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FIVE STAKE WINNERS TO BE IN MATRON FIELD VALDINA MYTH TOPPED HER DIVISION IN 1940 1940Shine Shine ONight Blue Delight Misty Isle and Proud One Are Also in Select Group GroupARLINGTON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 June 26 No less than five of the ten horses expected to start in the eighth running of the 7500 added Matron Handicap on Saturday at Ar ¬ lington Park have won important stakes events within the past year yearThe The Valdina Farms Valdina Myth leading money winner of her sex during 1940 when she earned 41625 has won more added money races than any other member of the probable starting field The bay daughter of Sortie Sweep Myth accounted for the Haw ¬ thorne Juvenile Handicap the Selima Stakes and the Santa Catalina Stakes as a twoyear old This spring she won the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs as well as the Ashland Stakes at Keeneland before invading Chi ¬ cago cagoJoseph Joseph E Wideners Misty Isle who was shipped from Delaware Park for Saturdays test of a mile for fillies and mares also had an impressive record in stakes during the 1940 campaign The chestnut daughter of Sickle Seven Pines accounted for the LaFayette Stakes the Hyde Park Stakes and the Belmont Matron Stakes While she has not won an important stakes event thus far this year she has an excellent chance of winning the Saturday feature featureW W C Hobsons Shine ONight and Mrs John Marschs Blue Delight did their stakes winning during 1940 while the Calumet Farms Proud One entered the select com ¬ pany of stake winners this sprirg when she won the Acorn at Belmont Park ParkDOUBLE DOUBLE STAKES WINNER WINNERShine Shine ONight distinguished herself when she accounted for the Matron Handicap at Arlington Park last summer and was then shipped East to pick up the New England Oaks at Narragansett Park Blue Delight won the 1940 rcnning of the Joliet Stakes at Lincoln Fields and followed that victory up by accounting for the Lassie Stakes at Arlington Park The remainder of the starting field for the Matron is expected to include the Wool ford Farms Unerring and Silvestra Arc turus Stables Pink Gal Huntley Shers Dog House Hyman Friedbergs Montsin and Milky Way Farms Miss Discovery DiscoveryThe The response from the horsemen to the Matron Handicap has been most satisfac ¬ tory to racing secretary Robert S Shelley Whereas most stakes shape up in advance as slated to have a big list of starters sev ¬ eral days ago it appeared that this years running of the Matron would have a small but select field Interest in the race has picked up however as Saturdays feature has improved in attractiveness and now it appears that ten or maybe more horses will face starter Roy Boots Dickerson DickersonProbably Probably the reason for the stimulated in ¬ terest is that many of the fillies and mares expected to be entered have just reached their best form within the past few weeks There is also an excellent chance that the winner of the Matron can go on and be ¬ come the leading representative of her sex for the year as did Marica after she won I the 1938 running of this event
