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HEAD PLAY AMONG NOMINEES - - - Suburban Handicap Winner Named for Rich Arlington Stakes. Sun Portland, Another Mason Star, Entered in Classic Pompeys Pillar Also In Classic. Head Play and Sun Portland, thoroughbreds which have made the stable of Mrs. Silas B-. Mason, Kentucky and New York sportswoman, very prominent lately, were nominated to important features of the Arlington Park stakes roster. Saturday, a few hours before the deadline for closing the entries. Head Play, five-year-old son of My Play and Red Head, which ran one of the greatest races of his spectacular career in defeating a notable field in the Suburban Handicap, at Belmont Park last Thursday, was entered in the Stars and Stripes and Arlington Handicaps, the two 0,000 added events for three-year-olds and older horses. These races will afford the horses he defeated in the Suburban opportunities to gain revenge. Sun Portland, which displayed startling improvement after his purchase by Mrs. Mason, from Willis Sharp Kilmer, for ,000, is a candidate for the 0,000 added Classic Stakes along with the filly Mid Victorian. The brown son of Sun Briar and Portland Urn recently gained a neck decision over Roman Soldier in the Illinois Derby and he is now being groomed for the Detroit Derby. Three of Mrs. Masons two-year-olds also, were made eligible for the ,000 added Hyde Park Stakes, which promises to show a record number of entries when they are compiled by racing secretary Charles McLennan. The Mason horses are trained by J. Thomas Taylor, Kentucky horseman, who has enjoyed great success in pointing horses for major engagements. Another horse in the limelight recently, William R. Coes Pompeys Pillar, was nominated for the Classic. The three-year-old gelding by Pompey from Snooze scored an upset victory in the 0,000 Decoration Day Handicap at Rockingham Park, arid his entry immediately was sent in for Chicagos most important racing attraction.
