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EPPOISE MAY BE READY FOR CAVALCADE SEPT 1 NEW YORK N Y July 28 The special race designed to attract C V Whitneys Equipoise and Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloanes champion threeyearold Cavalcade for which Walter E OHara president of the Narragansett JRacing Association has offered a stake of 20000 is acceptable to the owner of the older thoroughbred I am in favor of such a race said Mr Whitney today I understand it will be an open event weightforage one mile and a quarter for 20000 I believe Equipoise will be ready for such a race by September 1 Ill know definitely within ten days Bob Smith trainer of Cavalcade is de ¬ ferring definite consideration of the pro ¬ posed special until the colts owner has re ¬ covered from illness and he can discuss it with her Mrs Sloane is recovering from pneumonia in a Glen Cove L L hospital OHara would stage the special during the inaugural meeting August 1 to September 3 at Narragansett Park Pawtucket R I