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- - Eleven Eleven in in Peabody Peabody Memorial; Memorial; Greek Greek Ship Ship Heads Heads Suburban Suburban Ruhe Faces Royal Mustang And Fanfare at Washington Pur Sang Warrants Support In Lincoln Fields Stellar Sophomore Attraction Today By J. J. MURPHY Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI., May 29. — First of the important three-year-old stakes to be decided in the Chicago area this summer, the 5,000 added Peabody Memorial, will have its twenty-thirdrunning at this South Side track tomorrow, Memorial Day. Eleven capable young thoroughbreds, some of whom may be bidding for top honors in their division at the end of the year, were named through the entry box this morning, which will bring the total of added money for the race to 8,050 if all start. Heading the list and most heavily burdened with 126 pounds each are Mrs. Emil Denemarks Ruhe and Spring Brook Farms Pur Sang. Calumet Farms Fanfare, W. M. Peaveys Sir Bee Bum, and Mrs. F. Sharpes Kings Hope will each carry 123 and the others are all in at 121. Solid Contender in Derby Ruhe made his last start in the Kentucky Derby in which he finished third to Count Turf and Royal Mustang after having been a solid contender all the way. He has been training well since his arrival at this course and seems to be in excellent condition. The son of Menow is looked upon as the likely favorite and will be ridden by Job Dean Jessop, who handled Continued on Page Forty-Four MRS. EMIL DEN EM ARK— Owner of Ruhe, One of Peabody Choices. Peabody Memorial To Engage Eleven Ruhe Faces Royal Mustang And Fanfare at Washington In Lincolns Rich Fixture Continued from Page One the reins in the colts last victory which came about when Sonic was disqualified in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. On that occasion Ruhe defeated Royal Mustang, who was third. Jessop also won astride Ruhe in the Lanark Purse at Keeneland and the Oaklawn Derby at Oaklawn Park. Pur Sang, although failing to visit the winners enclosure in 10 starts this year, ran a fine race back of Repetoire and Pictus to finish third in the Experimental No. 1 at Jamaica and trimmed Count Turf, the Kentucky Derby winner, who was fourth. The colt was then sixth in the Experimental No. 2, a race in which Count Turf finished fourth and Sonic was the winner. Pur Sangs last important success came in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes last year when he beat Bernwood and Mameluke. The son of Side Boy will have the veteran Johnny Adams in the saddle. Fanfare, who recently arrived from Kentucky, has been one of the surprise developments of spring racing.. The colt did not race as a tyo-year-old and in his first start at Santa Anita this year finished last. He was later beaten by some ordinary three-year-olds at Santa Anita and failed to gain much prominence until he won the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs. He came back with a good race to be fifth in the Kentucky Derby and stands on that record. Jockey Doug Dodson will be aboard the Calumet runner as the regular stable rider, Steve Brooks, is engaged on the -West Coast. Trainer Jones stated that Fanfare would not start if the track was muddy. Fails to Rally When Clear A line on a number of other potential starters, including Royal Mustang, may be obtained from the Peabody Memorial Prep, run here last week. Royal Mustang, fresh from his second in the Kentucky Derby, could do no better than be fourth in the Prep and was well beaten by the third horse at the end. The colt was in early trouble and failed to raliy when clear. The Prep was won by Stop Gap, who came off a previous ordinary effort to hold a comfortable advantage all the way in the mile race. Abbe Sting, who like Stop Gap will race in the Peabody, was third with Brevite fifth and Kings Hope last in the eight-horse field. Of Abbe Sting it was noted by the chartmaker that he "closed resolutely and seem§ ready for a good effort." Riders for the above are Paul Bailey, on Royal Mustang; William Cook, on Abbe Sting, and Charlie Swain, on Kings Hope. Boys were not named for Stop Gap or Brevite at entry time. Others in the Peabody field are Andy J3. W., owned by Aarons and Hokin; Irish Flare, from the Reverie Knoll Farm, and the previously mentioned Sir Bee Bum. The latter shaped up fairly well as a two-year-old in the New York area last season and defeated Royal Mustang in the John Goode Purse at Keeneland, but following that effort trailed the field in one end of the Blue Grass Stakes. Andy B. W. and Irish Flare seem to be the "country cousins" of the race. Jockey Robert Baird has been named on both Sir Bee Bum and Andy B. W. Strange as it may seem, jockey Adams is the only ride with a chance to repeat. And it has been 10 years since he steered Viscounty to success when the latter beat Technician back in 1941. Post time for the first of the nine races to be staged Memorial Day will be 2 p. m.
