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THREE CAMPAIGN PLANS Main Division to Race at Louisville and Chicago. Waggoner Confident of Having Successful Season Many Promising Youngsters in This Years String. ARLINGTON, Texas, April 3. Immediately following the close of Arlington Downs spring meeting E. Paul Waggoner will ship the major portion of the Three Ds Stock Farm Stable to Churchill Downs, in charge of head trainer Dick Vestal. Stalls already have been secured for the Kentucky meeting, and it is Mr. Waggoners intention to race his horses at the Chicago meeting dur-. ing the summer. Prospects for the Waggoner silks have never looked better, and the stable includes some of the fastest two-year-olds of the year. Vestal, who has been giving all of the youngsters special preparations, is exceptionally high on his candidates and will take a representative group on the Kentucky and Middle Western invasion. The return of the familiar red, white and blue colors of the Three Ds will be hailed with delight by Kentuckians, and it is no secret that the Texas stable looks forward to an exceptionally good summer, as great, perhaps, as when Pansy Walker, Canfli and other famed stars of yesteryear carried the Waggoner silks to victory on the nations finest courses. In addition to the older horses Vestal probably will ship Gin Daisy, fleet daughter of Royal Ford Gen Rickey; Heelfly, which is nominated for nearly all the Futurities " in the East and which is a son of the great Canfli, by Royal Ford; Little Wichita; Pha-lasan, full sister to Strideaway; Phalazetta, half sister to the bob-tailed Bronc Rider; Royal Flight, That Wins, half-sister to Head-liner; Princess Teddy, by Royal Ford, from Lady Teddy, and Pansys First, a daughter of the illustrious Pansy Walker, by imported Phalaros. Others in the two-year-old group will be Mistralkin, by Ladkin Mistral, and Princess Bee, by Sting Turf Queen, which were among the youngsters purchased by Mr. Waggoner from Adolph Pons last year. Irish Ford, potential candidate for the Kentucky Derby; Double Kerry, nominated for the Latonia Oaks; My Dainty, Black Peter, Money Getter and Exchange Club also will be taken north, and the shipment probably will include fifteen thoroughbreds in all.