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SIXTIETH KENTUCKY OAKS Great Filly Fixture Todays Big Rac ¬ ing Attraction at Churchill Far Star Favorite LOUISVILLE Ky May 18 The most successful Churchill Downs meeting in sev ¬ eral years comes to an official close to ¬ morrow with the running of a program topped by the sixtieth annual Kentucky Oaks for threeyearold fillies On Monday however the agencies of racing will func ¬ tion at the historic Downs in the interest of sweet charity and the one day benefit meeting promises to bring the brilliant local spring stay of the thoroughbreds to a gala close closeSeven Seven of which Dixianas Far Star is outstanding are entered for the Oaks which will have decision over one mile and an eighth Penncote and Fiji owned by the Young brothers Mrs William E Smiths Sallie Gray Shandon Farms Dust Girl Irvine Korts Miss Kentucky and Mrs R J Murphys Lucky Amelia complete the field one of the smallest in the record of the fixture which is as old as the Kentucky Derby DerbyAlthough Although she has not been under colors since the Arlington Futurity in which she decisively defeated a crack band Far Star rules a pronounced choice She has trained to the satisfaction of Clyde Van Dusen the Dixiana conditioner and many predict an easy score for the crack daughter of North Star III IIIContention Contention however is expected from Sallie Gray Dust Girl Penncote and Miss Kentucky and who knows but what Lucky Amelia and Fiji may rise in their might to prove strong bidders for the honors honorsBarn Barn Swallow under E R Bradleys col ¬ ors won the 1933 Oaks with such other great fillies as Suntica Cousin Jo Alci biades Rose of Sharon Easter Stockings Mary Jane Black Maria Deeming and Prin ¬ cess Doreen rounding out the last ten win ¬ ners of the fixture fixtureUnless Unless the weather changes fast footing will prevail for the staging of the final days sport sportThe The field for the Kentucky Oaks follows PP Horse Jockey 1 Miss Kentucky C Meyer 2 Lucky Amelia G Fowler 3 Dust Girl A Richard 4 Far Star L Pichon 5 fPenncote A Richard 6 tFiji G Elston 7 Sallie Gray 109 G Miller tYoung Bros entry
