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Fifteen Fifteen Will Will Clash Clash in in Arkansas Arkansas Derby; Derby; Chuckle Chuckle Outruns Outruns Zacabrand Zacabrand by by Neck Neck Challenge Me to Rule Favorite For Mile and Eighth Headliner Signals Bloke, High Fox, Merry Sunshine, Texas Sandman, Big Head Oppose Speedy Brolite Colt as Oaklawn Brings Its Most Successful Meeting in Past Ten Years to Close HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 31.— The ninth running of the 0,000 Arkansas Derby tomorrow will ring down the curtain on Oaklawn Parks most successful season of the past decade. No less than 15 top flight three-year-olds have been named through the entry box for the mile and a furlong headliner and the field shapes up as one of the best 1:1 the history of the Vapor City feature. Brolite Farms Challenge Me, who established a new mile and a sixteenth track record of 1:42 3/5 in the Oaklawn Handicap here last weekend, will undoubtedly rule as one of the choices for the test. The colt, a son of Challenger II. and Cash Book, made a splendid impression in the ♦ Arkansas Derby, 0,000, Three-Year-One, One and One-Eighth Miles. I PP. Horse. Jockey. Wt. 1 — Signals Bloke D. Scurlock 117 2 — Bell Buzzer A.Craig 117 3 — Texas Sandman F. Weidaman 117 ! 4— Valdina Perion No Boy 117 5 — Alamein No Boy 117 6 — Challenge Me A. Skoronski 120 7— Green Bush P. Glidewell 120 | 8— Merry Sunshine H.Pratt 112 j 9 — High Harp R.Gonzalez 117 10— Elissa B. E. Bianco 112 11 — Comanche Peak No Boy 123 12— High Fox H. Pratt 120 13— Scared Cards VV. Ford 112 I 14— Big Head G. Seabo 120 15 — Shut Up R. Eccard 117 Col. C. V. Whitney entry — Signals Bloke, Alamein. Donna-Ray Stable entry — Texas Sandman, Elissa B. W. I. I Lunt entry — Merry Sunshine, High Fox. ♦ I ! | j I I ♦Oaklawn and trainer Daniel Cataldo an-I nounced that his charge is in good shape for the Arkansas. Tony Skoronski will be jat the reins, insuring the Brolite representative good handling. Col. C. V. Whitneys entry of Signals Bloke and Alamein will not be without sup-I porters in the Arkansas. Both the home-Ibred Whitney three-year-olds have visited the winners circle during the current spa session and trainer Lydell T. Ruff has brought his charges along in steady fashion. Should the track remain fast. Alamein may be withdrawn, but should an •off" strip prevail for the feature, both of the Whitney horses are expected to answer the bugle. Lunt to Send Out Entry W. I. Lunt is to place his hopes in High Fox and Merry Sunshine for the closing-I day stake. Although High Fox has raced in creditable style at the local oval he has not yet been returned a winner, although he was successful in three of his Florida , | engagements before shipping to the Spa. | Merry Sunshine, whom Lunt recently ac-j quired from Dixiana, won a host of admirers when she accounted for the recently i decided Dumas Purse at the direct expense , of David Fergusons Bell Buzzer, a certain starter in the Arkansas. The last-named performer is in top shape, according to trainer Charles Sanborn, and he may prove 1 one of the stouter contenders in the rich event. Donna-Ray Stable will have a stout pair [ j to carry its silks, Texas Sandman and Elis-; j I M B. being named to start. C. U. Yaeger | will depend on Valdina Perion and Mrs. H Floyd Wests colors are to be carried by J ! j Comanche Peak. Erlanger Stables Shut I Up, who won his last start in clever style: Mrs. F. D. Rices Green Bush. James Em-I erys High Harp, Mrs. S. Smiths Scared 1 j Cards and Four Oaks Stables Big Head ; complete the field for the 1944 renewal of the Arkansas. Big Head, Canadian-owned star, is well regarded at the Vapor City 1 track and the colt will have the saddle - services of the veteran, George Seabo. Racing secretary and handicappei Eu-[ j gene W. Bury has arranged a well-balanced [ j j I supporting card and the Au Revoir Handi- Continued on Page Sixteen » I I i I Arkansas Derby Draws Pine Field of Fifteen Challenge Me, Signals Bloke and | High Fox in Final Oaklawn Stake I Continued from Page One cap, a six-furlong sprint for three-year-olds . and upward, matches a good band. Twelve horses are named for the dash, R. S. McLaughlins Fairaris, Mrs. Ralph Mcll-vains 1 Bright Willie, W. I. Lunts Valdina 1 Punch, Silver Star Stock Farms Chipa- mink, Mrs. Norman B. Hernandez Hard j Pone and Valdina Senora, Mrs. E. Millers s Traffic Court and Mrs. L. Frys Commando D Tom being prominent members of the Au l Revoir field. Track officials were making prepara-» tions today to entertain the largest crowd I of the meeting on Arkansas Derby Day and j present indications are for a fast track t and clear weather. Post time for the initial - event, which is a one mile and seventy v yards race for four-year-olds and upward, , is to be 1 :45 P. M., 15 minutes earlier than i usual.
