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Expect 1700 Horses For Arlington Meet MeetCan Can Accommodate 1500 at Home Plant Overflow to Hawthorne HawthorneAn An unprecedented demand for stalls from stables all over the country has in ¬ dicated that the coming Arlington Park meeting will be one of the most competi ¬ tive in years yearsAccording According to an estimate made yester ¬ day by Duke Penter Arlingtons stall chief at least 1700 thoroughbreds will be regis ¬ tered for the 36day meeting which opens June 22 This figure tops the alltime record of nearly 1600 1600The The north suburban plants stable area can accommodate more than 1500 horses and plans have been made to bed down the overflow at Hawthorne As in the past Arlington will furnish free van service lor the latter on the day such horses are entered enteredApproximately Approximately 200 horses are now in training at Arlington and over a hundred more are due in the next few days Track superintendent Clarence Brinkman an ¬ nounced that the mile and oneeighth main course is open for morning workouts along with the mile training strip stripLatest Latest arrivals to Arlington were four horses under the care of trainer Melvin Sunshine Calvert CalvertAmong Among the string is Rough n Tumble owned by Mrs Frances Center This five yearold Free For All horse is eligible for the 170000 Washington Park Handicap the Miracle Mile September 7 and is a potential nominee for the 50000 added Equipoise Mile on June 27 27Rough Rough n Tumble was injured last year and did not compete He is best remem ¬ bered for his victory in the 1951 Santa Anita Derby and as a twoyearold for his win in the Arlington Primer Stakes StakesAnother Another Calvert charge is Bemiji owned jointly by Mrs Center and D C Dunham This Free For All colt is eligible for both the Arlington Classic on July 18 and the Washington Park Handicap HandicapA A pair of juvenile colts Flour City and another unnamed round out the Calvert group Flour City owned by H C Gentef is eligible for the Arlington Futurity on July 25 and the Washington Park Futurity on September 5
