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JOHN D ALLEN President of the Ar ¬ lington Park Jockey Club who looks for the meeting opening Monday to be one of the best In the history of the North Side track Myrtlewood Handicap 2500 added addedthreeyearplds threeyearplds and upward six furlongs furlongsPP PP Horse Jockey Wt 1 Joe Schenck K McCombs 116 2 BlueDelight No boy 105 3 Valdina Groom No boy 102 4 Kings Blue JRichard 114 5 Be Blue J G Wilson 109 6 Exarch E Pool 107 7 Potranco J Adams 122 8 Technician R L Vedder 110 9 Smacked L Haskell 106 10 Up the Creek No boy 107 11 Montsin J G Wilson 108 12 Court Dance No boy 105 13 Double Call W Borton 100 14 Equistar W Garner 110 ARLINGTONS ANNUAL MEETING BEGINS MONDAY WHIRLAWAY ADDS DWYER TO LIST OF TRIUMPHS Fourteen Crack Sprinters Entered in Initial Running of Myrtlewood MyrtlewoodLavish Lavish Arrangements Made for Both Patrons and Horsemen at Mammoth North Side Plant Thirteen Stakes on Roster During ThirtyFourDay Session ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 June 21 Mammoth Arlington Park one of the worlds greatest race courses both in the point of size and importance opens on Monday for its regular annual summer meeting The thirtyfour day season will bring together a large number of the countrys more fashionable racing establishments and features Numerous rich added money events which are not only important because of their value but because of the position they hold in the nations schedule of turf events The meeting is expected to sustain all the fine traditions of this course particularly noted for the finest in turf entertainment It is isAI AI T I 41 ujt i i ji i LI running of such events as the Arling ¬ ton Matron Handicap the Lassie Stakes Stars and Stripes Handicap the Futurity and the Classic added addedfixtures fixtures which are annually the objectives of the nations leading stables In addition there are eight other added money stakes on the program such as the Myrtlewood the Primer the Northwestern the Cinderella the Equipoise Mile the Hyde Park and the turf course headliners Grassland and Ar ¬ lington Handicap Among the equine stars who are expected to race here during the meeting is the American triple crown winner Whirlaway The son of Blenheirr II Dustwheel is nomi ¬ nated for the 10000 added Stars and Stripes Handicap which will feature the Fourth of July program and the Classic which will headline the card on July 26 26THREE THREE STAKES FIRST WEEK WEEKThe The Arlington Park management wasted no time in putting on its stakes events as no less than three added money races are scheduled for the first week of the session the 2500 added Myrtlewood Handicap fea ¬ turing the program opening day the 2500 added Primer Stakes on Wednesday and the 7500 added Matron Handicap on Saturday SaturdayThe The Myrtlewood Handicap is one of a series of races which have been named to honor outstanding race horses of the Ameri ¬ can turf It will be contested over six fur ¬ longs and drew a field of fourteen of the speediest horses in this sector The Primer Stakes is a five and orehalf furlongs test for twoyearolds while the Matron Handi ¬ cap is fashioned for fillies and mares at one mile mileThe The Primer is expected to bring together for the first time two of the best juveniles been thus far this season in the Chicago area W D Butch Covingtons Zig Zag and Mrs Al Sabaths Alsab The latter colt accounted for the 5000 added Joliet Stakes StakesContinued Continued on thirty fourth page ARLINGTON PARK READY FOR OPENING PROGRAM PROGRAMFourteen Fourteen Crack Sprinters Entered in Initial Running of Myrtlewood Thirteen Stakes on Roster RosterContinued Continued from first page pagetwoyearold twoyearold feature of the Lincoln Fields meeting in his last start Zig Zag has won two straight and has shown considerable class while winning winningThree Three of the best of their sex W C Hob sons Shine ONight Mrs John Marschs Blue Delight and Woolford Farms Un ¬ erring are being pinted for the Matron Shine ONight won the race a year ago and will be attempting to become the first double winner in this event if she goes to the post Blue Delight is entered in the Myrtlewood Handicap on Monday MondayAs As faixas racing attendance and specula ¬ tion are concerned Arlington Park which is starting its second season under the pres ¬ ent management is expected to reach new peaks during the current season seasonWith With that in view the local course has made arrangements to handle more people at one time during the big days of the meet ¬ ing than it has ever been able to take care of before For instance accommodations have been put up in the centerfield to take care of overflow crowds and it is expected to be used for the first time on the Fourth of July annually one of the biggest days of the Chicago racing season Some 46000 peo ¬ ple turned out for that holiday at Arlington last year and the new accommodations make it possible for that track to take care of an even larger crowd crowdIn In an attempt to beautify the track and at the same time accent the background in racing a number of photomurals of the out ¬ standing race horses of American turf his ¬ tory have been hung in the clubhouse and grandstand Included in this series are pic ¬ tures of the winners of the twelve runnings of the Classic banner event of the meeting at this course courseFIELD FIELD FOB MYRTLE WOOD WOODIncluded Included among the horses named for the first running of the Myrtlewood are the Woolford Farms Joe Schenck and Tech ¬ nician Mrs Emil Denemarks Court Dance and Equistar Tom Heard Jrs Be Blue Mrs John Marschs Blue Delight Valdina Farms Valdina Groom Huntley Shers Kings Blue Mrs W C Stroubes Exarch Lexbrook Stables Potranco Arcturus Stables Smacked Milky Way Farms Up the Creek Hyman Friedbergs Montsin and King Farms Dou ¬ ble Call CallPotranco Potranco won the Crete Handicap at Lin ¬ coln Fields and then finished behind Kings Blue when that speedster won the Steger Handicap there Joe Schencks most im ¬ portant victory this year was in the 10000 added Tropical Handicap in Florida Blue Delight won an allowance race at Lincoln Fields in her first Chicago outing Virtually every horse in the race has a chance and it should be hotly contested contestedDuring During the session close to 500000 in purse money will be distributed No purse at the meeting will be less than 1000 and the condition book has been written to at ¬ tract the better class of horses in the over ¬ night races Stake events are programmed for Wednesdays Saturdays and holidays
