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JOHNSTOWN IN BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF SPEED Works Quarter in 21 45 Three Fur ¬ longs in 33 45 Half in 45 15 Trainer Fitzsimmons Says Woodward Champion Never Better Sun Lover Goes Mile in 140 Heather HeatherBroom Broom Also Works Well Other Trials ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 July 20 William Woodwards champion Johnstown gave MidWest fans a flash of his vaunted speed and served notice on his five rivals in the rich Classic Stakes that they will have to be at their very best to hold him Saturday if the track is fast Meanwhile local weather bureaus checked by Arlington officials today reported no rain in sight for Saturday This was good news for supporters of the nonmud runner Johnstown and for the thousands of turf fans planning to see him race in the famous Arlington race With Jimmy Stout his regular rider in the saddle and trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons stand ¬ ing on the track with stopwatch in hand Johnstown dazzled the eyes of fa large crowd of morning track work watchers when he blazed through a half mile speed trial on a dead track in 45i Officially described as asgood good by the dockers the slightly dead racing strip further emphasized the Belair bullets speed trial He drove over the first quarter in 21 and three furlongs in 33is rounding out the half mile under urging but full of life and run in 451 451RIGHT RIGHT ON EDGE EDGEThatll Thatll put him right on edge said Fitz ¬ simmons after the speed sharpener He wont need any further work The colt cooled out perfectly Hes ready for the race of his life lifeFitzsimmons Fitzsimmons frankly admitted that he ex ¬ pects Saturdays mile and a quarter Classic to be as stern a test as Johnstown has re ¬ ceived this year in his march through the Kentucky Derby Paumonok Handicap Wood Memorial Belmont Withers and Dwy er stakes stakesHe He pointed to the steady improvement and fine condition of W L Branns Challcdon which beat Johnstown in the mud of the Pimlico Preakness and is a dangerous fast track performer in his own right Tech ¬ nician has been freshened up and Sun Lover may have improved since his impressive vic ¬ tory HandicapBut in Delawares Kent Handicap But Johnstown will be at his best Satur ¬ day and hell have absolutely no excuse 1C the track is fast said Fitzsimmons FitzsimmonsALL ALL CANDIDATES ON TRACK TRACKAll All six Classic probables were on the main track at Arlington Park this morning After breezing Challedon a mile on a slow track in 142 here yesterday trainer Louid Schaefer only asked the big Marylander to gallop about a mile and a half very slowly this morningEarl morning Earl Sande the famous exjockey who la training Heather Broom flew in with jockey Basil James from New York and was out to watch the J H Whitney colt travel a mile from the barrier in 140 this morning With James up Heather Broom hit the in ¬ termediate stations in 24 48 and l13s going handily all the way Trainer wayTrainer Burley Parke sent the Millsdale Stables Sun Lover with jockey J E Oroa Continued on thirtysixth page JOHNSTOWN IN BRILLIANT BRILLIANTDISPLAY DISPLAY OF SPEED SPEEDContinued Continued from first page up a mile in 47 113 140 handily The son of the champion Sun Beau worked with Isaroma IsaromaWoplford Woplford Farms Unerring the only filly pointing for the race galloped a sharp six furlongs in 115 breezing while her stable mate Technician was breezed a like distance in separatelyAs 118 They worked separately As Classic day approaches it becomes more and more apparent that the field will be a compact set of six which promises a truly run race If six start the gross prize will be 50100 and the famous Classic gold cup the costliest trophy in American racing
