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Here and There on the Turf Feature TwoYearOlds Satur ¬ day dayDinner Dinner Date Tops Selima Field Keeneland Race Attracts Stars Laurel and Empire Have Twin Features Twoyearolds will be very much in the limelight Saturday when Laurel Keeneland and Empire City all will provide stakes for members of this division Richest of the attractions naturally will be the Selima Stake which ranks in the same category as the Matron at Belmont Park Spinaway at Saratoga and Lassie at Arlington Park as an outstanding event for juvenile fillies Al ¬ ways noted for the smart fields it has at ¬ tracted the Selima promises to draw an ¬ other fine group of fillies headed by Dinner Date victory for which should safely estab ¬ lish her as the leading member of the di ¬ vision as she already has annexed the Spin away and Matron and was runnerup to Inscoelda in the Lassie The Milky Way Farm miss has trained steadily for the Selima and promises to be a staunch favor ¬ ite even though she will be making con ¬ cessions in weight weightSecond Second in value is the Breeders Futurity which is being returned to the racing calen ¬ dar by the Keeneland Association after hav ¬ ing been put aside since the close of the old Kentucky Association track some years ago The new Blue Grass course had attempted to put over a weightforage race for older horses as the feature of its autumn meet ¬ ings but with only two and three horses responding it was decided to substitute the event with a race for juveniles hence the Continued on tMrtyfifth pagej HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page revival of the Breeders Futurity Excellent ExcellentI I support has been given the race by breeders and at the last payment 185 youngsters were werei i kept eligible From this list promises to come a smart field including Johnstown Third Degree Allegro Olney and as many more with the winner collecting more than 10000 although the added money is 5000 5000Empire Empire Citys contribution to the twoyear old division is the Ardsley Handicap 5000 added affair of a mile and seventy yards The field for the Ardsley may not be a very large one but it promises to attract several capable colts and fillies including the un ¬ beaten Smart Crack and Ciencia winner Monday and a close second to Dinner Date Jin DateJin the Matron Both of these arc Texas ¬ owned the Kiev miss belonging to T P Mor Ranch Mrs F A Oarks Lovely NighT which finished second to Johnstown in the Remsen last Saturday is a strong Ardsley possibility while Ben Jones may saddle Technician for the Woolford Farm Stable Xalapa Clown Mrs Bessie Franzheims promising and undefeated Eternal colt may go after the Yonkers if he isnt sent after the Breeders Futurity FuturityBoth Both Laurel and Empire City will offer features for older horses as well Saturday while Narragansett Parks headliner is the cap with 7500 added is the companion piece for the Sclima and offered over the mile and onequarter distance for threeyearolds should result in a stirring contest Among the more prominent of its cligiblcs and pos ¬ sible starters are Handcuff Bull Lea Thanksgiving Lucky Omen Roseretter Ja cola Redbreast Kayak H Nedayr Jolly Tar and Cravat and at the weights arranged by John P Turner the Maryland appears a wide open event War Admiral was its win ¬ ner a year ago and other good threeyear olds have been successful in its previous runnings Usually the race provides an ex ¬ cellent line on the Washington Handicap final feature of the Laurel meeting Empire meetingEmpire City in addition to the Ardsley has the Yorktown Handicap on tap for Sat urday and from its sixteen eligibles should come an excellent field although Scabiscuit the topweight with 133 pounds will be ab sent as he is awaiting the match with War Admiral Esposa is likely to try for the mile and a furlong affair in which she will be called upon to shoulder 124 pounds and her opposition probably will include Count Morse Idle Miss Mythical King and Fair Stein Great Union is eligible but Mrs E Graham Lewis colt may elect to start in the Maryland although he probably will find the Yorktown distance more suitable The Yonkers course was away to an excellent start in the final meeting of the season ort the Metropolitan circuit and should enjoy a banner day Saturday with pleasing weather prevailing
