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AMERICAN DERBY OUTLOOK Present Indications Point to Large Field of Great Quality Prospective Starters 3Iay Number as 3Fany as Twenty Including All the Out ¬ standing Stars HOMEWOOD 111 June 4 The field for the renewal of the 50000 added American Derby at Washington Park on June 14 may notwithstanding its likely inclusion of the great Gallant Fox or Whfchone or both reach proportions exceeding those of any fixture for threeyearolds during the present sea ¬ son Such was indicated Wednesday when careful canvass revealed approximately a score being pointing for the coveted feature of the Washington Park meeting meetingThe The present probable field includes in ad ¬ dition to Gallant Fox and Whichone Gal ¬ lant Knight Tannery Ned O Michigan Boy Swinfield Prince Atheling Prose and Poetry Reveille Boy Sydney Caruso Goneaway Plucky Play Breezing Thru Buckeye Poet Bezonian Playtime Broadway Limited Al cibiades Snowflake Thistle Ann and possibly Galaday Busy and others othersThis This array is remarkable for the number of newcomers among the ranks of the more capable threeyearolds since the runnings of the Kentucky Oerby and Preakness Stakes and also for the number of brilliant fillies likely to start over one and onequarter miles The latter brigade in addition to Alcibiades which showed the way in the Kentucky Derby during the first fiveeighths also includes Thistle Ann Snowflake and Galaday while notable developments among the colts and geldings since the earlier men ¬ tioned fixtures include Prince Atheling Prose and Poetry Reveille Boy Plucky Play and Bezonian BezonianBezonian Bezonian together with Playtime and Busy is receiving his final American Derby prepa ¬ ration at Latonia while Swinfield and Snow flake head the pretentious stable of Walter J Salmon due at Washington Park from New York within the next few days Reveille Boy which finished in second place in the Fairmount Derby comes from that southern Illinois track for the local stake and Gallant Knight second in the Kentucky Derby and winner of the Fairmount Derby leaves This ¬ tle Down with Sydney the day following decision of the Cleveland Derby Saturday SaturdayOne One or both of the mentioned Bradley can ¬ didates Goneaway Caruso Whichone and Gallant Fox will journey from Belmont Park if they are to go to the postefor the local race racePrince Prince Atheling the candidate of John Marsch local owner advanced another notch in his preparation for his impending en ¬ counter with the kings and queens of his age when he worked the American Derby route in 208 over the Washington Park track Continued on twentysecond page AMERICAN DERBY OUTLOOK OUTLOOKContinued Continued from first page Wednesday morning The fieet and courage ¬ ous son of Atheling II Miss Laura went through the long work under restraint and trainer Cecil Howard was pleased with the move Tannery E F Prichards good son of Ballot was sent threequarters in 1 1G He arrived from Churchill Downs Tuesday morn ¬ ing and trainer A Baker decided upon the easy short trial as a preliminary for more exacting work later in the week weekFollowing Following the American Derby Thistle Ann George Collins good filly which made a good showing under top weight of 121 pounds in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs last Saturday will remain here for the Illinois Oaks on June 21 She is at Fair mount Park and may go to Thistle Down for the Cleveland Derby DerbyAlcibiades Alcibiades IIs P Headleys winner of the Kentucky Oaks and R S Clarks Galaday which finished tliird in that stake also will start the Illinois Oaks
