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ILLINOIS STAKES IMPORTANT May Have Big Bearing on Three YearOld Championship Brookmeade Stable Expected to Name One Oneof of Its Stars for 10000 Illinois Derby Plight Considered Certain Starter AURORA 111 May 12 Will it be neces ¬ sary to settle the threeyearold champion ¬ ship of 1934 as always the most important question of the racing season in the stakes scheduled for running over midwestern race tracks tracksWill Will such fixtures as the 10000 added Illinois Derby to be run at Aurora on May 23 the American Derby the Detroit Derby the Latonia Derby and the Arlington Classic this year have more bearing upon the de ¬ termination of the threeyearold champion ¬ ship than such venerable specials as the Preakness the Withers and the Belmont BelmontRight Right now with every important spring threeyearold special and with Auroras 10000 added Illinois Derby opening the summer stake schedule in less than a fort ¬ night there seems no possible doubt that the midwest is to be the battleground for the aristocrats of the threeyearold division of 1934 1934If If Cavalcade is named for the Illinois Derby before the nominations close on May 14 there is no doubt whatever that Auroras featured stake will win ranking as one of the years most important races There is a defi ¬ nite possibility of Cavalcades nomination contained in the promise of trainer Bob Smith that at least one of the Brookmeade threeyearolds will be named before the lists close and his nomination would make the Illinois Derby one of the spots in the stake schedule threeyearoldsThe for ranking threeyearolds The difficulty in this years threeyearold situation lies in the fact that Cavalcade has so few stake engagements By his smash ¬ ing victories in two spring stakes the Ches ¬ apeake and the Kentucky Derby the Eng ¬ lish colt has indicated that there are few thoroughbreds of his age that can give him a contest contestThe The Illinois Derby has recently been shap ¬ ing up day by day as more of a horse race Clyde Van Dusen long ago nominated Dix ianas fleet filly Mati Hari for the stake Off her Kentucky Derby effort she looks to trainingOne be the best filly of her age in training One of the dark horses in the threeyear old picture is another of the interesting Illi ¬ nois Derby nominees William Sachsen maiers Plight Not regarded as much horse as a twoyearold last season Plight came to the fore in winning the recent Texas Derby at Arlington Downs The most prom ¬ inent threeyearold he defeated in that ef gort was Norman Churchs Riskulus the Pa ¬ cific Coast champion Because Plight has no stage engagement other than the Illinois Derby he is regarded as a certain starter and the race may prove he is a legitimate contender for championship honors honorsIn In all there have been forty nominations to date for the first stake of the Illinois season and because the lists do not close until after the Preakness Aurora officials believe that the lastminute nominations will include the names of half a dozen of the ranking threeyearolds
