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FIELD OF THIRTEEN FILLIES TO CLASH IN ACORN STAKES STAKESCis Cis Marion Pimlico Oaks Winner Ready for Repeat Performance PerformanceNEW NEW YORK N Y May 20 The Acorn Stakes first of the stellar offerings for threeyearold fillies during the New York turf season is down for decision at Bel ¬ mont Park tomorrow afternoon and prom ¬ ises a battle royal among thirteen of the better members of that age and sex sexTheres Theres nothing remotely like a standout preference in this field of glamour girls but Mrs Ella K Brysons Cis Marion seems best recommended through having ac ¬ counted for the important Pimlico Oaks down at Baltimore in her lates essay John Bells Dark Discovery whom Cis Marion led by inches in the Maryland fixture also is in the Acorn not to mention Calumet Stables Proud One who ran away from a fast field including the Acorn entrants Up the Hill Key Ring and Tangled at the cur ¬ rent Nassau County session sessionTangled Tangled is expected to move on to better things after her race behind Proud One while Breckinridge Longs Nasca who in ¬ dicated at Pimlico that she is returning to best form also is in this mile test for a prize of 7500 added Under the conditions each of the starters carries 121 pounds and altogether its mighty difficult to pick the public choice to say nothing oi the winner winnerLEVEL LEVEL BEST ABSENTEE ABSENTEELevel Level Bept queen of the 1940 turf season is a conspicuous and rather surprising ab ¬ sentee from the Acorn lineup However the Oglebay filly is reported on the slow side just at present and indeed may also miss her engagement in the Coaching Club Amer ¬ ican Oaks at this meeting Tomorrows mile has drawn several prominent eligibles for the latter longer and richer Oaks in Tangled Dark Discovery and Nasca It may develop a filly destined to go on and prove herself the best of the age and sex division this year yearIn In addition to the more highly regarded fillies mentioned above the Acorn field em ¬ braces the outsiders Isolde who races for forContinued Continued on fifth page FIELD OF THIRTEEN FILLIES TO CLASH IN ACORN STAKES STAKESCis Cis Marion Pimlico Oaks Winner Ready for Repeat Performance PerformanceContinued Continued from first page pagePrince Prince Aly Khan the SchuttingerRoebling pair of Key Ring and Agility Brookmeade Stables Grand Flame Cleaveland Putnams Moja Mrs E Graham Lewis Sister Union and Hal Price Headleys Aureole AureoleSo So a good judge in such matters as is Frank Shannon believes that Tangled will be a slight choice in a wide open bettinj race at about 3 to 1 with Dark Discovery and Proud One 4 to 1 each and Nasca and Cis Marion 6 to 1 each The midweeks filly special is expected to produce a very interesting contest and a good betting race with only a continuation of the present warm sunny weather needed to produce a record Wednesday turnout in these parts The race last year attracted a crowd of 9523 incidentally with the wager ¬ ing amounting to 532518 The attendance saw Starmount Stables Damaged Goods win the Acorn and she later confirmed the good form shown in that mile by also accounting for the Coaching Club American Oaks If all the thirteen promised in the Acorn field this afternoon go to the post it will net the win ¬ ner 7475 7475FINAL FINAL BLOWOUTS BLOWOUTSA A number of the hopefuls were given blow ¬ outs at the big Nassau County track this morning Tangled made the most favorable impression when trainer John Gaver stepped her five furlongs in 46 and 59 moving along handily Daik Discovery and Grand Flame went three furlongs the former in 35 and the latter in identical time both under snug restraint restraintNasca Nasca and Sister Union each went through a halfmile spin and each was timed in ASVz under wraps Agility went a half mile in 50 and Key Ring her stablemate put in a half in the same time Proud One went threequarters of a mile in 115 well in hand The track was fast fastTangled Tangled and Nasca are best known of the Acorn hopefuls off their juvenile form The first named Greentree filly won the Astoria and Adirondack was second in the Spinaway and Schuylerville third in the Demoiselle while Breckinridge Longs filly won the Schuylerville and the Spinaway at the Spa also running third in the Adirondack and the Junior Champion ChampionNasca Nasca was suffering an injury that since has been remedied while racing rather disap ¬ pointingly on the West Coast in the winter just past while Tangled wintered at Red Bank N J JDONOSO DONOSO TO RIDE NASCA NASCARiders Riders have been named for most of the thirteen Arcaro of course will ride Green tree Stables Tangled which is nothing against her chances Meade boots Up the Hill who will be saddled by his employer George Odom Robertson must ride Grand Flame for Brookmeade which establishment has his contract while McCreary drew the mount on Aureole and Donoso a familiar boy is to guide Nasca Eads who is Calu ¬ met Farms contract hooter will handle Proud One Johnny Gilbert does the riding for the Putnam division here so will be up on Moja a stretch runner runnerThe The Acorn had its inception in 1931 when Col E R Bradley won with Baba Kenny The next year saw the worlds leading money winning race mare C V Whitneys Top Flight recording the easiest triumph in the short history of the stake The time record for the Acorn set by Damaged Goods is 137 flat which went into the books when she looped her field on the turn to account for the 1940 running
