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NEARNESS OF ILLINOIS DERBY 10000 Added Aurora Feature to toBe Be Run Next Wednesday Fine FineRace Race and Big Crowd Expected AURORA 111 May 16 One week from today the 10000 Illinois Derby will have its second running This is the first of import ¬ ant Chicago fixtures of the 1934 season and that it will engage one of the classiest fields ever to trod the dirt of the Fox Valley course is conclusive The announcement that Charles T Fisher is to send his sterling filly Mata Hari after the prize has created unbounded Interest which is being discussed at every sporting quarter Reports received by racing secretary R A Leigh from train ¬ ers of other of the outstanding candidates has served to buoy up the hopes of general manager Robert S Eddy and his associates of staging the best race ever witnessed at the Aurora track trackWhile While there are but a few of the leading eligibles on the grounds a number are in a close enough radius to make the trip in a short period of time Phil Reuter who named W Sachsenmaiers Plight and greatly improved Indian Salute is planning on giv ¬ ing his charges their final preparation at Washington Park and will ship over to Aurora on the eve of the race Sun Temp ¬ est which will carry the colors of Willis Sharpe Kilmer is another that will probably have his final prep at the Homewood course J W Y Martins Law Suit which scored over a rather shifty band at Havre de Grace might prove one of the dark horses in the race According to advice from Detroit he will entrain for Aurora Thursday or Friday Boy Valet which was campaigned at Miami during the winter season is well advanced in his training for his engagement and is not going through any strenuous paces but will be ready for a top performance next Wednesday WednesdayApplications Applications for box reservations continue to reach general manager Eddy in good volume which is another factor to substan ¬ tiate the interest which is manifested in the coming event and no few of the applicants are out of town enthusiasts enthusiastsTrack Track superintendent Placide Frigerio has the racing strip in the best possible condi ¬ tion and if the course is fast for the race there will probably be a new track record established for the one mile and oneeighth distance distanceParking Parking space and other facilities have been improved to such an extent that motor ¬ ists will encounter no difficulty in finding room for their conveyances upon arrival at the park Approaches to the track have been graded and oiled oiledThe The late mail yesterday brought five addi ¬ tional Illinois Derby nominations that Were postmarked prior to midnight Monday and their acceptance raised the number of Derby eligibles to fiftyfour The last five received were J W Parrishs pair of New Deal and Howard A C Schwartz Gay Mon ¬ arch Morton L Schwartz Identify and J W Y Martins Law Suit SuitNew New Deal was very promising last season as a twoyearold having taken the measure of a good band of juveniles in the Curran Memorial outstanding twoyearold stake of the Washington Park meeting Gay meetingGay Monarch is one of the sensational first crop foals from the new sire Royal Minstrel which also included Singing Wood First Minstrel and Dabchick
