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APPWNUJj WESTON WESTONWill Will Serve as Third Steward of the Washington Park Meeting MeetingPompoon Pompoon May Clash With War Ad ¬ miral in American Derby Mrs Denemark to Be Represented Walter L Gregory president of the Washington Park Jockey Club announced Wednesday that all preliminary details for the opening of Washington Park next Mon ¬ day have been completed He further made known that A G Weston has been named the third steward of the meeting to serve in the stand with C J McLennan and C J FitzGerald Mr Weston who serves as steward at Pimlico Havre de Grace and Bowie in Maryland is one of the leading officials in the business and his appointment came as the best of news to the horsemen who are flocking to the south side track trackArrivals Arrivals at the track Wednesday morning included Nash Bros Shandon Farm and the Detroitowned Le Mar Stock Farm stables They will be among the largest stables on the grounds for the thirty days of racing j Four hours later at noon the division of the E R Bradley stable trained by Bill Hurley arrived from Pimlico PimlicoPOMPOON POMPOON COMING COMINGPompoon Pompoon still chasing War Admiral for the championship of the threeyearolds and more hopeful now than ever of catching the Riddle star will have another chance in the twentyeighth running of the historic Ameri ¬ can Derby at Washington Park on June 19 Racing secretary Charles J McLennan re ¬ vealed this Tuesday following his return from Maryland and New York YorkOnly Only Pompoon owned by J H Louchheim of Philadelphia was able to press the Glen Riddle colt in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and their duels should continue as long as both are sound and fit this sum ¬ mer The American Derby coming as it does two weeks after the Belmont Stakes should prove the fourth meeting of the year for the pair and will bring additional fac ¬ tors to the mile and a quarter event as late developments in the ranks of western colts may produce a fitting rival for the War Ad miralPompoon team teamSTAKE STAKE ENTREES CLOSED CLOSEDEntries Entries for the Derby as well as for all other of the seven Washington Park stake events are now closed but racing secretary McLennan is still busy compiling the lists of nominees and more are arriving in each mail mailNearly Nearly forty including every leading threeyearold in the land have already been named for the Derby In addition to the name of Pompoon the entries of Scene shifter and Fencing owned by Col Maxwell Howard of Dayton Ohio and trained by Earl Sande have been received as well as the entries of Miss Mary Hirschs No Sir J W Parrishs Dellor the Manhasset Sta ¬ bles White Tie and a trio from the exten ¬ sive stable of Mrs Emil Denemark Oriental ¬ ist Prairie Dog and Muscatine It is Ori ¬ entalists first engagement of the year and the big colt which wintered well and was brought along slowly is considered a real dark horse for the rich prize
