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Maywood Park Meet Opens Tonight WM inaugural Pace m Two Sections Cedric Grattan Fayjored In Sprint Half With Trio Vying for Honors in Second SecondMAYWOOD MAYWOOD PARK Maywood 111 May 8 Maywood Parks newly painted Agates will swing open Monday night to greet an expected crowd of more than 12000 for the opening of the halfmile plants 60night meeting third in the history of Chicago for harness racing with parimutuel betting Post time is tJ30 p m mThe The eightrace card will be headed by the Inaugural Pace which will be run in two sections one at ninesixteenths of a mile and the other at one mile Cedric B Grattan trained and driven by Harry Bur right of Mendota 111 rules as the over ¬ night favorite in the ninesixteenths divi ¬ sion at 5 to 2 Cedric B Grattan paced the fastest half mile of the training season at May wood Park last week covering the dis ¬ tance in 101 5 5However However in the mile = event three horses will share the favorite role They are Vic ¬ tory Dale driven by Roy Hiegle of Green ¬ ville Ohio rElmer Guernseys ia Par and Harold Borings Red McKlyo each at 2 to 1 in the overnight lield Cedric B Grattan is at 7 to 2 in the longer race raceThe The Inaugural Pace drew the large field of 18 horses when final declarations were made by harness horsemen Friday morn ¬ ing Racing secretary William C Connors then announced nine of the horses would compete in two sections opening night and the other nine would follow in another doubleheader Tuesday night nightThe The Inaugural lirst of Maywood Parks 23 stake races for the springsummer cam ¬ paign originally called for a prize of 2000 but the track added another 1000 by splitting the big field for two nights of competition Maywood Park this season will offer 350000 in total purse distribu ¬ tion an increase Of 20 per cent over 1947 1947The The plant has several outstanding im ¬ provements to greet the openingnight vis ¬ itors The halfmiler has installed an elec ¬ tric tote board and it also will start horses with the new model of the 33 M Smith gate which now races up to 50 miles per hour with its added ipower The chief tarter will be Norman Wilson of Detroit Mich who has served at tracks in Mich igan and Canada CanadaSomething Something new also has been added in the imutuel department headed by ILee Mosher former Chicago tax consultant flJhe lEelrAutogratph vwill make Its tfirstap pearance on anytrack in the Chicago rarea The device flashes prices tlrom the calcu ¬ lating room to ismall screens mbove cashier windows by electrical jimpulse The flel Autograph iceliminates tthe coltl method of messengers gunning to cashiers with price slips
