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DERBY ELIGIBLES IN BLUE GRASS STAKES TODAY I Final Day Feature of Keeneland Meeting Attracts Six Starters Brooklyn and Billionaire to Endeavor to Make Amends for Recent Defeat -Result of Contest May Have Bearing on Derby Status of Todays Field LEXINGTON, Ky., April 28. Six horses representing four interests have been named overnight to start in the Blue Grass Stakes, which will mark the close of Keenelands spring meeting of eleven days tomorrow afternoon. All of the sextette are eligible for the Kentucky Derby, and their performances over the mile and one furlong distance may determine whether they shall be given further consideration for the Churchill Downs classic. Prospects for good conditions for the Blue Grass running were not bright today with the track expected to be good at best, but more likely heavy or slow because of the promise of further rain. The temperature today, however, showed a welcome rise. Keeneland officials are hoping for good weather tomorrow, because an excellent crowd would result in 4 brilliant finish to a successful meeting. Entered for the Blue Grass Stakes are Edward R. Bradleys Brooklyn and Billionaire, Calumet Farms Gosum and Galsun, Maxwell Howards Fencing, and Hal Price Headleys Old Nassau, the last named colt being the only member of the group to have won at the meeting. Fencing was brought over from Churchill Downs today by Earl Sande especially for the engagement. GROSS VALUE OF ,800. With all starting, the ,000 added event will have a gross value of ,800, of which the winners net share will be ,475. Neither of the two supplementary nominees i3 among the overnight entries. Billionaire and Brooklyn finished second and third behind Grey Gold last week at a time when the track was slippery on top, while in their first outings of the season Gosum was narrowly beaten by The Queen, while Galsun performed in disappointing fashion. Old Nassaus victory was scored over a good track in which Grey Gold finished third. All of the events in which the Blue Grass candidates started were over the mile and one-sixteenth distance, a sixteenth shorter than the route of tomorrows race. Fencing has been training at Churchill Downs following his arrival from Hialeah where he proved a winner following hU purchase by the Dayton, Ohio, sportsman along with Sceneshifter, from Joseph E. Widener. The latter originally nominated the son of Chance Shot and Psyche for the Blue Grass. WOOLF ON BROOKLYN. George Woolf, who arrived here Tuea. day, has been given the mount on Brooklyn by trainer H. J. Thompson,. although Basil James guided the colt in his previous start. James will be entrusted with Billionaire. Irving Anderson again will have the mount on Galsun, indicating he 13 still considered as the stronger hope of the Calumet pair, while Hilton Dabson has been engaged to pilot Gosum. Jack Westrope is coming over from Louisville to ride Fencing Continued on twenty-sixth page. DERBY ELIGIBLES IN BLUE GRASS STAKES TODAY Continued from first page. and Robert Dotter again will have the mount on Old Nassau. Indications today were that the Blue Grass would be an open wagering contest, with the Bradley entry likely to rule a very slight favorite over Old Nassau, Fencing, and the Calumet pair. Seven other events will comprise Keene-Iands final proTam, several of them engaging horses of the better class. Preparations have been made to accommodate the largest crowd of the meeting and if the weather is kindly, a new high in club house reservations should be established. The field for the Blue Grass Stakes follows: 1 Brooklyn 123 G. Woolf 2 fBlllionaire 123 B. James 3 IGosum 121.... H. Dabson 4 Fencing .121 J. Westrope 5 J Galsun 121 1. Anderson G Old Nassau....... 121 .R. Dotter fE. R. Bradley entry. JCalumet Farm entry.
