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FILLY THREAT FOR DERBY Snowflake May Furnish Surprise and Win the Valuable Wash ¬ ington Park Eace Saturday The possibility of a filly winning next Sat ¬ urdays American Derby at Washington Park if neither Gallant Fox nor Whichone is a starter Is by no means a remote one since the defeat of Gallant Knight in the Cleveland Derby and the recent reversals of Tannery and Dedicate in Washington Park races racesThe The filly in question is W J Salmons Snowflake winner of the recent Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park It has been announced that owner Salmon will have both Snowflake and Swinfield on the ground for the Derby At first it was thought that Snowflake might bo reserved for the Illinois Oaks but recent developments have made it highly probable that she will be started in both events eventsSnowflake Snowflake has accomplished more than any other filly of the year to date not excepting Alcibiades winner of the Kentucky Oaks and she seems right now to be the best equipped filly in the country for a test with three yearold colts such as the American Derby will provide provideAs As a threeyearold Snowflake has fin ¬ ished third in the Pimlico Oaks with 121 pounds up beating out such fillies as Lost Agnes and Alcibiades finished third to Gallant Fox and Crack Brigade in the Preakness Stakes won the Ladies Handicap at Belmont Park at a mile with 11G pounds up and won the Coaching Club American Oaks at a mile and threeeighths with 121 pounds up upNo No other threeyearold filly can match that record She was unplaced in only one race this year yearAs As a twoyearold she performed one of the greatest feats by a filly during the sea ¬ son of 1929 when she won the Endurance Handicap at Bowje defeating such colts as Sweet Sentiment Plucky Play Sydney Brown Admiral and Ned O She was third to Goose Egg and The Spare in the Spin away Stakes at Saratoga
