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BREEDERS FUTURITY KEENELANDS FINAL STAKE Johnstown Lightspur Third Degree Among Eight Overnight Entries Best Field Ever Attracted to Lexington for Juvenile Feature Johnstown and Third Degree Con ¬ sidered Outstanding Contenders LEXINGTON Ky Oct 21 The Breeders Futurity run consecu ¬ tively for twentyone years at the old Kentucky Association course then at Latonia for the ensuing three renewals and abandoned during the past four years will be revived at Keeneland tomorrow afternoon with a field comparable to the best ever attracted by this important test for twoyear olds Eight smart youngsters have been named overnight to compete over six furlongs and possessing national prominence as they do they are expected to provide a contest that will bring a thrilling close to the finest autumn meeting yet staged at this enterprising track With sunshine in evidence again after an absence of two days the course dried out steadily and there was every indica ¬ tion that it would be at its best for the running of the 5000 added With a field of eight the Futurity will gross 16135 of which the winners net share will be 9685 but Hants is regarded as a doubtful starter and his withdrawal will cause a revision of the figures as the purse is to be divided seventy per cent to the winner twenty per cent to the second horsa and ten per cent to the third horse the fourth to have his stake while the nom ¬ inator of the winner will receive 500 of tha second 300 and the third 200 200IRVANA IRVANA LONE FILLY FILLYThe The post of favoritism is expected to be assumed by either Johnstown or Third De ¬ gree William Woodwards Belair Stud colorbearer is fresh from his impressive victories in the Remsen Handicap and Richard Johnson Stakes and will be the top weight under 119 two pounds more than will be shouldered by the six other colts entered in theVace and five above the allot ¬ ment of Irvana the lone filly candidate candidateThird Third Degree which will represent Mrs Payne Whitneys Greentree Farm will be accorded a strong local following because of his recent clever victory here and the fact that he will be handled by Eddie Arcaro leading rider of the meeting Third Degree also holds a decision over Johnstown having finished third in the Belmont Futurity as the latter colt landed in fourth place placeOthers Others which will not be neglected in the wagering are Dixianas Allegro and Walmac Farms Olney which finished inches apart as the former established a new Keeneland record of 110 a week ago Olney was a winner at Belmont Park but went unplaced in that Futurity John Marschs Lightspur and Mrs Marschs Irvana both of which I were Impressive winners here will comprise the lone coupling in the race with the other overnight candidates being Detector owned by the Riedinger Brothers and Hal Price Headleys Hants The lastnamed only may start if one of the others is scratched scratchedJimmy Jimmy Stout regular rider of Johnstown is coming here from New York to pilot that colt and Lester Balaski already has arrived to ride Olney No riders were named for Detector and Hants while Kenneth Mc Combs again will be up on Lightspur Nun zio Pariso on Irvana and Joe Rosen on Allegro
