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Dancer Makes Return Visit To Chicagoland on Saturday As Many as Ten May Engage Champion; Misty Isle and Prairie State Also Carded WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI.,, Aug. 15. Transient Native Dancer, whose turf exploits as champion of the three-year-olds this year have led him from California, Kentucky, Maryland, New York Hli-nois and back to the Empire State, makes his return visit to Chicago next Saturday. The big, power-laden gray colt is slated to check in at Washington Park Monday, his objective being the 00,000 added American Derby, mile and one-eighth sophomore special and one of Americas oldest three-year-old races. His other visit to Hlinois came during the Arlington Park meeting, when he spread-eagled the "best in the West" in the Classic. His margin at the finish was nine lengths. Trainer Bill Winfrey of the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stable made reservations for the colt; himself; a stablemate, Beachcomber, also a Derby eligible; and Vanderbilt last week. He said at the time that the American Derby was definitely part of the Dancers pre-arranged schedule and that nothing has occurred to change it. In addition to the Derby, Washington Park has a pair of other stakes slated for the third week. Wednesday will mark the eighth running of the 0,000 added Mist Isle. This is a seven-furlong dash "for three-year-old fillies.- As something of an appetizer for the American Derby, the 0,000 added Prairie State Stakes is also on tap for Saturday. An open two-year-old event at six furlongs, this will be another searching test for the leaders in the division, paving the way for the 50,000 Washington Park Futurity on September 5. Although New York tracks have been somewhat saddened by the fact that Native Dancer has just about run himself out of opposition in that area, the same does not hold true at Washington Park. There is a possibility, as a matter of fact? that as many as 10 will clash with the spectacular Vanderbilt colt in the weekend event. An early check of American Derby potentials reveals that those eyeing the traditional Derby are George Auerbachs Dicr tar, James Cox Bradys Landlocked, Joe W. Browns Mr. Midnight, Bruce S. Campbells Ram o War, Andrew J. Crevolins Imbros, Harry N. Eads Sir Mango, Hasty House Farms entry of Platan and Stan, C. C. Ortleibs Dr. Heitz and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Daniels Ace Destroyer. Imbros is the champion three-year-old of the Far West. He proved this point rather emphatically recently when he shouldered 128 pounds, conceding up to 21 to his rivals, and scampered off with the El Dorado Handicap at Holloywood Park. Other achievements on the Coast have been victories in the Will Rogers Stakes and the Debonair, and he was third in both the Cinema and the Westerner. Landlockeds recent form in the East has earned him a crack at The Dancer. He was second to Jamie K. in the Leonard Richards at Delaware, won the Lamplighter at Monmouth, was second in the Providence Stakes at Narragansett, and was a recent victor in the Choice Stakes at Monmouth. Dictars qualifications come in the form of a recent triumph over Landlocked and 14 others in the Providence Stakes. He was second to Native Dancer in the Dwyer, but was disqualified, and he also finished second in the Shevlin Stakes. Imbros, Landlocked and Dictar are the main threats who have not raced this season in Illinois. Those on the Washington Park grounds with some chance to turn in the most startling upset of the year are Jamie K., who returned to good form in the Sheridan by finishing second to Ace Destroyer, and who finished within a neck of Native Dancer in both the Preakness and the Belmont Continued on Page Forty-Eight Dancer Makes Return Visit In AmericanDerby Saturday Continued from Page Three Stakes; Ace Destroyer, whose Sheridan Handicap score in the mud was brilliant, and Van Crosby. The latter was third to The Dancer in the Arlington Classic, but his trainer, Harold Simmons, said lie did not fancy the heavy footing. It was for the bad track conditions that he was declared from the Sheridan. . Simmons is still of the opinion that Van Crosby, given a lightning fast track, has some chance against the Vanderbilt gray. A factor that will play a part in luring a fairly large field will be the second, third and fourth awards 5,000, 2,500 and ,500, respectively. The Misty Isle is not expected to attract too large a field of three-year-old fillies, but with no standout in the group, it looms as one of the most interesting events on the stakes-studded Washington Park schedule. Likely to start are Fulvous, Good Call, Arab Actress, Mimi Mine and Sally Catbird. There is a possibility that several lesser lights will augment the field. Early indications point to Mrs. Henry J. Damms Arab Actress as the filly to beat. She just finished third to Grecian Queen in the Monmouth Oaks. Both Cerise Reine and Bubbley, who rank high in their division, are doubtful. The Prairie State, like all other two-year-old events at Arlington-Washington this year, should draw a big band. This group may be headed by Hasty House Farms Hasty Road, winner of the Arlington Futurity. The sensational colt is undefeated in three starts. The other key contenders are Mr. Prosecutor, who was second to Hasty Road in the Arlington Futurity; Company B., winner of the Primer Stakes in records time, and "Homestake, ,who came through with one of the most impressive races of the year in his George Woolf Memorial victory at Washington Park opening week.
