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Irisen Makes Arlington Bow Today Nyberg Miss Tops Ten Fillies And Mares in Wilmette Purse Sweet Woman Check Please Happy Issue Equate Also to Draw Support at Arlington ArlingtonARLINGTON ARLINGTON PARK Arlington Heights 111 June 23 Mrs O L Nyberg Dundalk Md turf patron who recently shipped her useful stable here from the East is re ¬ ported to have a first class filly in Irisen a fouryearold daughter of Sweep Like Black Plane She has been named for the Modesty Stakes and will be made eligible for other important fixtures during the current meeting Whether or not she is capable of competing against the best in this area with a degree of success will be determined here tomorrow when she faces a smart band of nine fillies and mares in the Wilmette Purse threequarters of a mile dash that headlines a wellbalanced program programIrisen Irisen recently showed a clever perform ¬ ance against ranking sprinters at Delaware Park finishing third to The Doge and Flood Town on June 18 She has been running in stakes events during the last two years and occasionally comes through with sparkling efforts She is particular ¬ ly fond of off footing and if the track made sloppy this morning doesnt dry out she may benefit accordingly accordinglyIrisens Irisens opposition includes three other lassies who are pointing for the Modesty a 25000 added event that will be decided on Saturday July 3 They are W E Gas keys Sweet Woman Hal Price Headleys Check Please and C H Frenchy Pinons Happy Issue Others in the field are Calu ¬ met Farms Happiness Mrs H Hydes Equate H P Headleys Pelure Lookout Studs Sunny Julie Fischback Fogertys Faithful More and the Walmac Farms Gala Revue RevueCalumet Calumet Farm Representative RepresentativeHappiness Happiness mainly because of flying the Calumet silks probably will come in for her share of attention in the Wilmette She has been freshened up since her cam ¬ paign at Churchill Downs and has been going along steadily in her trials The chestnut daughter of Blenheim II Lady Peace has won one of her five starts this year For a time she was believed to be a filly of some promise but never has quite come up to expectations expectationsHappy Happy Issue a venerable mare who cap ¬ tured the Hollywood Gold Cup back in 1944 recently arrived from Mexico City where she showed several excellent races in stakes Her owner who also serves as trainer and exercise boy in spite of the fact that he is reported to be 60 years old gained national attention recently when he rode the mare in a stake at the Below theBorder course She failed to reach contention however It is possible that Pinon will seek permission from the stew ¬ ards to ride his charge in the Modesty ModestyEquate Equate was one of the bargain claims of the Lincoln Fields meeting Mrs Hyde claimed her for 5000 on the day of her initial victory at Washington Park and the daughter of Equistone Perpetuity pro ¬ ceeded to score right back with a 7500 claiming tag She was stepped up to allowance company for her last perform ¬ ance and showed the finest race of her career winning by six lengths with speed in reserve and beating Galloway First Whirl Pomps Gal Old Kentucky and Prepotente Shes being given an oppor ¬ tunity against a better grade of opposition Jn the Wilmette and because of her im ¬ provement she may attract support supportThe The Headley pair Pelure and Check Please have previously shown a fondness for this course and may be depended upon for excellent performances Gala Revue under the capable handling of Howard Wells is still another whose chances are highly regarded She has been on the sidelines since last year but has estab ¬ lished her class against good opposition She is reported to have hit her best stride in training moves movesChicago Chicago racing fans will get their first look at members of this seasons crop of Calumet Farm twoyearolds when Whirl Awhile and Flying Disc go to the post in a fivefurlong dash Both of these well bred twoyearolds are candidates for the rich Arlington Futurity which will be run on July 17 with a gross value close to 80000 80000The The Calumet juveniles have seen practi ¬ cally no action yet this season as they have been coughing Nearly all are on the mend now and they will get into the hang of things as the Arlington Park and Wash ¬ ington Park meetings advance This con ¬ tingent of the Calumet Stable has quite a bit to live up to The Calumet juveniles of last year such as Citation Bewitch Free America and others contributed a sub ¬ stantial sum toward the record 1402436 which Warren Wrights horses won last season
