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BUTLER 20000 PRIZE Only Six Entered to Compete in Rich Empire City Stake 3 YearOld Lovely Night Probable ProbablePostTime PostTime Choice Fractious FractiousHeelfly Heelfly Chief Threat NEW YORK N Y July 21 Judging from the class and number of overnight en ¬ tries for the fifth running of the 20000 added Butler Handicap fifth and chief of ¬ fering at Empire City 16590 is a mere bagatelle That is the amount of money that will accrue to the winner or this young but important fixture at the Empire City Rac ¬ ing Associations course in event each of the six entrants goes postward postwardOriginally Originally twentyeight threeyearolds and upward were nominated to the Butler Today only six of them are to do battle for the rich prize They are Maxwell How ¬ ards The Chief 119 Belair Studs Isolator 108 B F Whitakers Sickle T 104 Willis Sharpe Kilmers Nedayr 114 Mrs F Am ¬ brose Clarks Lovely Night 104 and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Heelfly 114 114The The one threeyearold in his sextet Lovely Night might enjoy the distinction of favoritism even though no horse of his age ever has finished closer than third in a But ¬ ler running In this renewal the lone three yearold boasts a record that entitles him to the honor of going postward the choice He is the only horse in the small field enjoying a place among the thirty leading money gleaners of 1939 At that he isnt so high on the list that he stands out prominently for his earnings run only a trifle higher than 23000 23000ENTITLED ENTITLED TO TOP PLACE PLACEHowever However in the matter of earnings none of his five rivals are within shouting dis ¬ tance of him Nor has any one of them succeeded to date this year in winning an important stake It is true that Heelfly scored at Pimlico last spring in the Gittings Handicap but that event has not yet achieved major importance The names of the other four are notable for their absence from the roll of winners of 1939 specials specialsLovely Lovely Night bay son of Pilate and Snooze which is trained by Henry Mc Daniel gained a host of friends last Satur ¬ day when under 116 pounds he scored a threelength triumph in the Empire City Handicap Behind him were Hash Heather Broom Porters Mite Invader Tiberius Ariel Toy Pontius and Volitant Ahead of that under 122 pounds he finished fourth to Challedon Hash and Silent Witness in the Yankee Handicap at Suffolk Downs DownsIn In each of these stakes he tackled horses of his own age He is by no means green I Continued on fourteenth page BUTLER 20000 PRIZE Continued from first page however at racing against older rivals On June 8 in the onemile Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct he carried 106 pounds and scored by three and onehalf lengths downing Heelfly Fighting Fox Our Ketcham Cant Wait and Pagliacci He is also the winner of the Constitution Handi ¬ cap capTHE THE CHIEF DANGEBOUS DANGEBOUSIt It is expected that The Chief fouryear old chestnut son of Pennant and Transit will be Lovely Nights most formidable rival This fellow was a long time coming around this year to winning form but in the recent Questionnaire Handicap an overnight fea ¬ ture he came through with a smart per ¬ formance whipping Bootless Wise Barris ¬ ter Short Distance Memory Book and Our Ketcham Ahead of that in the Brooklyn Handicap he ran third to Cravat and Our Ketcham and was beaten less than three lengths in time that equaled the Aqueduct track record for nine furlongs In that out ¬ ing he packed 112 pounds seven less than he has up today todayHeelfly Heelfly meantempered fiveyearold son of Royal Ford and Canfli is regarded by many observers as the horse most likely to upset the dope in the Butler In the Massa ¬ chusetts Handicap he showed flashes of his old good form and finished fifth to Fighting ox Pompoon Burning Star and Challedon jeaten six lengths and a neck for top money That race was run over a sloppy rack which made Heelflys performance all the more impressive Originally he de ¬ spises a course that is even slightly damp dampIN IN GBEAT SHAPE SHAPEBasil Basil James who rode Heelfly in the VTassachusetts Handicap reported the horse o be in great shape and promised that hell win the Butler James was slated to pilot the Vanderbilt representative today but was forced to relinquish the mount to Raymond Workman when he was sent to Chicago to ride Heather Broom in the Clas ¬ I sic Stakes StakesThe The other three Butler entrants are in top form but on dope it is impossible to make them win Isolator has been idle since May 10 when he finished next to last at Pimlico in the Dixie Handicap Sickle T which ran fifth to Stagehand Bull Lea Mythical King and Teddy Weed last winter at Hia leah Park in the McLennan Memorial and fourth in the Miami Beach Handicap on the turf has been showing top form in re ¬ cent efforts but appears to be a bit out ¬ classed by at least three of his rivals rivalsNedayr Nedayr which shipped to Empire City from Massachusetts for todays engagement seems to be at his best in muddy going However in the Massachusetts Handicap where he had his track he finished sixth
