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JOINT FEATURES ON WASHINGTON PARK PROGRAM WELLMATCHED FIELDS Prairie State Stakes and Chicago Handicap Share Honors Management Expects Record Crowd CrowdFor For First Saturday of Meeting Valdina Farms Name Four HOMEWOOD 111 May 28 Twoyearolds and older performers will share the spot ¬ light at Washington Park tomorrow the first Saturday of the thirtyday meeting when the Washington Park Jockey Club stages the Prairie State Stakes and the Chicago Handicap as the joint features of its eightrace program The Prairie State is for the youngsters and will be decided over five and a half furlongs while the Chicago Handicap is for threeyearolds and upward and will be contested over three quarters of a mile mileAs As these two features bring together well matched fields and top an allaround at ¬ tractive program the management is an ¬ ticipating one of the largest crowds of the Chicago season to be in attendance The local course has been beset by disappointing weather all week but the turn for the bet ¬ ter today seemed to presage more comfort ¬ able climatic conditions which is all the Washington Park Jockey Club feels it needs to entertain a banner gathering tomorrow tomorrowThe The Prairie State which carries a 2000 added purse drew a field of ten twoyear olds while the Chicago Handicap worth 3000 in added money attracted twelve The former will be presented as the fifth race and the latter as the sixth event eventSTRONG STRONG HAND HANDThat That the Valdina Farms will make a de ¬ termined bid for honors in the juvenile stake is seen in the fact that trainer J J Flanigan has entered four from that stable Roy T Lassator Teddys Comet and Diavolo Boy The Milky Way Farm which has un ¬ covered some of the most likely looking twoyearolds of the spring will place its sole reliance in Tiger winner of his only start at Churchill Downs while the stable of Mrs Emil Denemark whose Orientalist won the Prairie State Stakes last year will be represented by Radio Charm winner here several days ago Among agoAmong others entered for the twoyear old race are the Blue Ridge Farms Lillian Roth C Trentanellis Jane Vito and Aces Wild and A G Tarns Pelter PelterPREEMINENT PREEMINENT TOP WEIGHT WEIGHTHeading Heading the list named overnight for the Chicago Handicap is H P Headleys Pre ¬ eminent top weight under 120 pounds which was shipped here from New York expressly for this engagement Opposing the winner of the Phoenix Handicap at Keeneland will be such shifty sprinters as Mrs Denemarks Continued on thirtyeighth page JOINT FEATURES ON j WASHINGTON PARK PROGRAM Continued from first page Corinto and Higher Cloud Clyde Troutts Hastinola winner of the South Shore Handi ¬ cap here several days ago the Arcturus Stables Isaiah and Danise M C E Davisons Boston Sound Valdina Farms Sir Emerson Milky Way Farms Dogaway Shandon Farms Gold Flag Mrs F A Carreauds War Glory and Mrs Rose Sullivans Black River RiverSmall Small fields meet in a majority of the other races but they promise to be in ¬ teresting events and do their share to hold the interest of spectators spectatorsThe The fields for the two features follow PRAIRIE STATE STAKES PP Horse Jockey 1 tRoy T 119 S Roberts 2 Tiger 117 A Robertson 3 tJane Vito 116 J Renick 4 Lillian Roth 114 T P Martin 5 fLassator 119 L Haas 6 Radio Charm 119 C Kurtsinger 7 JAces Wild 114 8 Pelter 116 C Parke 9 fDiavolo Boy 117 C Corbett 10 tTeddys Comet 117 1 Anderson AndersonfCoupled fCoupled as Valdina Farms entry Coupled as C Trentanelli entry entryCHICAGO CHICAGO HANDICAP HANDICAPPP PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Black River 104 J Renick 2 fHigher Cloud 114 C Kurtsinger 3 Jlsaiah 109 4 Gold Flag 98 E E Phillips 5 Preeminent 120 C Corbett 6 JDanise M 104 7 Boston Sound 100 L Sisler 8 Hastinola 104 P Ryan 9 Sir Emerson 112 S Roberts 10 tCorinto 112 11 Dpgaway 107 A Robertson 12 War Glory 108 1 Anderson AndersonI I fCoupied as Mrs E Denemark entry 1 JGoupled as Arcturus Stable entry
