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RICH ARLINGTON FUTURITY Field of Twenty Assures Gross Value of 6,105, Largest Juvenile Prize Offered in West. A field of twenty two-year-olds in the Arlington Futurity will insure the event of a gross value of 6,105, thereby making it the richest juvenile event ever offered in the West, president Otto W. Lehmann, of the Arlington Park Jockey Club announced today, following tabulation of the third closing, May 16. Of the 560 original nominations for the first running of the Arlington Futurity, 119 were kept eligible at the final closing and as two-year-old racing is so uncertain until the fall of the year, Mr. Lehmann confidently expects as many as a score to face the barrier at a starting fee of ,000 each. With 5,000 added by the management of the north side course, the pool now amounts to 6,105. The first payment was 0 each, and the second 5 each for 273 colts and fillies. Of the added money, the second horse will receive ,000, the third ,000 and the fourth ,500, while the breeder of the winner receive ,000, of the second horse, ,000 and of the third 00. After the deduction of these sums, which total 5,000, all goes to the winner. Almost without exception, every great racing stable in the country is represented on the roster of Futurity nominators, president Lehman said, with Villis Sharpe Kilmer, owner of Sun Beau, the leader with nine eligibles. William R. Coe is second with eight candidates, while the Audley Farm Stable of Bernard B. Jones, Greentree Stable of Mrs. Helen Hay Whitney and Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney follow with six entries each. Morton L. Schwartz still has five eligibles while Edward R. Bradley, Three Ds Stock Farm and Mrs. John Hay Whitney are among those with four horses still in the running. Trainer Max Hirsch has in his charge at Belmont Park no less than a dozen Futurity eligibles, the property of Morton L Schwartz, Mrs. Schwartz, A. Charles Schwartz, Sam Harris, Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman and himself. Hirsch intends to bring his entire stable to Arlington, said Mr. Lehmann. •
