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In the sixth running of the Classic Stakes, Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloanes great colt will be called upon to ward off the individual »and combined onslaughts of ten other ambitious and capable colts and geldings. With his earnings for the season now totaling 0,910 and for last year 5,730, the English-bred son of Lancegaye and Hastily is afforded an excellent opportunity of going well over the 00,000 mark, as the Classic, with eleven starters, will carry a gross value of 1,850. Of this amount, 5,000 is added by the Arlington Park Jockey Club, making it the most richly endowed three-year-old special of the season. Weather prospects today were uncertain, but not so the tremendous interest in the mile and a quarter event, despite announcement today that Joseph E. Wideners Peace Chance,* winner of the Belmont Stakes, would not be a starter. In fact, when trainer Pete Coyne made up his mind this morning that the colts wrenched knee had not healed sufficiently, he ordered a car and shipped him and several juveniles to Saratoga. PREPARE FOR BIG CROWD. Arlington Park officials have made extensive preparations to handle what may result in the largest crowd in the history of the course. Advance reservations for boxes far exceeded the demand for any previous running of the race, with the clubhouse section being sold out for several days. The few grandstand boxes remaining are expected to be sold before time for the first race tomorrow. With but ordinary summer showers falling today or tonight, the track will be in tiptop condition for the Classic, but in the event of a heavy rain the course will be no worse than slow, with a good bottom, track superintendent Clarence Brinkman reports, and the going should not materially hamper the chances of any starter. By virtue of either his Kentucky Derby or American Derby victory, Cavalcade will be called upon to take up scale weight of 126 pounds, requiring hiir. to give five or eight pounds to each of his opponents. In addition to these victories, he accounted for the Detroit Derby, Chesapeake Stakes and Shenandoah Purse and was beaten a nose by his stablemate, High Quest, in the Preakness. PREVIOUS CLASSIC WINNERS. Every one of the five previous runnings of the Classic has been won by a good horse, the championship being decided by the race in 1929 and 1930, when Blue Larkspur and Gallant Fox were the winners. In 1931 Mate defeated Twenty Grand to enroll his name on the list of Classic winners, while Gustos victory in 1932 enabled him to be the leading money winner of the year and to be considered with Faireno as the best three-year-old of the season. A muddy track prevailed last season, permitting Inlander, stablemate of Cavalcade, to show that he js _— one of the greatest mud runners seen in M America in many years. With similar con-B ditions he duplicated his Classic triumph irfl the Travers. Tomorrows Classic promises™ to see another crack colt as the victor. * The winning owner will receive a handsome antique gold trophy to be presented by Herbert Bayard Swope. chairman of the New York State Racing Commission, who arrived today from the East. Regardless of the weight concessions he must make, Cavalcade, with his stablemate, Good Goods, winner of two races at the meeting, will be a top heavy favorite, perhaps lower than 1 to 2. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Discovery, which has been at Cavalcades heels in four out of their five meetings this season, is certain to be second choice, while of the others, Calumet Farms Continued on ticenty-third page. THREE-YEAR-OLD CROWN AT STAKE IN CLASSIC Continued from first page. Hadagal, the only Chicago representative in the race, appears the most likely to attract the wagering public. A new time record is not likely even should the track remain fast, although a number of fast horses are in the field, notably Discovery, Hadagal and Bien Fait. Cavalcade has speed himself, as demonstrated when he equalled the mile and seventy yards mark and broke the mile and a sixteenth record at Havre de Grace this spring. However, close observers believe that the possibility of the Classic winner breaking the track record of 2:01%, held by Sun Beau, is far from being remote. Discovery has been doing some winning of his own accord since his last clash with Cavalcade, which was in the Detroit Derby, capturing an overnight dash of seven furlongs and the Brooklyn Handicap at a mile and a furlong at Aqueduct. In the latter, the Vanderbilt colt easily took the measure of the older Dark Secret and this effort has given his admirers renewed hope that he will finally turn the tables on the champion. Hadagal, winner of the Champagne Stakes, second in the Arlington Futurity and unplaced favorite in the Belmont Futurity, has been seen only in two six furlong sprints this year and both in recent weeks here. He won the first in 1:10% beating Evergold and Indian Runner and lost the second by a length to Gay Monarch in one-fifth of a second faster time while giving the latter eleven pounds. Bien Faits stakes winning is confined to the Michigan Cup Handicap, which he took by six lengths in finishing the mile and a furlong in new track record time of 1:50. He furnished most of the pace in the Detroit Derby, was a speed factor in the American Derby and is expected to play the same role in the Classic. Boy Valet is coupled with him as the Corsicana Stable entry, but his chances are not considered very bright. Of the other Classic candidates, Riskulus and Thomasville have shown winning form at the meeting. Trainer E. L. Fitzgerald says Norman Churchs colt has returned to the form he displayed at Agua Caliente, where he won the Derby and held his stable-mate, Gallant Sir, to a head in the 5,000 added Agua Caliente Handicap. Riskulus set the pace in that mile and a quarter race and Gallant Sir did not get him until near the end, where the younger colt wz still under steady rating. The race was run in the fast time of 2:02%. Thomasville has never won a stake, but he exhibited a good effort in the Detroit Derby in which he came from well back to finish fourth, and owner Hal Priee Headley is hopeful he will at least repeat the performance Saturday. New Deal, coupled with Howard as J. W. Parrishs entry, was third in the Detroit Derby, but also has distinguished himself by winning the Enquirer Handicap at La-tonia and running second in the Illinois Derby at Aurora. Howard recently finished second in the Latonia Derby. The remaining candidate, Growler, owned by H. W. Maxwell, of New York, has never won a stake, but has shown much promise in allowance races and was second in the Dwyer Stakes. Several of the Classic candidates were asked for speed this morning. Cavalcade and Good Goods were given barrier education and broke away for a half-mile dash. The former exhibited keen speed as he was timed in :46%. finishing two lengths ahead of his mate. Discovery went an easy five furlongs in 1:00%, while Growler was well in hand while going a half mile in :49. — — «
