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Comfort Is Byword At Homewood Oval OvalImprovements Improvements for Patrons Turfmen Made to Plant and Also to Race Course Proper ProperHOMEWOOD HOMEWOOD 111 June 14 The vener ¬ ated cliche of turf publicists all is in readiness applies to the Washington Park course where the combined Arling ¬ tonWashington turf season of 70 days will be inaugurated on Monday The patrons will find the Homewood track a more comfortable seting for the Classic American Derby ad finitum as a result of improvements the management has made in the property since last summer Chief of these is the Natural Air Conditioning System installed in the clubhouse The track proper has a new bottom and more adequate drainage so that it should be less susceptible to the elements elementsThe The lavish roster of 24 stakes has at ¬ tracted many of the countrys most fash ¬ ionable racing establishments including those of Warren Wright L B Mayer Hal Price Headley William Helis Herbert M Woolf and John Marsch First of the stakes features is next Wednesdays re ¬ newal of the Hyde Park Stakes a sprint of five and onehalf furlongs for juveniles to which is added 10000 10000Nominations Nominations for this affair close on Fri ¬ day and such clever newcomers as the Joliet victor Incangetit and Errard run ¬ nerup in the event are expected to be among the aspirants for this historic stake The opening days fare next Monday will be notable for the running of the 5000 Beau Pere Purse at six furlongs for three yearolds and upward Entries close Fri FriLeading Leading MoneyWinning Stable Stableday day with weights and acceptances due Sat ¬ urday morning previous to the decision of Lincolns conflicting secondary feature that day dayThe The Calumet Farm leading money winning establishment of the year to date left Belmont Park today in charge of trainer Ben Jones and is expected here some time tomorrow This string includes the champion threeyearold colt Pensive and filly Twilight Tear as well as the for ¬ midable handicappers MarKell and Sun Again and group of highly regarded homebred twoyearolds L B Mayers shifty Thumbs Up is on the grounds train ¬ ing for a comeback Leslie Combs speedy Durazna and John Marschs Occupy lead ¬ ing moneywinning juvenile of the 1943 season have been training forwardly at Hawthorne for an early reappearance on the racing scene sceneAmong Among the latest arrivals are the string that F P Letellier shipped from Louisville and a division of the W W Crenshaw stable in charge of Jimmy Wallace which came from the East EastThe The Washington Park stabling facilities will accommodate approximately 1000 horses and indications are they will ba taxed to capacity when provision is made for stakes candidates expected to com ¬ mute from New York and elsewhere dur ¬ ing the 70 days daysThe The mutuel crew will be rehearsed Sun ¬ day morning
