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1 II fl n mt ■ft jgB | I R. E. LEIGHNINGER— Steward representing the Colorado Commission, arrived at Centennial Park for the meeting opening there tomorrow. I I . . . Horses Arriving Almost Hourly at Centennial Close to 500 on Hand Already For Opening of Meet Tomorrow CENTENNIAL PARK, Littleton, Colo., June 28. — With opening day just two I days off, the activity at Centennial Park has rapidly increased to where it is near-ing a peak point. There are close to 500 I horses on the grounds at this writing with 1 more coming in almost hourly. By the : time opening day arrives all available stalls will have been taken or allotted. Racing secretary Ivan Thomas arrived [ late Sunday evening from Portland, where , he recently concluded the highly successful j J Portland Meadows meeting. Thomas acted 1 as racing secretary at Centennial during I the inaugural meeting of 1950 and he returns to that post and also as steward for : this years 50-day meeting which begins 5 Saturday and lasts through September 8. , Another arrival was R. E. "Lanny" Leighninger, who will act as steward representing the Colorado Racing Commission. Leighninger came here direct from i the current meeting at Hollywood Park. Like Thomas he, too, was active in the ; same capacity during the 1950 season. Hugh Antrim, who will serve as clerk of F scales during the session, arrived from his I home in Phoenix, Arix. Antrim has been acting in the same capacity at Arizona » Downs in Phoenix for the past three seasons, and was here last season in the role of horsemens bookkeeper. Meanwhile, a stable which should play j an important role in the better type of f races here during the meeting arrived from l Fairmount Park at Collinsville, 111. It was i the seven-horse band trained by Lyo Lee of Phoenix, Ariz. Included in the Lee shipment were three of the faster sprinters to * see action here. They are: Phantom Sea, * Encantadora and Evidence. All have J turned in several winning efforts both at ■ Fairmounts spring meeting and also at t Sportsmans Park in Chicago. H. A. "Chris" Christensen, executive secretary of the Colorado Racing Commission, ■• has opened his office and began the long task of licensing all owners, trainers, grooms, jockeys, officials and other persons who will require the issuing of a license. This task is being handled for r Christensen by Fred Weingarth, formerly f of the Centennial Park publicity staff. Track superintendent John Woodward has s the Centennial oval groomed to its finest t point. The surface has been declared ideal 1 by trainers who are getting thefr charges ready for the opening-day card of 10 races. * The track has been completely renovated 1 since the close of last seasons meeting and 1 is in better shape now than it was at any f time during the first years 46-day session. .
