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._ _ . . EIGHT NAMED FOR ILLINOIS OAKS • Cousin Jo Top Weight and Public Favorite for Saturdays 0,000 Feature at Washington Park — Sunny Lassie Dangerous Rival « HOMEWOOD, 111., June 5. — Eight three-year-old fillies, headed by Cousin Jo, winner of the Kentucky Oaks and all of her engagements this year, was named for the 0,000 added Illinois Oaks, the stake feature on the brilliant program to be presented at Wash-r ington Park Saturday. The famed daughter of Stimulus is brought into contest with Sunny Lassie, Anne Arundel, Alyssum, Overlay, Silver Beauty, Issaquena and Lady Gib- son, and burdened with top weight of 121 pounds, the one mile and one-eighth test may — ®piove J prove the the most most severe severe of of her her career. career. Except- ®piove J prove the the most most severe severe of of her her career. career. Except- Excepting only Lady Gibson, which gets in with 109 pounds, each of the other equine queens will carry 116 pounds. While Cousin Jo decisively defeated Sunny Lassie in the Kentucky Oaks, the latter daughter of Sun Flag seems greatly improved since coming to Washington Park and many good judges concede her an excellent chance to account for Saturdays race. Overlay, which finished second to Bargello in track record time on Thursday, and Lady Gibson, a maiden daughter of Marvex and Aurora, third to Tannery and Mike Hall on Wednesday, are others with many admirers among Chicago enthusiasts. Anne Arundel and Silver Beauty have been showing smartly in private trials. At Lincoln Fields Friday morning Anne Arundel worked five-eighths in 1:01%, handily, the half mile in :49, while Sunny Lassie breezed a like distance at the same course in 1:06%. At Washington Park Cou sin Jo rattled off a half mile in :46%, without severe effort, to leave no doubt of her magnificent form. In other of the Saturday features patrons will see such good horses as Sweep All, Jimmy Moran, Mike Hall, Ilium, Willa and LTluniu in the Jackson Boulevard Purse and the crack sprinters Pansy Walker. Brown Wisdom, Satin Spar and Ray Blades, along with Paul Bunyan and Everytime in a contest at three-quarters in the Outer Drive Handicap.
