Splendid Field Assured For Matron Handicap: Expect At Least Ten To Compete Saturday; Valdina Myth, Miss Discovery and Pink Gal Seen in Trials--Misty Isle Arlington Arrival, Daily Racing Form, 1941-06-26

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SPLENDID FIELD ASSURED FOR MATRON HANDICAP EXPECT AT LEAST TEN TO COMPETE SATURDAY SATURDAYValdina Valdina Myth Miss Discovery and Pink Gal Seen in Trials Misty Isle Arlington Arrival ArrivalARLINGTON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 June 25 The field for the 7500 added Matron Hand ¬ icap one mile event which will feature the Saturday program at Arlington Park begins to take shapo with no less than ten of the best fillies and mares expected to start in the eighth running of this feature featureAt At this time it appears that the field will consist of the Woolford Farms Unerring and Silvestra Arcturus Stables Pink Gal Hyman Friedbergs Montsin Joseph E Wideners Misty Isle W C Hobsons Shine ONight Calumet Farms Proud One Milky Way Farms Miss Discovery Valdina Farms Valdina Myth and Mrs John Marschs Blue Delight There is also a chance that Huntley Shers Dog House will be among those who will go to the post in this fixture fixtureThree Three of the candidates were seen in workouts on a fast track here this morn ¬ ing Pink Gal Valdina Myth and Miss Dis ¬ covery while four worked yesterday Uner ¬ ring Silvestra Shine ONight and Proud One OnePink Pink Gal who turned in a couple of smart efforts at Lincoln Fields went a andy mile in 141 negotiating the half in 47 the six furlongs in 113 and the seven eighths in 128 Through the final furlong the Slave Ship filly was allowed to ease herself up Valdina upValdina Myth worked from the barrier in company with Viscounty breezing seven eighths in 131 after reaching the half in 51 and the six furlongs in 118 The Ken ¬ tucky Oaks winner is in excellent shape for the kind of an effort she will have to turn in on Saturday SaturdaySPEEDY SPEEDY DAUGHTER OF DISCOVERY DISCOVERYTrainer Trainer Roy Waldron of the Milky Way Farm stable asked Miss Discovery for some ¬ thing more exacting and the brown daugh ¬ ter of Discovery responded with a handy seveneighths move of 128 She went the first six furlongs in 114 in this very good effort effortOf Of those who worked Tuesday morning Silvestra turned in the fastest prep while completing a mile in 139 tinder a drive The gray daughter of Insco worked in com ¬ pany with Unerring who negotiated the same distance in 141 but in handy order Calumet Farms Proud One who won the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park before being shipped west for the Matron also worked a mile The Blenheim II filly went a handy mile in 140 Shine ONight who won the 1940 renewal of the Matron and will be try ¬ ing to annex her tecond straight victory in this race turned in a handy effort at the same distance in 141 141Misty Misty Isle who was shipped from Dela ¬ ware Park arrived today in a car with other horses from the Santon Del course The remainder of the Widener stable under D E Stewart tomorrowOf is expected tomorrow Of those who have been racing in the Chicago area Unerring Shine ONight and Blue Delight have been pointing for this particular race for over a month Unerring will be making her third attempt to win the mile test for fillies and mares


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