Article: * October 20: Edward Corrigan purchases.(Special Sections)

* October 20: Edward Corrigan purchases

119 acres of land in Cicero Township and construction begins on the Hawthorne grandstand.

* May 20: Hawthorne Race Course opens with a five-race card. The feature is the Chicago Derby, a 1/4-mile race won by Brookwood, owned by Edward Corrigan. The Chicago Tribune estimates the crowd at 6,000.

* May 30: Hawthorne grandstand burns to the ground. Corrigan immediately transfers the balance of the Spring meet to nearby Harlem racetrack.

* Racing is banned in Chicago.

* May: Corrigan sells the Hawthorne grounds to Thomas Carey.

* Labor Day: Carey tries to revive racing in Chicago. A ...

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