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LASSIE STAKES ON SATURDAY EastWest to Meet on Even Footing in Richest Juvenile Fixture Indications Point to Crack Field of Out ¬ standing Fillies War Beauty in Sensational Workout ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 July 11 East and West will meet on even footing numerically in the eleventh running of the Lassie Stakes richest of Americas stakes for twoyearold fillies which will be run at Arlington Park next Saturday SaturdayThe The early lineup of probable starters for the Lassie points to a field of ten of the best of the age and sex including five fleet invaders from the East and as many repre ¬ senting the West WestWestern Western fillies have had the upper hand in the first ten Lassies run at the swank North Side course From this turf sector have come winners in Risque Hilena Mata Hari Forever Yours Apogee Theen and Inscoelda InscoeldaThe The East has contributed Top Flight un ¬ defeated juvenile champion of 1931 and greatest juvenile moneywinner in the world and Motto both from the famous Whitney stables stablesAmong Among the western Lassie winners to gairt national laurels were Apogee and Inscoelda both voted the champion twoyearold fillies of their seasons which were respectively 1936 and 1938 1938CLASS CLASS OF DIVISION DIVISIONEn En route or recent arrivals at Arlington prinI from the East are such speedy young prin I cesses of the turf as Alfred Gwynne Vander bilts Now What winner of the Demoiselle Stakes Greentree Stables Piquet Hal Price Headleys Cutter Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit ¬ neys Burning Bright and Mrs E K Bry sons Winter Sea I SeaI Opposing this eastern contingent will be John Oliver Keenes War Beauty arid Jeanne dArc which have performed and trained so brilliantly that they have been installed early favorites in the Lassie the Valdina Farms Valdina Minx and Valdina Gold from Texas and Milky Way Farms Storcky The Keene fillies are stout first choices to win the big Lassie prize which if ten start will gross 29900 and will net the winner 18820 There are also handsome awards for second and third and fourth horses as well as prizes to the breeders of the first three to finish finishWar War Beauty startled the railbirds this morning when she worked a sensational six furlongs the full Lassie distance in 111 handily over the main Arlington track Steadied along all the way the oddcolored daughter of Man o War clipped past the fractional stations in 22 45 111 111SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL DEBUT DEBUTMonday Monday Jeanne dArc also a daughter of Man o War from the successful mare Jeanne Bowdre won her racing debut im ¬ pressively at Arlington Park after flashing a series of speed trials during the past sev ¬ eral weeks weeksUndoubtedly Undoubtedly this will be one of the classi ¬ est fields that has ever run in the Lassie Stakes stated Maj L A Beard Arlington director of racing here today It is ah open race with the best of the age and sex coming out to make the strongest eastern bid in yearsI years Americas leading riders will be seen in action in this eleventh Lassie Stakes Satur ¬ day It is likely that jockey Eddie Arcaro will come out from New York to handle Greentrees Piquet while jockey Sonny Workman is likely to ride Vanderbilts Now What WhatJohnny Johnny Longden 1938 American champion is scheduled to ride one of the Keene fillies J E Oros sensational Illinois rider who is battling with Don Meade for the current leadership of the countrys jockeys may be up on a Valdina filly Alfred Robertson will ride Milky Ways Storcky and Porter Roberts is expected to come from Detroit to handle one of the Kejne entry
