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GRAINGER ATTRACTS EAST Strong Field From Coast in Downs Feature Race Saturday Princess Porrcn Cherry Pie Dangerous Dangerouslllomlin lllomlin antl Oilier Fleet Steeds Malic MalicFormidable Formidable Array of dominations NEW YORK X Y May 20 The East will have strong representation in the Grain ¬ ger Memorial the Kentucky Jockey Clubs 10000 handicap of one mile and a quarter for threeyearolds and upward to be re ¬ newed at Churchill Downs next Saturday The Jones Brothers Princess Doreen Sena ¬ tor William Coopers Dangerous and Cata ¬ lan Robert I Garrys Peanuts Mrs Payne Whitneys Cherry Pie Hedge Fence and Daz zler Max Ilirschs King Solomons Seal the Lexington Stables Prince of Bourbon Jef ¬ ferson Livingtons Son of John Harry Payne Whitneys Rlondin Acrostic and Backbone and Edward F Simms Memory Lane are formidable nominations of stables claiming Mcaboard allegiance in the Grainger Memorial MemorialThey They are all training satisfactorily and in fine health There was no sickness worth mentioning in the Maryland and Long Is ¬ land thoroughbred colonies this spring There is not as much distance racing in the spring hereabouts as in Kentucky KentuckyPrince Prince of Bourbon which cuffed an ankle and temporarily disabled himself training for the Philadelphia and Dixie handicaps prob ¬ ably will prove the most formidable of these eastern owned Grainger Memorial eligibles James W McClelland and Roy Waldron have planned to race him in Kentucky with Mem ¬ ory Lane LaneIlAX IlAX WELL LAST FALL FALLPrince Prince of Bourbon is the best horse the 250000 Prince Palatine gave racing during his brief term of stud service at Simms Xalapa Farm of Bourbon County Kentucky He started in last springs revivals of the Prcakness and Kentucky Derby stakes after a promising beginning at Havre de Grace but had bad luck in both He was a great horso at Bowie last fall winning the Prince Georges Handicap in a canter and might have scored in the Bryan Memorial and Thanks ¬ giving if he liad been well handled handledPrince Prince of Bourbon is a trim chestnut fifteen hands three inches and a born distance runner as his daddy was before him Mem ¬ ory Lane a son of Negofol and Mileage did not start last season but showed ability at Havre de Grace in April His daddy sired stout distance runners in Tchad Flechois Hourless Coventry and Dangerous DangerousDangerous Dangerous which was in the Cochran sta ble last spring with Coventry and Flying Ebony winners respectively of the twenty ninth Preakness and the fiftyfirst Derby is lioi elessly handicapped in races of shorter distances than one mile and a furlong He won the Travers at Saratoga last summer easily beating Silver Fox FoxHe He was at Tijuana during the winter and has been galloping encouragingly since his return to Long Island His stable mate Catalan a son of Fair Play and Catalpa made an enviable reputation as distance run ¬ ners in Canada and the Middle West last sea ¬ son and the season before beforeCherry Cherry Pie holder of the American com ¬ petitive record of 1 35 = f for one mile ap ¬ pears to be as good this spring as he was last year when he ran second to Sting in the Suburban Handicap revival He was one of the contenders in the Dixie Handicap at Pimliro which Sarazen won the other day and has revealed sprinting speed at Jamaica JamaicaHedgefence Hedgefence a son of Whisk Broom II and Homely which Mrs Whitney bred in Jersey as she did Cherry Pie won last years Tijuana Derby He was cut down in the running of the AVood Stakes at Jamaica a year ago last April and laid up until this spring His work at Belmont Park has been almost as good as that of any handicap horse training there therePeanuts Peanuts a stout little bay colt by Ambas ¬ sador IV out of Agnes Sard bred by AVilliam AVoodward at the Belair Stud at Southern Maryland was one of the most successful handicap horses in New York last summer and fall He won six races renewals of the Knickerbocker Saranac Huron and Edge mere Handicap among them and earned 21500 21500AX AX ACTIVE OAVXEU OAVXEUMr Mr Gerry his owner a steward of The Jockey Club is the man who promoted the AVestchester Racing Associations epochal 100000 international match race of one mile and a half between Zev and Papyrus at Belmont Park in October 1923 Also he was active in the movement that brought Epi nard over the Atlantic in 1924 Peanuts is about the best horse that has borne his silks George Odom trains Peanuts PeanutsSon Son of John one of the contenders in the fiftyfirst Derby is training at Belmont Park under the eve of Robert A Smith and train ¬ ing well He and Chilhowee which estabj lislied a new worlds record of 254 for one mile and threequarters when he won the Late nia Championship two seasons back after he had lowered the mile and a furlong record to l4Si have attracted more atten ¬ tion than any other horses training at Bel ¬ mont Park Bub May who handled a strong string for Livingston in Louisiana and Florida last winter predicts that Son of John will be the sensation of this seasons racing racingBlondin Blondin a son of Broomstick and Ballan coire II and three parts brother of Swinging and Swingalong has revealed more distance running ability than any other threeyearold hi the 11 P Whitney stable this year Back bone a son of AVhisk Broom II and Stamina which won last years AVood Stakes at Ja ¬ maica and afterwards participated in the Preakness and Derby renewals can beat J Iondin when he tries He has been unsuc ¬ cessful so far this season because he behaves badly at the barrier barrierTrainer Trainer Rowe will probably leave Rack llpne with Mose Goldblatt the handler of the western division of the AVhitney string after the Grainger Memorial Goldblatt has a way of making unruly horses mind If there is Anything Backbone likes better than gallop ¬ ing one mile and a quarter it is going one mile mid a half
