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SMALL BUT SELECT FIELD FOR RICH CLASSIC Outstanding Three Year Olds of Year to Battle for 50000 Prize Speed Marvel Johnstown to Be Opposed by PreaknesSj PreaknesSjConqueror Conqueror Challedon Technician Heather Broom Sun Lover and Unerring V ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 July 19 Six of the best threeyearolds in the land including four of the first five to finish in the Kentucky Derby loom as the probable starting field of the rich Classic Stakes premier midsummer race in America for horses of that age at Arlington Park Saturday Valdina Farms Yiscounty fourth in the Derby at Churchill Downs was due to arrive from Hollywood Park today but trainer J J Flanigan said the colt would not be a starter in the Classic Johnstown reigning king of the American threeyearolds remains a prohibitive favorite to earn for William Woodward his fourth Classic victory with1 the mile and a quarter race lust three davs awav However the decision whether he will run if the track is muddy footing the colt dislikes will not be made until Mr Woodward arrives from New York later in the theweek week It is extremely doubtful if he starts unless the track is fast fastMeanwhile Meanwhile W L Branns Challedon the big Maryland colt which left Johnstown far behind in winning the Pimlico Preakness in the mud is on the grounds and if a muddy track prevails this weekend many believe he will be installed favorite favoriteBEST BEST ON MUDDY TRACK Challedon can run on a fast or muddy track but hes at his best when the footing is soft declared trainer Louis Schaefer Just give us mud Saturday and I feel con ¬ fident that the colt will run back to his Preakness race Hell be a tough horse to beat on a fast track too tooEarly Early reservations received at Arlington Park indicate that a crowd of upwards of 50000 may throng the huge Arlington courso to see the stars of the threeyearold division match their speed and stamina against the Belair flyer Not alone will Johnstown be the magnet Challedon will attract many friends Word has been received that large parties of Chal ¬ ledon supporters plan to come out from Bal ¬ timore and Washington D C for the race while train and plane reservations from New York and New England Hollywood and Mid ¬ west points are reported heavy heavyLOYAL LOYAL TO TECHNICIAN TECHNICIANFlorida Florida turf fans who saw Woolford Farms Technician win the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah Park last winter are still loyal to the son of Insco despite his defeat in tha Kentucky Derby Trainer Ben A Jones has freshened up the Woolford colt and reports that he is looking and acting better than he did before the Kentucky Derby in which ho finished fifth fifthUnerring Unerring one of the juvenile filly stars of 1938 has been displaying splendid form dur ¬ ing recent weeks and she may run coupled with Technician in the Classic said trainer Jones Jockey Johnny Longden current star of the Chicago campaign is to ride Unerring Continued on twentyeighth page SMALL BUT SELECT SELECTFIELD FIELD FOR RICH CLASSIC Continued from first page and she most likely will be the only filly in the race raceJohn John Hay Whitneys Heather Broom third in the Derby also has been freshened up and received a useful prep in his race at Empire City N Y before being shipped to Arlington Park Heather Broom was jogged around the main track this morning morningCHICAGOS CHICAGOS REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVEChicago Chicago will be represented in the race by Millsdale Stables Sun Lover winner of the Kent Handicap at Delaware Park Sun Lover a son of the champion Sun Beau was a late development and has been displaying sharp improvement in his Arlington trials several of which have bordered on the sen ¬ sational sationalGood Good horses always have won the Arling ¬ ton Classic Stakes and this eleventh running of the richly endowed race should be no ex ¬ ception The Classic was first run in 1929 and won by the champion Blue Larkspur The following year it went to another cham ¬ pion Gallant Fox Mate and Gusto both of which later raced in England won in 1931 and 1932 respectively and Inlander a mighty mudder took down the spoils in 1933 1933In In 1934 the champion Calvacade won the Classic and the next year Omaha took it and later invaded England to finish second in the Ascot Gold Cup the following season Granvilles year was 1936 and then came Jock Whitneys Flying Scot in 1937 and Wil ¬ lis Sharpe Kilmers Nedayr last summer summerKILMER KILMER FIRST RECIPIENT RECIPIENTOwner Owner Kilmer was the first recipient of the Classic Gold Cup costliest trophy in American racing Another of these 14carat gold replicas of Englands historic corona ¬ tion cups will be presented to the winning owner by General Geo C Marshall chief of staff of the United States army armyWith With six horses going to the post the purse in Saturdays Classic will be 50100 and will net the winner 37075 excepting in the event of Challedon and Sun Lover winning These two were supplementary en ¬ tries at 1500 and their net prize would be 36100 36100The The field as it shapes up now follows followsHorse Horse Wt Rider RiderJohnstown Johnstown w126 J Stout StoutChalledon Challedon z 126 H Richards Technician xa 126 W Yarberry tUnerring 116 J Longden LongdenHeather Heather Broom 121 B James JamesSun Sun Lover 121 J E Oros OrosfCoupled fCoupled as Woolford Farm entry
