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WHIRLAWAY Warren Wrights champion of the threeyearold division will face four of his older contemporaries in the Henry of Navarre Purse at Belmont BelmontPark Park this afternoon LINCOLN FIELDS TO POTRANCO WHIRLAWAY MEETS OLDER HORSES AT BELMONT MIOLAND MAIN RIVAL IN OVERNIGHT OFFERING OFFERINGHash Hash Your Chance and Ringie Also in Lineup for Henry of Navarre Purse Wright Star Carries 108 108NEW NEW YORK N Y May 19 Belmont Park long one of the strongholds of chase sport at major tracks in this country offes the twentieth running of the Charles L Appleton Memorial as its stakes presenta ¬ tion this afternoon but far more interest will center on the running of the Henry of Navarre Purse a test of a mile and a six ¬ teenth for threeyearolds and upward which has drawn no less a box office attraction than Whirlaway hero of the DerbyPreak ness double doubleThe The Henry of Navarre finds Warren Wrights superlative colt at present a top heavy favorite for the Belmont Stakes go ¬ ing out of his age division to take on some of the outstanding members of the handi ¬ cap division The four named against him for this mile and a sixteenth test are George Wideners Your Chance a Suburban hope ¬ ful Gustave Rings Ringie who is in the same stake and Greentrees Hash and Charley Howards Mioland who are in both the Metropolitan and the Suburban SuburbanIt It is one of the most brilliant fields of the season though the purse is just 2500 Under the conditions of the Henry of Navarre Mioland carries top weight of 127 pounds while Hash gets in under 120 Your Chance and Ringie 116 apiece and the daz ¬ zling Whirlaway 108 108WHIRLAWAY WHIRLAWAY BELOW SCALE SCALEMioland Mioland has just scale weight while Whirl away has four pounds below the scale Hash eight under and Your Chance and Ringie each eleven under underThe The entry of Whirlaway is in line with Plain Ben Jones proposal to give his charge plenty of racing as a part of his prep for the mile and a half of the Belmont Stakes renewal here getaway day June 7 Owner Warren Wright makes no secret of his fond hope that Whirlaway will win the Belmont and thus join the list of just four others whove captured Americas Triple Crown CrownEddie Eddie Arcaro who rode Whirlaway so steadily and well in his historymaking Louisville and Baltimore performances must ride against him if Hash is a starter this afternoon For hes under contract to Green tree Perhaps Wendell Eads the Calumet contract hooter will have the leg up on Whirly as the Wright colts thousands of avid admirers have nicknamed him himEven Even though he is tackling tried and proven older horses Whirlaway shapes up a strong favorite in the Henry of Navarre and with a continuation of bright spring weather he will attract a large off day attendance to the Hempstead Turnpike course coursePRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVESWhile While Whirlaway will be sharpening up for the Belmont in the Henry of Navarre and any other races in which he engages between this and the date of the Belmont Hash will be conditioning for the Metropol MetropolContinued Continued on third page
