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i ,..,. , i Stars and Stripes Weights Announced Whirlaway Given 130 Pounds But Wont Compete in Stake Best Seller, Equipoise Mile i Victor, to Tote Starting Top Impost of 122 on Saturday ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 111., June 29. Racing secretary Robert S. Shelley today announced , his weights for the 0,000 J Stars and Stripes Handicap which, will top ! an all-star nine-race program dedicated to J Army and Navy Relief on Saturday. The mighty Whirlaway, who is rapidly threatening i the worlds money-winning record of ! Seabiscuit, heads the list of 29 nominees with an impost of 130 pounds and from j there the weights scale down to 100. Whirlaway, however, is not counted upon i as a starter in the Stars and Stripes, for his connections have indicated that the J son of Blenheim TJ. will remain in the East at least long enough to fill several : more engagements on the Atlantic seaboard, but the race will not want for color. : Included among those who will be in the ; starting line-up are many other stars of national repute, and the run of a mile and three-sixteenths is almost certain to attract as many as 12 competitors. Wtih Whirlaway absent, top weight among those expected to take part will be the Darby Dan Farms Best Seller, who distinguished himself here last Saturday by racing to a splendid "victory in the ,500 Equipoise Mile. This son of Blue Larkspur has been assigned 122 pounds, just four more than he carried over eight furlongs last week-end in 1:36. Quartet Allotted! 16 Rated just below this Ohio-owned four-year-old are B. B. Robinsons Woof Woof, . runner-up in the Equipoise Mile; Coward and Du Puys Marriage, Howard Wells Equi-fox and Louis B. Mayers Reading II. They were given 116 pounds apiece. Other higher weights include the 114 pounds allotted each to Divianas Sirocco and Joseph E. Wideners Moscow n.; the 112 pounds to Woolford Farms Technician, and the 110 each to Robinsons No Competition, Junius W. Bells Steel Heels and the R C Stables Royal Crusader. Other notable performers listed among the eligibles for the Independence Day program are William E. Boeings Welcome iFass, William B. Simpsons Genl Manager, Jake Lowensteins Heartman, and Hugh S. Nesbitts Staretor. The Stars and Stripes Handicap has been j one of the outstanding features of Arlington Park meetings annually since 1929, and it is certain to produce another brilliant renewal on Saturday. Among past winners are Steel Heels, who won it last year; Equipoise, Discovery, Blue Larkspur, Plucky Play anri Indian Runner. Just which of the 29 Stars and Stripes eligibles actually will go to the post may "hot be determined until late in the week because several of them also are eligible . for the Rolling Lawn Handicap on Wednesday, and the Northwestern Handicap the : following afternoon. The Rolling Lawn is a ,000 test of a mile and a furlong on the turf and the Northwestern is a seven-furlong sprint for an added prize of ,000. All Working to Make Day Big Success Among the prominent Stars and Stripes ; nominees in the Rolling Lawn are Equi-; fox, No Competition, Welcome Pass and . Heartman; and some of those in the North-; I western are Best Seller, Woof Woof, Tech-. nician and Genl Manager. While owners and trainers are considering plans for their stakes eligibles this week, the Arlington Park Jockey Club is directing all its energies toward making Saturdays program a great success. The entire profits from the biggest day of Arlingtons season will be turned over to relief agencies of the Army and Navy, and it is certain to be a considerable sum. Army and Navy authorities in this district have given their approval of the program and as evidence of their support will conduct several "military exercises to augment the all-star racing festivities. The weights for the Stars and Stripes Handicap follow: Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Whirlaway 130 BossHoss 106 Bestseller 122 Hypocrite 106 Marriage 116 Staretor 105 Reading II. 116 Devalue 104 Woof Woof 116 Daily Trouble 104 Equifox 116 Take Wing 103 Sirocco 114 Weigh Anclior 103 Moscow II. 114 Idle Sun 102 Technician 112 Step By 101 No Competition 110 Pumpgun 100 Steel Heels 110 Haichow 100 Royal Crusader 110 Equitable 100 WelcomeJPass 108 Valdina Dude 100 Genl Manager 108 Bon Jour 100 Heartman 107 No penalties. TOM THORP Steward at all New 1 England tracks, was taken suddenly ill Saturday night. He was rushed to a Cambridge hospital and is now reported to be resting easily.
