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WHIRLAWAY ADDED TO HALL OF FAME AT ARLINGTON PARK PARKPhotomural Photomural of Triple Crown Winner Placed on Display DisplayThe The first added starter has been made to Arlington Park j ail of Fame Of course it is Whirlaway Warren Wrights great threeyearold which only recently completed his triple triumph in the Kentucky Derby the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes StakesWhirlaways Whirlaways picture off a photomural six feet by eight already has been completed by Artist Charles Overall and it will be displayed alongside the other eighteen Arlington greats when Arlington Park opens for its big summer meeting Monday June 23 23When When Arlington Park announced the es ¬ tablishment of the Hall of Fame early this spring eighteen horses who have made his ¬ tory in racing at the North Side plant were named as the original roll of honor These were the twelve winners of the previous run ¬ nings of the Classic the big threeyearold race at Arlington and six other outstanding thoroughbreds It was announced that fea ¬ ture winners of the Classic and other out ¬ standing horses Avald be added to th list listWhile While Whirlaway is scheduled to be at Arlington Park for the Classic and looms as a heavy favorite to win that event the directors at Arlington Park have decided that regardless of his future accomplish ¬ ments he already has earned his place among the immortals of Arlington Paik where he raced as a twoyearold This ranks Whirlaway with Seabiscuit Sun Beau Equi ¬ poise Discovery Twenty Grand and Mis ¬ step the other horses in the Hall of Fame that were not Classic winners winnersWhirlaway Whirlaway now rinks with the great horses of Arlington Park John D Allen president of the Arlington Park Jockey Club said today in commenting on the selection He needs no further victories to merit the honor which we are glad to bestow on a horse bred and owned by a Chicago sports ¬ man I am sure that his picture will be one of the most popular with the visitors to Arl ¬ ington Park this summer
