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■ 1 1 Arlingtons Stall Requests Heavy Can Quarter 1,705 Horses On Grounds and Will Stable 200 to 250 at Hawthorne WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., June 13. — Benjamin P. Lindheimer, executive director of Arlington Park and Washington Park, today revealed that Arlington has received the largest number of stall applications in its 29-year history for the 1955 summer meeting, which opens next Monday. "We have provided 266 new stalls at Arlington Park," he said. "By building an additional barn and converting feed-rooms in the stable area, so that now he can quarter 1,704 horses on the grounds. "We felt that by providing these additional stalls we would be able to take care of all the horses which had raced at Arlington previously, along with the overflow which had been stabled at Hawthorne. JBut," he added, "We did not anticipate the tremendous number of requests which have been made by horsemen from all sections of the country as well as from Illinois to race with us. "It therefore becomes necessary to stable from 200 to 250 horses at Hawthorne. Our established practice of paying vanning expenses i will again be borne by Arlington Park. We know there will be some disappointments, but there is nothing- else that can be done about it." Lindheimer stated that each track, Arlington and Washington Park, "now can accommodate the largest number of thoroughbreds on its grounds of any single track in the country." ,080,000 in Improvements "We think," he said, "that since Arlington and Washington Parks spent in excess of ,080,000 for improvement of its stable facilities, including the trailer courts and addition of 10 new shower-comfort stations at each track, we now possess the largest and finest stable areas in America. "We will continue our policy of .15 years of .stabling the owners of the better-balanced stables at Arlington Park. We believe it is of great interest to call to the attention of horsemen that in other similar areas throughout- the United States this same stabling situation exists. In some areas, up to 1,500 horses are stabled at overflow tracks. "In these areas, they van from track to , track as a matter of course. This condition exists in New York, Florida, New Jersey, California and other racing centers. "We are not attempting to be boastful, but we can state that no racing association in America has spent more funds or made a greater effort to-try to help solve horsemens problems than has Arlington Park and Washington Park. "We wish to state that the public makes racing possible. Without their patronage, racing cannot exist. They have a right, and do demand that they get the opportunity to witness good racing. "To that policy," Lindheimer concluded, "Arlington and Washington Parks have dedicated their planning and efforts. We will continue to do so as long as we are in the racing business. "No greater service can be rendered to, the horsemen than by obtaining the greatest public patronage. It means a more profitable operations for all." .
