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Balmoral Balmoral Inaugural Inaugural Monday; Monday; Munchausen Munchausen Louisville Louisville Victor Victor Washington Park Setting for Sport Lori-EI Probable Favorite Over Eight Filly Opponents In Coronet Stakes Renewal By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood. HI., May 11.— The Balmoral meeting of 30 days duration will open at refurbished Washing- ton Park Monday with the running of a nine -race program. The headline event will be the Coronet Stakes for three-year-old fillies that will be having its third run-e ning. It will be decided over the six fur-5 longs distance and the topweighted miss in the event is the consistent Lori-EI, owned by Michael Soto and A. E. Berke, two Chi-e cago businessmen. Lori-EI, who has drawn the rail position in the nine-horse field will carry 121 pounds. Each of the others will have 115 pounds up. Lori-EI. recent winner of the Kentucky Oaks, will be rid-e den by Lois Cook and is expected to be the favorite. Ten Stakes to Be Decided The Coronet will be the first of a series of 10 stakes to be decided during the meet- ing. it will be followed by the La Salle Handicap, a 0,000 added six-furlong sprint to be run on the fust Saturday of the session: the Miss Chicago Stakes, a five and a half furlongs dash for fillies for a 5,000 added purse, to be run Wednesday May 22; the 5,000 added Citation Handi- cap for three-year-olds and up at one mile to be run Saturday, May 25; the 0 000 added Domino Stakes, for three-year-olds at six furlongs, to be run on Memorial Day, Continued on Page Seven - 3 . i c t r i e 1 i s a - :, - e - t a a J ... ♦ i ■ i.i ...mi "" ,! lllfe: CM m W ■. 18$ BWWpHf I m illilLs Jill- n Br .H wjnandr A I M ak K Jm B I I E h f L. e 1 f v v F a a RUSSELL L. REINEMAN— President of the Balmoral Jockey Club, which inau- gurates its annual 30-day meeting on Monday afternoon at Washington Park. , i . i ii i iii View of the second floor of grandstand showing new asphalt tile flooring and new mutuel windows. New lighting and decorating are additional features. Washington Park Scene of Balmoral Meeting Aerial view of Washington Park, scene of Balmorals 30-day meeting opening on Monday. Interiors of both clubhouse and grandstand now are glass-enclosed and air-conditioned to provide complete temperature control, no matter what the weather conditions for the day might be. Balmoral Raises Curtain on 30 -Day Season at Washington Park Monday Lori-EI Probable Favorite * Over Eight Filly Opponents In Coronet Stakes Renewal Continued from Page One May 30; the Continental Turf Handicap, .first grass stakes of the session, to be decided Saturday, June-1, for a 5,000 added purse at one and one-eighth miles, for three-year-olds and up. Later will come the 0000 added Honeymoon Handicap, for fillies and mares at seven furlongs on Wednesday. June 5, the 0,000 added Chicagoan, for three-year-olds at one mile on Saturday. June 8; the 5,000 added Joliet Stakes, for two-year-olds at five and one-half furlongs. June 12, and the 0,000 added Balmoral Turf Handicap, to be decided over the mile and three-sixteenth distance on closing day. Saturday. June 15. For the 10 stakes the management is offering a total of 55,000. Patrons will note a number of improvement at Washington Park this season. The | most important is the "all weather" club-| house and grandstand interiors. Both enclosures are completely conditioned to provide air cooling for the racegoers in warm i weather and can be well heated when the mercury drops. This means comfort for I the fans under any sort of climatic condi-j tions. New lighting fixtures have been j placed throughout the grandstand and in-I teresting murals decorate the walls. Other : improvements are in aluminum gooseneck rail for the main course and a new auto gate at the extreme north end of the track. Opposing Lori-EI in the Coronet will be Wilton Stables Euphony. Wakefield Farms Parian Marble, Hasty House Farms Blue-bility, Mrs. R. E. Wingfields Too Too Fussy. Mrs. Katie I. Weils Doris Hart. Moss and Dolans Dales Delight, Audley ► — — ■ Farms Jodi. and Walmac Farms Alice Vanmeter. Lori-EI scored her fourth win in seven starts in the Oaks and it was by far her most lucrative. The victory, at the expense of such top-rated fillies as Jota Jota, Nile Lilly and Great Pride, stamped the 00 yearling sales purchase as a filly with both class and speed. Earlier, Lori-EI ran second to Jota Jota in the Ashland Stakes and was third behind the colts Ky. Roman and Cosmic Force in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn. This season she has earned 4,125. Dales Delight comes off a third behind Lori-EI and Pillow Talk in the Kentucky Oaks, the seventh start this season for the miss. She had won two Hialeah sprints during the winter. Last year she annexed her first three outings at Gulfstream Park before finishing fourth in the Singing Tower Stakes. Jodi makes her Chicagoland bow Monday, the fleet Johns Joy filly coming off a five-race Florida campaign which found her a winner twice. Her latest triumph was recorded March 15 in a sprint and she turned back Iberia and Inquisitive easily. Euphony, a full-sister to Arlington Futurity winner Royal Note, made her only start of the 1957 season a winning one May 3 at Churchill Downs. Bluebility is also making her 1957 bow. Last year she managed a single victory in eight starts but did finish third behind Splendored and Romanita in the Princess Pat Stakes at Washington Prk. Alice Van-meter returns to the strip where she asspi-ciously debuted during last seasons regular Washington Park Meeting. She started only once more as a juvenile, running second to Love Call here. Just two weeks ago Continued, on Page Forty Sik Balmoral Opens 30-Day Meet At Washington Park Monday Continued from Page Seren the Alibhai miss ran third behind Sercial and Boone Blaze in a six furlongs Churchill Downs sprint. Parian Marble is after her first win this ; season. Last year Parian Marble won two » of her first nine starts. Too Too Fussys I latest attempt this year, her eighth start, , found her a distant ninth in the Oaks Prep 1 at Churchill Downs.
