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First Fairmount Park Condition Book Out Opportunities for All Types Of Performers During Meeting FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, HI., May 24. Fairmount Park has taken on an international flavor with a spiceful touch of Mexico in the increasing tempo of readiness for the 32-day spring meeting, which is to get under way Memorial Day, May 30. Racing secretary Henderson Van Zandt is busily checking stable registrations and making general preparations so that everything will be in order several days before the inaugural date. Van Zandt, one of the youngest racing secretaries in the country, is also one of the most active, presently commuting between the Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City, where he also is racing secretary, and the local plant. Van Zandt departed on his last scheduled trip to the capitol of our Latin-American neighbor by airplane Wednesday evening, and will remain there to prepare that meeting for its termination June 1, returning here Tuesday. The first issue of the Fairmount Park condition book compiled by Van Zandt, met with the immediate approval of horsemen already here. Covering the first 10 days of racing, the pamphlet reveals 10 events listed daily, of which eight will comprise the afternoons program. The meeting will be initiated this season with the Inaugural Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward at six furlongs, endowed with a purse of ,000. Saturday, the following day after the opening, horses more suited to a distance will have an opportunity in the one mile and 70 yards Collinsville Handicap, which Is also for three-year-olds and upward, with a purse of ,500. Several other ,000 and ,500 purses will be awarded during the season, although the majority of races are listed for a prize of ,000. Purses of 00 and the minimum of 00 will be given in the less spectacular contests. The book is well balanced, with ample opportunity for all types of runners, from maidens to several-time winners. Over 400 head of horses are already bedded down at the track, and Van Zandt expects to have well over 600 on hand when the bugle clarions the beginning of the meeting.
