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Fifteen Clash in Hyde Park BENJAMIN F LINDHEIMER Executive Executivedirector director of Arlington Park where Chi Chicagoland cagoland racing will Jiold forth for the thenext next 36 days Sprint Attracts Ocean Drive Ky Colonel and Admiral Lea LeaTrio Trio of Unbeaten Juvenile Colts Faces Stern Contention From OK Skipper Olympic Over Five and Half Furlongs Delegate Noble One Pad Lock in Secondary Handicap HandicapARLINGTON ARLINGTON PARK Arlington Heights 111 June 19 Fashionable Arlington popular northside course that has served as a springboard ipr many champions of the past enters the national thoroughbred spot ¬ light Monday and throughout the meeting slated to close on July 31 the leading horses of the country will engage in the galaxy of valuable stakes The session will constitute the initial phases of the coordinated meeting with Washington Park the two tracks offering a total of 33 stakes during their 67 days of operation This refreshing period will find a pair of stakes endowed with 60000 added each three at 50000 added one 40000 added two 35000 added three 30000 added fourteen 25000 added and eight 20000 added addedThis This schedule of course is unmatched by any courses in the Middle West and it naturally follows that the general class of racing will rise accordingly Already the threeyearold champion Citation is on the grounds along with 45 others in the famed Calumet Farm Stable The colt Is to be pointed for the Arlington Classic on closing day but probably will be seen in action one or two times before that fixture is decided decidedBenjamin Benjamin F Lindheimer executive director of both Arlington and Washington Park made a final tour of this spacious course this morning and found everything in perfect order Horsemen say the racing strips the main course of one mile and oneeighth the one mile turf course and the one mile training track are in excel ¬ lent condition Most of the stables from the east and west arrived early in the week and those who have been campaign ¬ ing at the Lincoln Fields meeting swarmed in by the hundreds today todayFixture Fixture Dates Back to 1894 1894The The 20000 Hyde Park Stakes which dates back to 1894 headlines the opening program This is a dash of five and one half furlongs designed for twoyearolds and if winners of the past can be used as a criterion the victor Monday may be ex ¬ pected to prove a formidable factor in future stakes of the year Among those who have captured the Hyde Park through the years were Emperor of Norfolk El Rio Rey Domino Dick Welles Cavalcade Roman Misty Isle Alsab Free for All and last year Bewitch showed her first signs ol brilliancy when she scampered off with the top prize prizeFifteen Fifteen have been named in Mondays offering and most of them have qualified handsomely in earlier races this season The field includes the Bomar Stable3 Stable3Continued Continued on Page Three Fifteen Juveniles Vie in Hyde Park ParkOcean Ocean DrVe Ky Colonel Admiral Lea Enter Stake At Arlington Undefeated UndefeatedContinued Continued from Page One OneDaddy Daddy Joe and Tiger Trap Brookfield Farms Imacomin Sidney I Crews Com ¬ modore Lea Mrs Emil Denemarks Pro ¬ vocative Joseph A Goodwins Ky Colonel L L Haggin ns Simla Frederick W Hoopers Ocean Drive and Olympia John Marschs or Skipper Mrs Ada L Rices Admiral Lea and Model Cadet G B Seal Ions Gold Eagle and William H Veene mans Irish Sun and Wild Drif tv tvA A trio of entrants Ocean Drive Ad ¬ miral Lea and Ky Colonel are undefeated and likely will share a degree of support from the public Ocean Drive received his only competitive tests at Hialeah Park where he scored easily in his debut then drove to an impressive triumph in the Hialeah Juvenile Stakes Convinced that he had a colt out of the ordinary trainer Ivan Parke then put his charge on the sidelines while awaiting rich features of the Arling ¬ tonWashington meeting meetingAdmiral Admiral Lea began his career at Santa Anita won and then scored nicely in his only other start against first rate competi ¬ tion of Jamaica JamaicaKy Ky Colonel has accounted for a pair of stakes in three starts He held on with fine courage to win Churchill Downs Bashford Manor Stakes and his latest endeavor found him finishing in a dead heat with Olympia one of his stoutest foes Monday in the recent Joliet Stakes StakesOI OI Skipper Well Regarded RegardedIn In spite of the fact he was beaten by Ky Colonel in the Joliet and the undefeated marks of the others notwithstanding Ol Skipper probably will be favored in the wideopen dash The strikingly handsome son of Occupation Seaway by Man o War suffered some trouble in the Joliet then managed to forge into third position when clear He followed that effort with what was deemed the best performance shown by any youngster during the Lin ¬ coln Fields meeting scoring by a head over Blue Night and equaling the track record of 58V5 for five furlongs set by Ky Colonel and Olympia In that test the courageous colt appeared hopelessly beaten when well settled for the drive but spurted in dazzling fashion to close the gap in the final sixteenth sixteenthThe The added half a furlong is expected to enhance his chances considerably Horse ¬ men who witnessed his last winning effort believe Ol Skipper is one of the most prom ¬ ising prospects to show in the Middle West this year yearRacing Racing secretary William R Duke Dahlstrom has lined up an attractive sup ¬ porting card with the 5000 Arlington Heights Handicap a dash of six furlongs for threeyearolds and upward sharing popularity with the feature The Woolford Farms Delegate winner of the Steger Handicap at Lincoln Fields is booked to handle top weight of 120 pounds for this test with the Afton Villa Farms Noble One next in line with 118 Others highly regarded are William Veenemans Phar Mon Mrs Emil Denemarks Enforcer Calumet Farms Pep Well and Robert Cu dahys Tre Vit Rounding out the field will be Mighty Story Proud Ruler Plumper Pad Lock and Merrymarch
