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Nominate 585 Yearlings To Selima Stakes in 56 Get of Famed Mares Named by Both Calumet and Vanderbilt LAUREL, Md.t June 2.— A total of 585 yearling fillies have been nominated to the 1958 Selima Stakes at Laurel, it was announced today by treasurer Frank J. Brady. ■ ♦ The Selima, for two-year-old misses at a mile and a sixteenth, and the Washington, D. C. International annually headline the fall racing program-at the Maryland track. Three subscriptions, an entrance and starting fee and the 0,000 added purse gives the Selima an annual gross of around 5,000. Last year, the event was won by the tw.o-year-old filly champion High Voltage, who earned 0,810 for her owner, Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps. Among the 585 are daughters of six former Selima winners — Bis Hurry 1938, Ficklebush 1951, Miss Keeneland 1943, Bee Ann Mac 1946, Gaffery i948, and Rose Jet 1951. Two of Calumet Farms "great mares, Twilight Tear and Two Lea have daughters in the 1956 renewal. t Also named was the Alfred Vanderbilt yearling filly by Polynesian — Geisha, a full sister to Native Dancer. Another full sister named Teahouse remains eligible for this falls Selima. Vanderbilt also named a filly by Now What, who produced the great Next Move and the speedy Hula; a young miss by Discovery— Buffet Supper, a full brother to this., springs Capital Handicap winner, First Served; and a daughter of Polynesian— Good Thing, half-sister to the 1949 Selima winner, Bed o Roses. Two mares, now deceased, will be represented in the race. They are Koubis, the dam of Determine, and Red Shoes, a stakes winner in her racing days. The third and final payment of 0 for this years Selima is due June 15.
