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FIFTEEN IN TEXAS FUTURITY ■ ♦ ■ Waggoners Represented by Six Youngsters Among Nominations. « Inaugural Running of Race Last Year at Arlington Downs Won by W. T. Waggoners Money Getter. ARLINGTON DOWNS, Texas, July 18.— Fifteen Texas-bred two-year-olds have been nominated for the 1934 renewal of the Texas Breeders Futurity, to be decided during the fall season at Arlington Downs race track, October 25 to November 12, inclusive. The inaugural running of the Futurity was won last year by the Three Ds Stock Farm when Money Getter, Open Range and Morning Cry, each wearing the famous red, white and blue silks of W. T. Waggoner, took the major portions of the purse. The Waggoner stable will be represented this season by six youngsters, Chuck Wagon, Gay Dream, Kil-kerry, Kilicia, Kerrio and Kerry Keys. They will find real competition, however, from the other Texas-bred youngsters nominated, including the good Bulstrode, which has performed with rare consistency at the major tracks of the country. The complete list of entries follows: Bulstrode, by Escoba — High Priestess. Terrazzo, by Escoba — Clipper. Earth Shaker, by Escoba— Lorette. Juror, by Prisoner — Justine. LTleadus, by Prisoner — Eufaula. Lady Zoya, by Prisoner— Zoya. Miss Gingham, by Marconi — Gingham Apron. Chicaredo, by Chicago — Miss Ora. Lady Swope, by Swope — Princess Teo. Chuck Wagon, by Phalaros — Placerta. Gay Dream, by Porte Drapeau — Day Dream. Klikerry, by Kilkerry — Flivver. Kilicia, by Kilkerry — Felicia. Kerrio, by Kilkerry — Port Hole. Kerry Keys, by Kilkerry — Polly Keys. Bulstrode, according to many turf wiseacres, is the best racer bred in Texas since My Dandy, Americas "iron horse." He won his first race at Arlington Downs during the spring meeting when he defeated Gert Lighton and other good ones to refund the long odds of 80 for every two dollar certificate. He soon revealed that he was no flash in the pan, however, ultimately setting a track record at Alamo Downs and con* tinuing his winning habits at other large ovals. The Daniels trio of Juror, Uleadus and Lady Zoya are by Prisoner, the sire who recently returned to the turf wars at Rockingham Park after a six years absence. If Prisoner has transmitted his own burning speed and courageous heart to his off -spring, there is every likelihood of the Newcastle, Texas, sportsman holding a winning hand in the six furlongs sprint. Chuck Wagon is being especially pointed for the fall race by trainer Jack Hayes, of the Three Ds Stock Farm, in an endeavor to make it two in a row for that stable. The Waggoner interests might have held an option on first money had they not sold many of their good juveniles at public sale during the autumn meeting of 1933. They felt, however, that fresh blood was necessary if the •Sport of Kings" was to maintain its steady advancement in the Lone Star State, and in addition to the disposal of many juveniles and older horses, the brilliant sire, Porte Drapeau, was also sold. Since that day breeding in lexas has gone ahead with leaps and bounds and many sensational juveniles are being developed in the state. The Texas Breeders Futurity is the richest two-year-old plum to be decided at Arlington Downs and is being eagerly sought by all breeders. The rules of the race have been changed to include breeders in Oklahoma as well and in future years the race will be known as the Southwest Breeders Futurity, with all horses bred in the Southwest eligible to the prize. This year, however, it is strictly for Texas-bred youngsters, and a majority of the fifteen nominees are expected to face the barrier when the Futurity is decided during the fall meeting, October 25 to November 12, inclusive. The official date of the classic will be announced by Arlington Downs officials at a later date.
