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I CLASSIC NOMINATIONS Thirty -Seven Three -Year -Olds Named for Arlingtons Prize. Granville, Hollyrood, Rushaway, Mr. Bones, Grand Slam and Others Prospective Starters. Headed by Granville, hero of the historic Belmont Stakes, thirty-seven of the best three-year-olds in training in this country have been nominated for the Classic Stakes, the mile and a quarter special likely to crown the champion of this wide-open division in its eighth running at Arlington Parks racing grounds here on Saturday, July 25. Carrying the prestige of the most importance race in the mid-summer season, the background of establishing earlier three-year-old champions such as Blue Larkspur, Gallant Fox, Cavalcade and Omaha, and a gross prize estimated at 5,925, if ten start as in 1935, the Classic should write a colorful passage in the exciting history of the 1936 three-year-old division. With Granville, William Woodward has also nominated Isolater and Merry Pete. The master of Belair Stud will be striking for his third triumph in the Classic for he won the race in 1935 with Omaha and in 1930 with Gallant Fox, the sire of both Omaha and Granville. James Fitzsimmons, trainer of the Belair Stud horses, also has in his entourage two Wheatley Stable candidates, the Wood Memorial winner, Teufel, and Seabiscuit, a stake winner in New England as a juvenile. Promise of a renewal of the thrilling Belmont Stakes duel wherein Granville gained a handsbreadth decision over John Hay Whitneys Mr. Bones, is held out with the inclusion of the latter in the Classics pretentious list. Hollyrood and Sparta, which ran one-two in the Detroit Derby for Hal Price Headley last Saturday, have been nominated. That superb mud runner, Bomar Stables Grand Slam, is listed and also the little "iron hoss," Rushaway, which won the Illinois and La-" Continued on thirty-eighth page. CLASSIC NOMINATIONS Continued from first page. tonia Derbys within twenty-four hours for the Canadian, A. G. Tarn. Forever Yours, winner of the 1935 Arlington Futurity, will represent Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Milky Way Farms Stable and Warren Wright has named Count Morse, Sun Teddy and Pharosay. Norman W. Church has Valiant Fox, which was second in the Santa Anita Derby, in the list. Col. Edward Riley Bradley, of Kentucky Derby fame, will pin his faith on Bow and Arrow and Baby Talk. The Widener estab- lishment of Philadelphia has entered Joseph E. Wideners Infantry and Mrs. P. A. B. Wideners Dnieper. " The complete list of Classic entries follows: - . 2 ; Horse. Horse. " V" Forever Yours Billbo - ., Teufel v - Mr. Bones- Seabiscuit Granville"-Hollyrood Isolates - Sparta Merry Pete Jean Bart - Jimmie Gabaniss Giant Killer Grand Slam Delphinium - Rushaway Corundum , Gold Seeker Gean Canach - Floradora : Valiant Fox Bow and Arrow Dniejier Baby, Talk Carvola Split, Second Sir Jim James Memory Book Dusky Prince Gyral Infantry Capt. Cal Count Morse Songmaker Sun Teddy Doran - Pharosay
