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■ — ♦ Cleopatra May Bring About Aunt Jinny-Ruth Lily Meeting _r_ _ W. J. BUDDY HIRSCH— Arrived at the Arlington Park track with a stable of twenty-five head he brought in from the East for campaigning at the 36-day meeting opening on Monday, June 18. ► Former Voted Champion Filly Of Juvenile Division in 1950; Training Well at Arlington Duval Headleys Aunt Jinny, who clinched. 1950 two-year-old filly honors inva late-season rush and was John B. Campbells choice for one of the two three-year-old fillies most likely to succeed in 1951, was nominated yesterday for the Cleopatra Stakes, to be run on June 20 at Arlington Park. The 5,000-added Cleopatra, a six-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies, is shaping up as an intersectional race that may point to the 1950 three-year-old filly championship. Headley reported yesterday that Aunt Jinny was "coming along nicely" at Arlington Park, and that he expected to have her ready for the June 20 Cleopatra. Meanwhile, word from the West Coast yesterday revealed that the Old English Ranchos Hollywood Oak winner, Ruth Lily, left by air last night and will arrive at Arlington Park early this morning. Two other horses were in the shipment, accompanied by Buddy Leavitt, a son of Ruth Lilys trainer, Charles Leavitt. Still another star nominee expected before the deadline, today is Clarence Hart-wicks Sickles Image, who defeated Juliets Nurse and H the Ashland Stakes at Keeneland iiT April. Would Mark Third 1951 Start If Aunt Jinny goes to the post on Cleopatra day, the three-year-old daughter of Heliopolis will be making her third start of the year. She made her initial endeavor in the Ashland Stakes, and finished next I to last, appearing to have little use for the slow track. In her only other start this year she finished in the beaten field in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. In this race she veered to the outside at the start, impeded another horse, and was never in the running. It is also expected that a near-deadline entry may be Sunningdale Farms Shawnee Squaw, winner of the 1950 Arlington Lassie Stakes, and one of the candidates in last years voting for champion two-year-old filly. Aunt Jinny was on the track at Arlington Park yesterday morning along with 16 others in the Headley stable. The owner-breeder-tfainer of Aunt Jinny remarked that he felt he might have another like her coming along in the Half Crown filly, Crownlet, who already has accounted for victories in the Lafayette and Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes. Crownlet is named for the Arlington Lassie and Princess Pat Stakes. Nominations are also coming in for the Equipoise Mile, to be run on June 23. The latest addition is P. A. Markeys 00,000 winner, Piet, who took down first money in the Jamaica Handicap after the disqualification of Tea-Maker. More stables are arriving, daily at the Arlington Park course. Bennett Creech arrived yesterday morning with 17 head, Mrs. Ada L. Rices band is expected over the week-end, and Buddy Hirsch arrived today with a group from Belmont Park.
