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HOMEWOOD MEETING NEXT Washington Park Filling Up 500 Horses on Grounds Plan to Retain Picturesque Incidents Con ¬ nected with American Derby Crack Field Assured Not overlooking any of the picturesque incidents identified with the original estab ¬ lishment of the American Derby the Wash ¬ ington Park Jockey Club is retaining all of these in the Derby setting of the present It will be presented in a fashion that will blend the past with the modern There will be the uptodate minute equipment the stall gate and a microphonic description of every race raceWashington Washington Park is already showing signs of unusual activity Horses are arriving from West and East Five hundred thorough ¬ breds have been registered Before the meet ¬ ing opens next Monday there will be 1200 racers on the scene and at least 800 at Lin ¬ coln Fields Horses will be vanned from there to Washington Park This expense will be borne by the Washington Park Jockey Club ClubSince Since prominent owners in the East have signified that they intend to participate in a prominent way this season in Chicago rac ¬ ing and its social activites judge C W Hay general manager of Washington Park points to the fact that many of the better class threeyearolds will be seen under colors in the American Derby to be run Saturday June 14 14Among Among the 169 American Derby eligibles are all of the eastern cracks including Wil ¬ liam Woodwards Kentucky Derby winner Gallant Fox Harry Payne Whitneys Which one champion last year in the twoyearold division and the conqueror of Gallant Fox in a sensational finish Gifford A Cochrans Flying Heels W R Coes Black Majesty and Caruso G W Buck Foremans Ned O which finished third behind Gallant Knight in the Kentucky Derby W M Jeffords Armageddon great son of Man o War W J Salmons brilliant filly Snowflake and A C Schwartz sturdy colt Battler BattlerWhichone Whichone is training well in the East He Continued on twentysecond page HOMEWOOD MEETING NEXT Continued from first page is likely to be a starter in the Withers Stakes to be run next Saturday If VVhich one should win it is reasonable to assume lie will meet Gallant Fox in the Belmont Stakes There is more than a chance that the pair may clash in the American Derby DerbyFlying Flying Heels trained by Henry McDaniel is going well at Belmont Park He finished second to Balko in the Toboggan Handicap recently recentlyCaruso Caruso is showing speed in trials His stable companion Black Majesty son of Black Toney regarded as a certain American Derby starter won the Sansovino Handicap a few days ago Reports from New York indicate that Black Majesty is the real Coe dependence in the stake races this year yearBattler Battler is a threefourths brother of Prince Atheling one of Chicagos hopes in the Amer ¬ ican Derby Battler is a son of Atheling II Wimple The latter was the dam of Oh Susanna one of Senator J N Camdens sen ¬ sational racers a few years ago agoThe The American Derby is second to no racing feature in this country Its revivification after several years of dormancy has quick ¬ ened the heartbeats of the old battalion of the 20s and has the new army of turf followers ready to march to Washington Park in great numbers If he were alive and pres ¬ ent at the next running of the American of General Phil Sheridan one of the standbys of early Chicago turf sport The Civil War hero was one of its dominant figures In his time the American Derby was first in leadership Col Winn promises to restore it in all its glory
