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ILLINOIS DERBY ELIGIBLES Sixteen Nominated and More Ex pected in Late Mails Heaping Reward Almost Certain Starter in 12000 Feature at Aurora Next Sat ¬ urday Afternoon AURORA 111 May 15 Sixteen three yearolds have been nominated for the sixth renewal of the 12000 added Illinois Derby scheduled to be decided on May 22 the clos ¬ ing day of the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs nineteenday meeting according to the an ¬ nouncement of secretary R A Leigh LeighHowever However with the deadline for making en ¬ tries being midnight of May 15 it is probable that a few more will be received in the mails over the weekend as any entry bearing the postmark prior to midnight tonight will be accepted and added to the list now at hand handIJST IJST OF ELIGIBLES ELIGIBLESThe The complete list up to Saturday aft ¬ ernoon includes Reaping Reward Case Ace Murph Military Grey Count Dead Calm Winged Victory Sir Midas Skeeter Bernard F Sunset Trail U Heelfly Play Pal Dellor Burning Star and Quincy QuincyThe The foregoing shapes up as the most rep ¬ resentative field of threeyearolds that has yet engaged in a running of the Illinois Derby and is expected to prove quite attrac ¬ tive to racing fans of the Windy City area areaIt It is virtually certain that the Milky Way Farms Reaping Reward which finished third in the sixtythird running of the Ken ¬ tucky Derby a week ago and which ruled as one of the winter book choices for the his ¬ toric event will be among the contestants in the initial stakes fixture of the Illinois rac ¬ ing season seasonOf Of the sixteen nominated thus far for the classic of the Aurora racing season eight are owned by Illinois patrons of the thoroughbred sport and includes Reaping Reward Case Ace Murph Military Sir Midas Grey Count Winged Victory Burn ¬ ing Star and Quincy
