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HALF-DOZEN IN BEN AH KeenelancTs Second Stake Attracts Small Field Footing Off. Burning Star Is Outstanding Among Those Named Sir Marlboro the Only Three-Year-Old Named. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 21 With the Keeneland track again in an off condition as the result of showers during the night, the Ben Ali Handicap, second of the four stakes to be offered during the eleven-day meeting, attracted only six overnight entrants for its renewal tomorrow afternoon, but they appear to be well-matched, and a good contest is expected from the ,500 added affair of a mile and one-sixteenth. Outstanding among the sextet of Ben Ali candidates is Burning Star, the Shandon Farm star which began his five-year-old campaign here recently with a creditable victory. He is the top weight, with 120 pounds, since Bull Lea declined because of track conditions, and will be ridden by Warren Yarberry, as he was the other day. Last season the son of Burning Blaze won the Philadelphia Handicap, and the previous year he was high up in the three-year-old division. Opposing Burning Blaze will be two other stake winners of last season, Hal Price Head-leys Flying Lee and Louise J. Hickmans Arabs Arrow. The former accounted for the Kentucky Oaks last spring, and during the winter she outgamed Sweet Nancy in the Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita. The veteran Arabs Arrow was victorious in the Louisville, Churchill Downs and Latonia Handicaps, and placed in numerous other events last season. Johnny Oros, the nations leading rider, drew the mount on the Head-ley filly, which has been assigned 108 pounds, Continued on thirty-second page. HALF-DOZEN IN BEN ALI Continued from first page. and Joe Rosen will guide the Louisville-owned horse. The only three-year-old in the Ben Ali is Sir Marlboro, Conn Smythes Kentucky Derby candidate. This son of Swift and Sure is the low weight of the field, with 102 pounds as his package, and his pilot will be Chuck Charlton. Completing the field are Bomar Stables Biscayne Blue, with Porter Roberts up, and Greentree Stables Birthday, whose rider, in the absence of Eddie Arcaro, will be Carroll Bierman. With all starting the Ben Ali will gross ,125, and the winners net share will be ,150. A strong supporting program has been arranged for the Ben Ali, with three-year-olds being engaged in the Haylands, Elmen-dorf and Buck Pond Purses all six furlongs dashes. In the Haylands are several Kentucky Derby eligibles, including Milky Way Farms No Competition and On Location, and Conn Smythes Sir Marlboro. Among their opponents are Smart Crack, Montsin and Cherry Jam. Derby eligibles in the Buck Pond are Rule All, Syracuse, Detector, Decatur and Joharie, while hopefuls for the Churchill Downs classic in the Elmendorf are Scotch Trap and Temulac.
