view raw text
c $ t s j | | 1 I j . I j i I : , , | i , j I ] List Twenty-Three For Equipoise Mile Arlingtons First Week-End Fixture May See Whirlaway, Ended, Aletern in Action HOMEWOOD, 111., June 22.— The nam3 of Mill B Stables Ended, who won the ,000 Myrtlewood Handicap on the Arlington Park Jockey Clubs opening program stands out prominently in the list of 23 nominations for the 0,000 Equipoise Mile, which will have its third running at Washington Park Saturday. Entries for this popular mile feature were announced today by racing secretary Webb A. Everett, who tomorrow will release his weights for the various contestants. Ended, an invader from the West Coast, whipped a strong field in the Myrtlewood, which was contested at six furlongs, but he may encounter even sterner opposition in the Equipoise, for among those named for this week-end attraction are Calumet Farm stables Whirlaway, A. C. Ernsts Aletern, Valdina Farms Rounders and Valdina Orphan, Coward and Du Puys Marriage, Louis B. Mayers Thumbs Up and Kings Abbey. A. S. Hewitts Some Chance, Galbreath Sc Diensts Best Seller, William E. Boeings Slide Rule, Hugh S. Nesbitts Copperman and H. P. Headleys Anticlimax. Thumbs Up Nominated fO Stake In winning the Myrtlewood Ended defeated some of those he again will encounter Saturday. Among them are Thumbs Up, who finished second in the opening-day feature, and Some Chance, who was one of the disappointing favorites. Thumbs Up turned in an especially noteworthy performance in that he came from last place to be beaten only a length and one-quarter by the Mill B Stable colt. The Equipoise Mile, won last year by Best Seller, will command wide interest because of its relationship to the 0,000 Stars and Stripes Handicap and the equally rich Arlington Handicap, the two most heavily endowed features of the Arlington meeting for older horses. Nearly all of those named for Saturdays 0,000 spectacle also will be pointed for those more important events to come. Just what horses can be expected to be found in the Equipoise Mile can be better forecast after Everett releases his set of weights. It will be interesting to see how he rates the various contenders and also how close he can bring them to the finish line. The complete list of nominations for Saturdays stake follows: . Horse. Owner. Whirlaway Calumet Farm Aletern A. C. Ernst Alforay A. C. Ernst Valdina Orphan Valdina Farm Rounders Valdina Farm Anticlimax H. P. Headley Slide Rule W. E. Boeing Thumbs Up L. B. Mayer Kinds Abbey L. B. Mayer Marriage Coward and Du Puy Fairaris R. L. McLaughlin Best Seller Galbreath and Dienst Some Chance A. S. Hewitt Copperman H. S. Nesbitt Harvard Square A. T. Simmons Air Master J. L. Sullivan Overdrawn Dearborn Stable Woof Woof J. M. Hutchins Ended Mill B Stable Bushwhacker Walmac Farm Put In George Stempel Red Vulcan Mrs. W. Renard Gallant Play A. E. Overton
