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! ! £ i * i 1 r . 1 s , £ 1 * * * J t 1 1 t c t c s c c " i Arlingtons Twenty-Sixth Season Begins on Monday Four Stakes Will Be Presented First Week of 36-Day Meeting ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, HI., June 13. — With the air of a threatened strike cleared and with its mammoth stands glistening in a brand-new coat of white, Arlington Park is all set to open its twenty-sixth season of thoroughbred racing on Monday. The next 36 days at Arlington and the ensuing 31 days at Washington Park could be the greatest of all the coordinated meetings inaugurated by executive director Benjamin F. Lindheimer in 1940. Arlington already has established a stakes-and-purses distribution program totaling at least ,350,000. There will be 15 stakes events, beginning with Mondays Cleopatra Stakes for three-year-old fillies. Three of those stakes — the 55,000 Arlington Classic, the 60,000 Arlington Handicap and the 0,000 Arlington Lassie are the richest of their kind in all racing. Americas top - ranking stables, with crowned and budding champions of the sport, already are on the Arlington grounds or are heading this way. The roster includes the leading handicap thoroughbred, William G. Helis, Jr.s Spartan Valor, now in training at the northwest suburban Continued on Page Five J 1 / 1 ] * * 1 , . i j j , L ~ " s i t j c 2 t J I J I i £ I c £ s t i t c s c t i i t Arlingtons Twenty-Sixth Season Begins on Monday Four Stakes Will Be Presented First Week of 36-Day Meeting Continued fromPage One plant; Calumet Farms Hill Gail and Real Delight; Dixiana Farms Sub Fleet, and Andrew Crevolins Be Fleet. Although the opening-day card centers on the running of the 5,000 added Cleopatra, with a post-time of 2:00 p. m., three other stakes are on schedule opening week. On Wednesday, the renewal of the farmed Primer Stakes for two-year-olds is on deck, and on Saturday a double-header is programmed — the 5,000 Pollyanna Stakes for two-year-old fillies and the 0,000 Warren Memorial for three-year-olds. Over the 67-day coordinated Arlington-Washington meeting approximately ,500,-000 in stakes and purses will be distributed, which represents the richest summer racing in the world. For the second successive year, the Arlington-Washington three-year-old program is likely to determine the championship of teh division. With three different colts winning the "Triple Crown", the July 19 Arlington Classic and the August 9 American Derby — which will be the richest sophomore races in history — may ultimately present the potential three-year-old king of American racing. For the two-year-olds, the Arlington Futurity on July 12 will hit an expected value of 10,000, while the July 23 Arlington Lassie is the richest in racing for two-year-old fillies. Among the top events for older horses, a climax will be reached on closing day, July 26, with the 60,000 Arlington Handicap, the winner receiving well over 00,000. A total of 27 stakes races, ranging in value from 5,000 to 70,000 the Washington Park Handicap on Labor Day, will be run during the coordinated meeting. Leading stables, in addition to the Helis, Calumet and Dixiana outfits, which will show their colors at Arlington Park this year are Brookmeade, Maine Chance, Greentree, Mrs. Ada L. Rice, Louis B. Mayer, Rex Ellsworth, R. D. Mcllvain, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, F. W. Hooper, Allison and Prestridge, Hal Price Headley, Brown Hotel, Hasty House and virtually every other major owner. For the first time, too, "Mr. Jockey" himself — Eddie Arcaro — will ride the full season at Arlington Park, Arcaro, aiming at winning his 3,000th race during the Arlington season, has several mounts scheduled for opening -day. The rush of a small army of workmen to complete the track for the 26th opening day will be finished late today. Track superintendent Clarence Brinkman announced that the racing strip is in perfect condition, as is the mile-long turf course. Arcaro, and other jockeys, will be greeted by enlarged and refurnished quarters which include newly-tiled showers and steam rooms and new recreation facilities of television, library, billiards, shuffleboard and table tennis, i
