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SEE SMALL FIELD FOR COACHING CLUB OAKS OAKSLevel Level Best Natural Choice for Belmont Filly Feature Tangled Wont Be in Starting Lineup LineupNEW NEW YORK N Y May 28 The Coach ing Club American Oaks twentyfifth running as the principal offering on Saturdays double stake program at Belmont Park home of the Westchester Racing Association will draw a very light but equally classy field it was indicated late today todayHeading Heading the probables is Crispin Oglebays Level Best the 1940 turf queen who quali ¬ fied so handsomely for this mile and three furlongs event earlier in the week when ad ¬ ministering a beating to older stake mares at a disadvantage in the weights on the scale scaleLevel Level Best shapes up as the public prefer ¬ ence but may experience more difficulty than generally anticipated if she is to pre ¬ vail over Breckinridge Longs Nasca and John A Bell Jrs Dark Discovery who shapes up stoutest of the few expected to contest the issue issueDarJc DarJc Discovery led Level Best at the fin ¬ ish of the Pimlico Oaks where she was beaten inches by the capable Cis Marion who incidentally is not in the local Oaks It was explained that Level Best was short that afternoon The Bell filly indicated Level Best cannot be short and win Saturday when going a mile arid a quarter in 211 = f in very handy fashion at Belmont Park The track was off as a result of a hard rain during the night and Dark Discoverys move was accomplished in company with the older Dit and the Belmont Stakes hopeful Attention AttentionNasca Nasca who gained a decision over Level Best in a Spa stake last year ran well at Pimlico this spring and was a forward fac ¬ tor from the start of the mile Acorn here though failing to finish among the first three She was fourth beaten less than three lengths for all the money and is expected to go better at the mile and three furlongs route than at the mile of the Acorn AcornTRAFFIC TRAFFIC COURT MAY PERFORM PERFORMThese These three Level Best Nasca and Dark Discovery may be accompanied postward in the Coaching Club by C V Whitneys Traf ¬ fic Court a big Discovery filly who has been training for it Trainer John Gaver of the Greentree Farm horses announced that Tangled will not fill her Oaks engage ¬ ment This filly was the early pacemaker in the Acorn faltering badly after six fur ¬ longs Calumet Farms Proud One heroine of the Acorn is not eligible for the Oaks OaksThe The secondary feature on the weekend is the 5000 added Roseben Handicap of six furlongs for threeyearolds and upward upwardDr Dr Whinny promises to be the starting top weight in this sprint under 121 pounds Only Greentrees Third Degree who is awaiting the Aqueduct meeting was rated more highly by racing secretaryhandicapper Jack Campbell though on the scale King Cole is top weight under 119 King Cole also will be an absentee awaiting the Swift Stakes Dr VVhinny worked for the Rose ¬ ben this morning at Belmont when he breezed six furlongs in 115 the first half in 49 49J J E Wieners Roman a speed merchant of the first water may be among those opposing The Doctor He is in with 114 pounds Other wellknown prospects are Arnold Hangers Harvard Square 112 Brook meade Stables Mettlesome 112 and Dr Whinnys stablemate Overdrawn also in with 112 112There There are fiftyeight eligibles and while these are the leading possibilities the field is expected to be a large and wellbalanced
