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; j 1 1 ; L i WHOPPER TOP WEIGHT Headley Star Assigned 130 Pounds for Arlington Inaugural Handicap. Count Morse and Finance With 126 and 124 Pounds Respectively Next in List of Eligibles to Fixture. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 111., June 24. Hal Price Headleys Whopper, a recent stake winner at Detroit, has been assigned top weight of 130 pounds by handicapper Charles J. McLennan for the ,000 added Inaugural Handicap, the seven furlongs feature of the opening day program at Arlington Park next Monday. McLennan announced his weights today for the feature, -which has attracted fifty-three nominations. The Inaugural will launch the thirty-day meeting at Arlington Park and the first of a series of eight stakes which will feature the July session. These stakes will carry a total of 02,000 in added money, forming a major item in the 76,600 to be distributed among horsemen. This year the value of the Inaugural has been increased from ,500 to ,000 and it is expected that a field of about fif-, teen will start, according to McLennan. Next to Whopper in McLennans regard is Warren Wrights Count Morse, which he assigned 126 pounds. Mrs. Emil Denemarks star, Finance, is third on the list under 124 and the Everglades Stables Deliberator, which is expected from New York, is next under 120. FORMIDABLE ARRAY. Following among the higher weights are Warren Wrights Crossbow II., Hal Price Headleys Fraidy Cat and the Araho Stables Mucho Gusto, all at 118; Hal Price Headleys Preeminent, 117, and the Milky Way Farms Case Ace, hero of the Illinois Derby, at 116. Continued on thirty-ninth page. WHOPPERTOP WEIGHT Continued from first jtogtj Previous winners of the Inaugural Handicap were: 1930 and 1931, Silverdale; 1932, Gold Step; 1933 and 1934, Indian Runner? 1935, Some Pomp, and 1936, Where Away. In 1934 and 1935 the Inaugural was at six furlongs and in all other years at seven furlongs. i The time record for the seven furlongs of this stake was Indian Runners 1:23 4and in 1933. Following are the weights allotted by McLennan; Horse. Wt Horse. Wt Whopper 130 Isaiah 106 Count Morse.... 126 Quincy .106 Finance 124 Murph 106 Deliberator .....120 Billbo .....1105 Crossbow II 118 Shot Up 105 Fraidy Cat 118 Danise M.. .104 Mucho Gusto.... 118 Prairie Dog 104 Preeminent ......117 .Southland Beau. 104 Case Ace........ 116 -Miss Saxon...... 104 Infantry ........115 Pompa 104 Sir Emerson..... 115 Main Man .103 New Deal. 114 Moon Harvest. . .103 Sweep Like 110 Prince Torch.... 103 Talked About. . . .110 Petrose .103 Uppermost 109 Roguish Girl.... 103 Dellor 109 Threadneedle . . .103 Burning Star.... 109 Yellow Tulip.... 103 Nations Taste. . .109 Biff ; . . .103 Corinto ;109 Ladys Beau .... .103 Orientalist ......109 Black River..... 102 Dogaway . . . . . . .108 Josh 102 Four Eleven..... 108 Couleedam 102 Sir Quest........ 108 Gold Flag 101 Higher Cloud ... .107 Lady Sybil 100 Visigoth 107 Boston Sound. . . .100 Rushaway .107 Kenyon C...;...100 Billy Bee. ..106
