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ie f ;" "" :" !s " . ? ,p is s ?j h ,r — — ly r- rt e, r- m r- Work on New Fairmount Roof Is Now Completed Repairs on Mutuel Plant Also Finished for Friday Re-Opening By C. A. LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, HI., June 23. — Work on the reconstruction of * the grandstand roof here at Fairmount * Park is now complete. The entire plant has s a new look as the new type roof has large e section in the rear that is lowered to let * any wind out thaFmay come this way in the future. The old roof was on the quon-l~ " set type and left no way for the wind to 0 get out if it was a hard blow. Every effort * has been made by the management to in- sure the safety of its patrons and also their r comfort. New type lighting has been-in-? - stalled to keep down the night bugs and the plant will be sprayed daily. The mutuel plant which suffered consid-" erable damage from the recent cyclone, is s completely repaired and many new ma- _ chines have been added to care of the ever ,r increasing crowds that attend this night I . racing plant. As none of the seating area was damaged there will be ample seats for ,r the large crowds. From early indications, both of the e week-end handicaps, a six-furlong dash for ,r the opening night nine-race card and a a mile and one-sixteenth event for the Bats urday night program will be filled with n good performers from the Chicago area, With the meeting now scheduled for 48 3 nights of racing, going straight through to 0 September 1, there will be many new P names in both ranking riders and horses, s. This will without a doubt be the most suc-i- :- cessf ul meeting ever held at this race e j course. There will be two daylight pro- i- P s. :- e i- grams during the coming meeting. A nine- race card will be run off on the Fourth of July afternoon and another on Labor Day, which winds up the meeting.
