly Nearly 150 horses are on hand from the Pacific Coast alone Another influx from eastern tracks is expected this week includ ¬ ing three carloads due from Chicago tomor ¬ row or Wednesday The total is expected to run well over 800 making this the larg ¬ est of any AkSarBen meeting yet held heldLast Last of several thousand assorted flowers are being set out this week With other landscaping completed open house will be held at the track next Sunday two days be ¬ fore the 1941 meeting gets under way
