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ONLY THREE FILLIES IN COACHING CLUB OAKS ROSEBEN HANDICAP IS SUPPORTING FEATURE FEATURELevel Level Best Meets Dark Discovery and Nasca in Gruelling Distance Event King Cole Surprise Entry EntryNEW NEW YORK N Y May 30 Tomorrow is ladies day for the threeyearold fillies at Belmont Park where the halfholidays dou ¬ ble stake program is headed by the twenty fifth running of the Coaching Club Ameri ¬ can Oaks a fixture that is outstanding among this countrys prizes for members of that age and sex division Only three are in the entries for this searching test of a mile and three furlongs with Crispin Oglebays Level Best shaping up a 1 to 4 chance to whip John A Bell Jrs Dark Discovery and Breck j inridge Longs Nasca even though each has beaten the 1940 filly champion at some stage of their young careers careersThe The supporting feature on the weekend card is the second running of the Roseben Handicap a test of 55000 added over six furlongs that has drawn a promised field of nine of the ablest sprint performers in the business A surprise entrant in the Roseben is Ogden Phipps threeyearold King Cole whom trainer Fitzsimmons had intended re ¬ serving for the Swift Stakes and who is top weight on the scale under 119 pounds Nev ¬ ertheless he will be the favorite over George D Wideners Dr Whinny with 121 pounds in the belief of most handicappers handicappersTwo Two other capable speedsters in the Rose ¬ ben are C V Whitneys Parasang who car ¬ ries 115 pounds and J E Wideners Roman with a pound less Max Hirsch has named three of his charges Richmond Harvard Square and Roman Flag who will run as the SackettHanger entry while Maxwell Howards The Chief and W H LaBoyteaux Springwood round out the field The Rose ¬ ben shapes up as a keen speed battle while the Oaks may prove something far different from the virtual walkover generally con ¬ ceded Level Best BestUNITED UNITED HUNTS STEEPLECHASE STEEPLECHASEThe The two stakes are surrounded by half a dozen other interesting contests including the United Hunts Steeplechase which will appeal to enthusiasts of this branch of the sport hereabouts Following todays big Memorial Day business there will be thou ¬ sands returning to the Nassau County course for another big afternoon of thoroughbred competition tomorrow if only the overhead conditionscontinue to favor the offerings of the Westchester Racing Association AssociationThere There are several factors contributing to the light field in tomorrows running of Americas filly Derby The Acorn heroine Proud One and Mrs Ella K Brysons Cis Marion runnerup in that stake and winner earlier of the Pimlico Oaks are conspicuous absentees from the nominations Level Best scared out several prospective Oaks rivals the other afternoon when she gave weight and a beating to older mares in the Princess Doreen Handicap galloping on out to the mile and three furlongs distance of the Coaching Club in 218 time that has been bettered only three years of the twentyfour the stake has been decided decidedLevel Level Best came back after her score in the Princess Doreen to work a mile in 139 in deep going and appears to be ready for a keen mile and three furlongs tomorrow She carries 121 pounds the same weight as each of the other two and will be ridden by the familiar Alfred Robertson RobertsonDark Dark Discovery a daughter of Discovery who has shown some indication of wanting to go a distance went a mile and a quarter in 211 in company with Attention and Dit as her final distance move for the Coaching Club Carroll Bierman is to have the mount on her tomorrow tomorrowJAMES JAMES TO REDE NASCA NASCANasca Nasca who trimmed Level Best in a Spa stake last summer was fourth in the mile Acorn but is expected to go better over the mile and three furlongs route of the Oaks She has worked well for it going a mile and a quarter in 210 Basil James one of the lands leading riders is to have the mount on fillyThe the Breckinridge Long filly The Roseben is one of Belmonts new stakes having been inaugurated in 1940 when it was won by Col Maxwell Howards The Chief one of those promised in todays field fieldKing King Cole is expected to be about 2 to 1 in this event Winner of the Paumonok and Withers earlier in the season the Phara mond H threeyearold seems especially suited by the sixfurlong distance of the Roseben where he packs 119 and will be handled by Johnny Gilbert GilbertDr Dr Whinny who represents George Wide ner and is second choice in early lines on this stake has been second to stablemates in two important sprint stakes hereabouts this spring At Jamaica The Doctor was the runnerup to his stable companion Over ¬ drawn in the Jamaica Handicap and at this meeting he was a creditable second to the accomplished Eight Thirty in the Tobog ¬ gan Handicap With 121 pounds he is in the Roseben nicely and is right at the peak of his form
