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Tomy Lee Among Eligibles For 1960 Anita Maturity ARCADIA, Calif. May 13. — Tomy Lee, winner of the Kentucky Derby, is eligible for the 1960 running next January of the 00,000-added Santa Anita Maturity for four-year-olds. The English-bred colt, owned by, Fred Turner Jr., of Midland, Texas, is among 78 remaining current three-year-olds kept eligible for the unique llA miles stakes which highlights the annual winter i thoroughbred racing season at Santa Anita i Park. I Two past Kentucky Derby winners — I Ponder and Determine — later won the Ma-| turity. I The other recent Kentucky Derby con-I testants — Royal Orbit and Dunce — are also eligible for the 1960 Maturity. Royal Orbit, owned in the name of the estate of the late ! Jacques Braunstein, finished fourth in the 1 Run for the Roses while Claiborne Farms 1 Dunce wound up seventh in the 17-horse 1 field. i No foreign-bred horse has ever won the i Maturity. Last seasons winner was Hills-I dale, bred in Indiana. In addition to those I kept eligible for the Maturity with original | 0 subscriptions on Jan. 1, 1957, supple-| mentary nominations may be made five | days before the running on payment of I 0,000. Hillsdale was such a supplement-l * ary nominee last season.
