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Seventeen Seventeen Named Named for for Clang Clang Handicap; Handicap; Milkwagonjoe Milkwagonjoe Gives Gives Schlosser Schlosser Double Double Three Dots, Sirde, Fighting Step Vie Rouse Sprinter to Shoulder Top Impost of 125 Pounds in 0,000 Stake at Arlington ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights. 111., June 18. The first in a long, brilliant series of stakes that have been coordinated between the current meeting and Washington Park will be offered discriminating turf enthusiasts when the 0,000 Clang Handicap, a seven-furlong dash for three-year-olds and upward, headlines tomorrows racing program here. When it became known this morning that the Calumet Farms Armed would not fill his engagement virtually every classy sprinter on the grounds was entered in the sprint which was named in honor of one of the fastest horses ever to compete In the Middle West. It was Clang who became a co-holder of-the North American track record along with Roseben and High Resolve when he raced seven furlongs in 1:22 in 1935 at this lightning-fast course. No less than 17 speedsters have accepted racing secretary Fred Burtons weights for the event, and it will be J. H. Rouses Three Dots who will carry the top impost of 125 pounds. Trained by William Crump, Three Dots earned a great reputation as a sprinter during the last two years and when he was at his best he gave considerable weight to his rivals and trounced them soundly. He made his return to competition recently at Aqueduct and, picking up 122 pounds, he easily trimmed a field of seasoned sprinters. Last year at Washington Park he spotted Armed one pound and beat him easily. Prior to that race, however, he was unable to handle the mighty Calumet racer when he attempted to carry 126 pounds against Armeds 111. Well-Seasoned Campaigners Named In spite of his fine record of the past it is doubtful if Three Dots will be the favorite at post time, for he faces a field of tough, well-seasoned campaigners whose feats this season give them a high place in thoroughbred standings. The Murlogg Stables Fighting Step is next in line of the weight assignments with 121 pounds, while Mrs. Ada L. Rices speedy Sirde is rated close at his heels with 120. This duo of quickies turned in one of the most sensational races of the New York season recently when they raced to a dead heat at Belmont Park. Sirde that afternoon carried 122 against Fighting Steps 121, which makes a two-pound weight shift in favor of the Rice representative. The pah-later met in the sixtieth running of the 0,000 Suburban Handicap and Fighting Step flashed fine foot to lead the field until Continued on Page Thirty 1- 1 Seventeen Fast Sprinters To Contest Clang Handicap Continued from Page One he tired in the last quarter, while Sirde failed to seriously threaten once the race settled into a battle for the money. Next in line is the Brolite Farms With Pleasure, who finished second in the Francis S. Peabody Memorial at Hawthorne. The colt will carry 118. Then comes T. D. Buhls Air Sailor and Mrs. Gertrude Donovans Fighting Don. They will tote 115 and are definite threats for the rich prize. Fighting Don returned to competition after his Florida campaign at Hawthorne and showed that he possesses all of his extreme speed by winning in a jog and running the fastest six and one-half furlongs of the meeting. Air Sailor, a recent arrival from Detroit, where he failed to display his best speed, was one of the ranking three-year-olds of last season, having won the Whip and Spurs Handicap, the Cavalcade Handicap and the Dick Welles Handicap. One of the lower weighted horses in the field is the three-year-old Rippey in the William Helis barn. The shifty brown son of Pompey Broad Ripple is one of the ranking sophomores of the season. He gets in with 105 pounds and his smart early speed may make him a dangerous contender all the way. Others listed to try for the dash are Mrs. V. E. Smiths Sirius, 110; B. J. Baxs Sigma Kappa, 102; Rogers Brothers Walkie Talkie, 108; Christiana Stables Alexis, and Brolite Farms Challenge Me, 116, and With Pleasure, 118; David Straus Daily Trouble, 110; Calumet Farms Hail Victory, 112; C. L. Du Puys Appleknocker, 101; Virden and Scotts Bank Balance, 100, and Shady Brook Farms Duquesne.
