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Consistent Consistent Miss Miss Militant Militant Wins Wins Again; Again; List List Classic. Classic, American American Derby Derby Eliqibles Eliqibles Alsab and Shut Out In Both Attractions Final Tabulation Reveals 56 in Arlington Feature, Two Less in Other Stake Headed by the incredible Alsab and the Kentucky Derby winner, Shut Out, the final eligibility lists for Chicagos two big midsummer stakes, the Arlington Classic and the American Derby, contain the names of practically all the high ranking contenders for three-year-old honors in American horse racing, it was revealed yesterday. It means that the Classic and American Derby, as usual, will attract the best three-year-olds in training; perhaps be the final and determining factors in deciding the championship of this division. There are 56 in the Classic, 54 in the American Derby. These stakes, each endowed with 0,000 by the Arlington Park and Washington Park Jockey Clubs, now stand at 5,500 for the Classic, 4,150 for the American Derby. Starters are to pay 50 each. Each of these outstanding fixtures in the American racing pattern will, in all probability, gross more than 0,000. Two Fillies on Lists Racing enthusiasts, even casual racegoers, already are familiar with many of the Classic and American Derby eligibles. Besides Alsab and Shut Out, they include Requested, Sun Again, Devil -Diver, Val-dina Orphan, With Regards and many other well known contenders. Only two fillies are on the lists, but both are heroines of the division, Chiquita Mia and Miss Dogwood. The latter, daughter of Bull Dog and the great mare Myrtlewood, is eligible for the American Derby only. She recently was an easy winner of the Kentucky Oaks. Chiquita Mia is in both the big Chicago stakes. Incidentally, the Classic list contains six names not in the American Derby, while the Derby has four that are not in the Classic. The remaining fifty are .in both stakes. No imported horse ever has won the Classic or American Derby. Cavalcade, in 1934, one of the three horses to win both events Mate and Gusto being the others, was imported in utero.. There are an even dozen imported colts in the Classic and American Derby this year. They include Christiana Stables 6,000 yearling purchase, Half Crown, a recent winner, and John Hay Whitneys This England. Both of these colts are by the noted English sire, Hyperion. Other imported colts include Louis B. Mayers quartet Kings Abbey, Jury Box, Domingo and Family Tree, the latter by the imported Australian stallion, Beau Pere. The remaining importations are Valdina Farms Hollywood and Rounders, Parkwood Sta-- Continued on Page Two i -i SMILES Is a scheduled starter in the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park today. Fifty-Six Nominations for Classic; American Derby Attracts Two Less Alsab and Shut Out Named For Both Stakes Each May Gross Over 0,000 Continued from Page One bles Fairaris and Mrs. Ethel duPont Weirs Troon. Also among the eligibles are Brook-meade Stables Reapers Blade, a son of Sickle Friendly Gal, top price of the1940 yearling sales at 8,000. Brookmeade won the Classic twice, with Inlander in 1933 and Cavalcade in 1934. Another is Maj. C. V. Whitneys Coat of Arms, a highly regarded but lightly campaigned son of Equipoise. Not only Alsab himself, but every colt he beat in the Preakness except Colchis is a Classic-American Derby eligible. Twelve of Shut Outs fourteen victims in the Kentucky Derby also are on the lists of the Chicago stakes, all of which lends further interest to these rich fixtures. - The presence of Calumet Farms Sun Again in the probable fields for the Classic and American Derby contributes another high note of interest. Not only is the Sun Teddy colt, who won the Arlington Futurity last year, regarded as one of the most dangerous contenders for three-year-old honors, but he will attempt to avenge the defeat of his great stablemate, Whirlaway, in the Classic, as well as try to uphold the stable honors in the American Derby, which Whirlaway won. Col. E. R. Bradley, who won the first Classic with Blue Larkspur and two runnings of the American Derby with Boot to Boot and Black Helen, has kept his colts Bless Me and Better Hurry eligible for both stakes. The Classic will have its fourteenth running on July 25, while August 29 is the date of the thirty-second running of the famed American Derby. Eligibles to Classic and American Derby: Horse. Horse. Air Current Jury Box Aletern Kings Abbey Alsab Mans Man Anticlimax Overland Trail Apache Patriot Better Hurry Rascal Bless Me Reapers Blade Bold Chance Requested Bolus Rounders Burgoo Dinner Sense Buster Shut Out Chiquita Mia Sir War Coat of Arms Star Beacon Devil Diver Sun Again Domingo Sweep Swinger Dogpatch Syls Jimmy Eastmoor Syrian Boy Equinox This England Eternal Peace Trelawny Fair Call Trierarch Fairaris Troon Fairy Manah Valdina Alpha Family Tree Valdina Orphan Half Crown Wishbone Hollywood With Regards Eligibles to Classic Only: Amphitheatre Enter Anibras Hard Cracker Caesar B. Liste Eligibles to American Derby Only: Ben Gray Sun Dial Miss Dogwood Tacoma Imported.
