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SEEK HOMEWOOD PRIZES H. P. Headleys String to Be Campaigned at Washington Park. Five Fillies in Stable Eligible for 0,000 Princess Pat Ten in 0,000 Futurity. One of the strongest of mid-western stables, that of Hal Price Headley,. from the heart of the Blue Grass region in Lexington, Ky., will invade Washington Park next month for a thirty-day campaign at the South Side track. When the gates open for the Washington Park Jockey Clubs meeting on May 24, the Headley thoroughbreds twenty-nine of. them will be on ,hand ready to compete for a major share of the 50,000 in purse money that is to be distributed by president Walter L. Gregory and his associates. Hollyrood, the four-year-old which last year accounted for both the Chicago and Detroit Derbys, heads the Headley brigade which will be shipped to Chicago from Kentucky. Hollyrood has wintered well and will have as his special objectives here the Blue and Gray Handicap on Memorial Day, and the Great Western Handicap, to be run the following Saturday. Both these valuable events for the handicap division carry ,000 in added money and are over the routes that Hollyrood fancies. The Blue and Gray is at a mile and a furlong, the Great Western at a mile and a quarter. Mr. Hcadleys leading candidate for American Derby honors is Old Nassau, son of Pharamond II. Miss Tony, which has been showing improved form in his trials this spring. HOLDS STRONG HAND. Although the extensive Headley stables Imposing list of juveniles is of unknown quantity, the Kentucky establishment numerically appears to hold a strong hand for the richly-endowed two-year-old specials which are to be inaugurated at the Washington Park meetingv Five, fillies, four of which have yet to face the barrier, are eligible to carry the Headley navy blue and white silks In the 0,000 Princess Pat, while ten colts and fillies still remain paid up for the first running of the 0,000 Washington Park Futurity. Among those juveniles, only one of which has raced, may come a future champion, as they are all .well-bred stock, mainly sired by Pharamond II., with others by Whichone, Swift and Sure, Apprehension, and Supre-mus. The Headley request for twenty-nine stalls is one of the largest yet received for the Washington Park meeting but with the mailing of stake blanks today for the seven added money events to be run, it is expected that reservations will arrive thick and fast from now on.
