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Closing of Lassie Supplementaries SupplementariesMidnight Midnight Tonight Is Final Chance to Make Entries 92 Eligibles at Present PresentFurther Further evidence that the countrys more important racing stables are turning their eyes toward the Arlington ParkWashing ¬ ton Park 67day season at the latter track was seen yesterday when it was announced that owners of 92 fillies had made final eligibility payments for the Arlington Las ¬ sie Stakes Stables not represented in this list still have an opportunity to make a nomination A supplementary nomination fee of 2000 may be paid by midnight tonight Thursday June 3 In 1942 three such entries were made madeThe The Lassie restricted to twoyearold fillies and carrying an added money purse of 10000 will be run on Saturday July 3 It is the first major stake of the trans ¬ ferred Arlington meeting and this years running will be its 15th The Lassie is one of the most coveted fixtures for juvenile fillies It is only one of the highlights of the coordinated meeting which opens on June 21 at Homewood Along with the Ar ¬ lington Classic the Stars and Stripes and the Arlington Futurity it ranks well up among the countrys best races racesThe The 1942 Lassie won by Fad netted the winner 25980 a record winners purse for the stake With the July 3 running already exceeding last years total of final nomina ¬ tions it is expected that the Lassie will surpass that mark markFifty Fifty Owners Represented RepresentedMore More than 50 owners are represented in this years list of 92 nominations Last year when the final payment date arrived there were 72 nominations The increase for this years running is an indication as to how the major stables view the increased purse distribution and stake schedules which Chicagos two largest tracks will offer this summer summerThe The roster of owjiers reads like a Whos Who in racing Among the more promi ¬ nent represented are Warren Wrights Calumet Farm John Marsch Mrs John Hertz Lt Alfred G Vanderbilt Esther duPont Weir Lt Col C V Whitney Greentree Stable Col E R Bradley Fox catcher Farm Hal Price Headley Allen T Simmons Cleaveland Putnam Louis B Mayer C S Howard Hugh S Nesbitt A B Hancock Bomar Stable Brookmeade Stable Coldstream Stable Brownell Combs A C Ernst J O Keene estate King Ranch R W Mcllvain and Gustave Ring RingMrs Mrs John Hertz whose Count Fleet is now astounding the racing world has nom ¬ inated the largest number She has named seven Calumet Farm has listed five and Greentree Stable four Coldstream Stable King Ranch John Marsch Alfred G Van ¬ derbilt Col C V Whitney and Woodvale Farm three each
