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KENTUCKY OAKS FIELD Eleven Three-Year-Old Fillies Named for Old Fixture. Dinner Date Will Try to Complete a Double for Milky Way Farm — Flying Lill the Favorite. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 12.— Eleven three-"year-old fillies, representing nine different interests and including two maidens, were named for the. sixty-fifth running of the ",000 added Kentucky Oaks, whose presentation will feature the program at Churchill Downs tomorrow. - In addition to the leading fillies quartered here, the mile and a furlong contest, which had its inception along with the Kentucky -Derby and the Clark Handicap in 1875, attracted .the invaders Worpoise, Morstep and Blazearound. The latter pair represents the Chicago Shandon Farm stable of P. A. and R. J. Nash. Morstep qualified for her local engagement by finishing third to Alms and Otra in the Pimlico Oaks last Saturday. No rider was named overnight for Blazearound, but Morstep will have the services of the clever apprentice, Warren Yarberry. Excepting the maidens, Rude Awakening and Alldena, the hopes of C. E. Hagyard and Dan Lehan, which get in under 109 pounds each, all will carry 116 pounds. FIVE VICTORIES TO CREDIT. With five victories to her credit this year, _two of them scored over the local course, Flying Lill is almost sure to be a heavily supported favorite. With few exceptions, she .has defeated those she will be matched against tomorrow. Off her Indian Hills vic- Continued on twenty-ninth page. KENTUCKY_OAKS FIELD Continued from first page. tory over a mile, she appeared to be well equipped to handle the additional furlong. Carroll Bierman will be astride the daughter of Flying Heels, which races for Mrs. Charles H. Cleary, Chicago patron. This stake will bring Dinner Date into competition for the first time this year. In the event the Spinaway and Matron Stakes winner is successful, she will complete a double for Milky Way Farm, for Mars Shield scored under the silks of Mrs. Ethel V. Mars in 1937. The Louisville-owned stable of Hyman Friedberg and Ed Axton have a formidable representation in Montsin and Bala Ormont. These two home-bred daughters of Ormont have performed in brilliant style here and at Keeneland and in their last essays, led home a band of three-year-olds that included Torch Stick and Alldena, two of their opponents in tomorrows engagement. Spin On; a daughter of Insco, and Wool-ford Farms representative, won at her last asking and although no rider was named for her overnight, it is possible she will be entrusted to Charles Charlton. CONNECTIONS LIKE WORPOISE. Although she did not leave the maiden ranks until this yeai% Worpoise, a daughter of Equipoise and Worshipper, has been victorious in two of her starts this year and her connections thought enough of her chances to send her here from Columbus. Torch Stick woivfour races before meeting defeat last year andhas won one of her several starts this season. Prior to finishing third to Bala Ormont and Montsin at Churchill Downs, the daughter of Torchilla finished third to Ariel Toy and Radio Gold in the renewal of the Arkansas Derby. She has demonstrated that she prefers an adverse track and in the event todays cloudy skies bring rain it may greatly improve her chances. Earlier considered doubtful starters, due to their poor showings in competition, Rude Awakening and Alldena now are almost sure to go postward, for riders have been selected for both of them. Charles Kurt-singer, who has yet to ride an Oaks winner, will handle Alldena and Rude Awakening Will be entrusted to Ira Hanford. SUPPORTING ATTRACTION. Supporting the Oaks will be the Watterson Hotel Handicap. It will be run over one and one-sixteenth miles, and a field of seven was named overnight. In addition to six other races, a substitute is carded to take the place of an original event that might be declared off. Torch Stick had her final Oaks preparation over the Douglas Park track this morning, breezing six furlongs in 1:17%. Rude Awakening ran three-eighths at Churchill Downs in :35% and Blazearound .was timed the same distance in AO. r - 1 • f j i 3 i 1 3 x 5 £ t j I t r
