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JOHN D ALLEN President of Arling ¬ ton Park Jockey Club was host to a group of friends in the Post and Pad ¬ dock Club for yesterdays opening pro ¬ gram of the North Side track Citation Equipoise Topweight on Scale ScaleAssigned Assigned 1 19 for WeekEnd Stake While Armed Receives 126 Neither Likely to Start StartARLINGTON ARLINGTON PARK Arlington Heights 111 June 21 That racing secretary and handicapper W R Duke Dahlstrom be ¬ lieves Citation to be many pounds the best horse of any age in the country was indi ¬ cated here today with the release of the weights for the 30000 Equipoise Mile popular fixture that will headline Satur ¬ days program Actual top weight in the onemile test for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward is Citations stablemate Armed but according to scale the threeyearold champion will be forced to concede much weight to all rivals rivalsArmed Armed is listed at 126 pounds but there doesnt seem one chance in a million that he will face the barrier The worlds rich ¬ est gelding presently is carrying excess flesh after a lengthy letdown in training and probably will not be ready to resume competition until either late in the meeting or during the early phases of Washington Park ParkFervent Fervent another Calumet colorbearer probably will be the starting topweight for he is assigned 124 pounds two less than Armed and five more than Citation and Delegate who are both rated at 119 119Rated Rated Six Pounds Best BestScale Scale weight in June calls for three yearolds to shoulder 114 pounds at a mile while horses five or more are listed at 127 pounds Thus Citation is booked at five pounds over the scale and Armed one pound under which would place the sopho ¬ more at a sixpound disadvantage accord ¬ ing to scale scaleCalumet Calumet also has another worthy thor ¬ oughbred in the Equipoise in Faultless re ¬ cent winner of the Gallant Fox Handicap The fouryearold is rated at 118 pounds poundsThe The Calumet trainers have not as yet decided their course of action for the Equipoise Either of the quartet of eligibles undoubtedly would attract strong public support and if it is decided to send Cita ¬ tion out on the track he would be an odds on favorite favoriteOf Of the other topweights in the field Delegate winner of the Steger Handicap af the Lincoln Fields meeting and Eternal Reward who accounted for a pair of stakes at the same session are most prominent while Frederick W Hoopers Colosal and Dixianas Star Reward also can be re ¬ garded as starters with excellent chances Armec ArmecFervent Fervent 124 124Delegate Delegate 119 119Citation Citation 119 119Eternal Eternal Reward 119 119Faultless Faultless 118 118Colosal Colosal 116 116Star Star Reward 116 116Phar Phar Mon 112 112Noble Noble One 112 112Try Try Me Now 111 111Hollyman Hollyman 111 Burning Dream 110 110Snow Snow Boots 110 110Mighty Mighty Story 109 109Stud Stud Poker 109 109Appleknocker Appleknocker 109 109Pellicle Pellicle 107 107Gotham Gotham 106 106King King Bay 106 106Papa Papa Redbird 106 106Moon Moon Bim 104 104Loujac Loujac 100
