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TWO REMAINING FEATURES Illinois Oaks and Francis S. Pea-body Memorial Final Washington Park Stakes. Two splendid features of the current meet- ] ing at Washington Turk remain to be decided. The Illinois Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, at a mile and an eighth, carries an added value of 0,000. It will be run Saturday, June 22. The final star attraction, the Francis S. Peabody Memorial Handicap, 0,000 added, distance one mile and a quarter, will be run Saturday, June 29. Stuyvesant Teabody, vice president of the Washington Tark Jockey Club, son of Francis S. Peabody, is going to present a trophy to the owner of the winner. Mr. Peabodys interest in the turf affairs in Illinois, his initiative, likewise his progrcs-siveness in expending time and money in joining Col. M. J. Winn, Howard Gillett, R. M. Swc-itzer and others in the rebuilding and making Washington Park greater, is one of the hopeful signs pointing to the standardization of racing in Chicago. His generosity in giving a trophy to the owner of the horse that wins the handicap named in memory of his father, is characteristic of this popular sportsman, one of the most successful business men of Chicago. In the Illinois Oaks, commonly called the Derby for the fillies, among the eligibles are several of the outstanding three-year-old fillies of the year. Looming like a star is Senator J. N. Camdens brown daughter of Light Brigade — Rosa Mundi, Rose of Sharon. She recently won the historic Kentucky Oaks. There is the great filly Lady Broadcast, by Messenger — Couscus, owned by the Tennessee publisher and sportsman, Rogers Caldwell. She was only a nose back of Rose of Sharon in the Kentucky classic. Then there is Current, one of the best in 1928. She was third in the Kentucky Oaks. This trio alone has enough class and individuality to warrant a great struggle for turf superiority. Also in Ihe list is the Audley Farm Stables Nellie Custis and Altitude, each outstanding. Another eligible is Aqunstella, belonging to Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark of New York. The Fox-catcher Farms Brown Vision, Olen Riddle Farms On Her Toes, Willis Sharpe Kilmers Mint Friary, and Earl H. Sandes good filly-Safety Pin, George D. Wideners Atlantis and other prominent fillies likely to start are T. J. and George H. Clays Vesta, Martin Finns Port Harlem, Laffoon and Yeisers Lady Gossip, J. B. Respess Belle of America, Jesse Spencers Willow and others. Rose of Sharon is one of the grandest lookers the American turf has seen in years. She was not raced as a two-year-old. When placed in training last February by Daniel E. Stewart, under whose colors she is racing pro tern, at the second asking won the historic Ashland Oaks, then came to Churchill Downs to finish first in the Oaks, on whose honor roll is Modesty, first winner of the first American Derby. Current, until defeated by Rose of Sharon, was one of Americas star fillies. On the strength of having beaten all of the two-year-old divisions last year in numerous filly stakes, she ran a smashing race in the Kentucky Oaks. She set the pace and only shortened her strides in the last seventy yards to Rose of Sharon and Lady Broadcast in near-record time for that race. This should be one of the most spectacular races of 1929. Fillies this year seem to be better than colts of the same age — three years. «
