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Eight ArlingtonWashington Future Stakes Draw Heavily Deadline Tonight for Final Payments of Eligibility to Races at Coordinated Meet MeetArlington Arlington Park and Washington Park today revealed that horsemen have re ¬ sponded enthusiastically to the tracks eight earlyclosing stakes by making eligi ¬ bility payments on 1626 thoroughbreds thoroughbredsThe The 1956 figures an increase of five per cent over last year and ten eligibles more than the previous high of 1952 were announced today by executive director Benjamin F Lindheimer along with a re ¬ minder to horsemen that deadline for final payments on the eight events is mid ¬ night tonight tonightIn In view of the exceptionally heavy eligibility lists the total gross of the eight races will be approximately 1135000 This added to 20 other lateclosing stakes worth 490000 in added money will give horsemen one of the nations most lucrative and bestbalanced racing programs programsSecond Second payments to the four events limited to twoyearolds the 75000added Arlington and Washington Park Futurities and the 50 000 added Arlington Lassie and the Princess Pat Stakes at Washington Park for twoyearold fillies were espe ¬ cially heavy All four stakes will be con ¬ tested at six furlongs furlongsProjection Projection of the rosters to both Fu ¬ turities indicates they easily could exceed their expected grosses of 145000 each There are 337 still eligible for the Arling ¬ ton sprint while the Washington Park Futurity has 340 254 Candidates for Lassie LassieThe The Arlington Lassie and the Princess Pat have kept pace with the Futurities in maintaining large rosters There are still 254 candidates for the Lassie while second payments on 258 have been made to the Washington Park event eventThere There is quality as well as quantity among this years twoyear olds as the na ¬ tions highestpriced yearlings and most of the best of the first homebred stock have been kept eligible for the four juve ¬ nile events eventsAmong Among Brookmeade Stables three elig ¬ ibles for the Arlington Futurity is Encore successful son of More SunSun Mixa and recent winner of the Gulfstream Park Juvenile Stakes Encore is eligible only for the Arlington dash dashOn On both Futurity rosters is Tulsan the unraced 80000 Nasrullah colt owned jointly by Dr Asbury and Forrest Lindsay William G Helis has made second pay ¬ ments on two 60000 colts one a full brother to the stakeswinning Sea O Erin by Shannon TJ Chantress and the other a son of the Irishbred Noor out of War Flower FlowerValley Valley View Farm has 18 eligibles for both Futurities topping all owners in that department Maine Chance Farm is close behind with 14 candidates for both Futuri ¬ ties and 14 fillies on the Lassie and Prin ¬ cess Pat rosters rostersAlso Also on the list for both filly races are the two highpriced fillies of 1955 each sold for 34000 34000Sahara Sahara Ranchs Little One S winner of the Debutante Stakes at Fair Grounds is eligible to all four sprints while Mrs J M Vondras Gemerald recent winner of the Singing Tower Stakes at Gulfstream Park is eligible to both filly races racesThe The total eligibles to the Arlington Washington earlyclosing stakes follow followEstimated Estimated EVENT Eligibles Gross Value ValueArlington Arlington Handicap Turf 73 160000 160000Washington Washington Park Handicap 82 165000 165000Arlington Arlington Classic IM 155000 155000American American Derby Turf 142 155000 155000Arlington Arlington Futurity 337 145000 145000Washington Washington Park Futurity 340 145000 Arlington Lassie 254 254Princess Princess Pat Stakes 258 TOTALS 1626 1135000
