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| Routers Hold Spotlight At Omaha Course Today Safe Arrival Tops Seven Seeking His Majestys Council Handicap By C. LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent AK-SAR-BEN, Omaha, Nebr., May 25. — His Majestys Council Handicap, a route affair at a mile and 70 yards with a purse of ,500, heads a very high class card of eight races for tomorrows program. A field of seven top flight routers has been named to vie for top honors in this handicap. With the exception of Solar Lad and Reddy Boy the rest of the field are all winners this year. Safe Arrival, from the stable of F. O. Akin, drew top impost of 119 pounds. From his recent races on the Pacific Coast where he competed with the best, this son of Eight Thirty rates as top choice in a f ield% of this type. His. last race, which was at a* distance, was a very impressive effort, although he finished fifth as hewas*only beaten off about a length and a half by such top-notch horses as Mostest, Coma, Barsard and Mad Moment. In his race prior to that, he finished second to Top Production and he was only beaten by a short margin. Safe Arrival won one race last winter at Santa Anita when he raced to a victory at a mile and one-sixteenth in the good time of 1:43% over a track labeled fast. In that race he was entered for the high claiming price of 0,000. Another West Coast arrival to compete in the His Majesty Council is Audacious Man, also a winner at Bay Meadows last spring. He won in March at a mile and one furlong in 1:51% over a- fast track, defeating Just Why and Song Land. Audacious Man gets in the feature with 108 pounds, which moved him right up into close contention. The field for the main attraction is rounded out with other good routers like Gus.G., a winner of three races in a row at Oaklawn Park, which makes him a real threat in a field of this kind; Blunt, another winner this year at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans; Mr. Whiskers, .who competed here once this season and was unplaced; Solar Lad and Reddy Boy. The secondary feature is the seventh event, which brings out a full field of 12 to battle it out over the short sprint course of five furlongs. Of those entered, Safe at Home, who races in the silks of Mrs. R. C. Hodge, looms as the one to most likely rule favorite at post time. He has been competing at longer routes this spring at Oak-lawn Park, but has shown real early foot and should make a good showing in this short dash. Of the others named to compete, Thistle Dog figures to give the toughest competition. Nebraska-breds will provide the entertainment in the second race when a field of 10 homebreds battle it out at six furlongs. Netherlands, making his second start at this meeting, rates right there to take down the winners share of the purse. Blue Fawn, also making a second appear- ance, will no doubt offer the most competition. Both of these named have shown good form and will profit by that one outing. As is the policy of the Ak-Sar-Ben management, the purse has been raised to ,100 from the minimum of ,000 when a race fills with the better grade of homebreds. An "off" track is almost a certainty with the rains that fell during the past dav. Post time for the first event Saturday is at 2:00 p. m.
