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BRANDYWINE HANDICAP IS NEXT AT DELAWARE 5000 Added Mile and Sixteenth Stake Expected to Attract Honey Cloud Bold and Bad and Red Dock DockSTANTON STANTON Del May 31 With the big opening and first Saturday programs out of the way officials of the Delaware teeple chase and Race Association are centering their attention on the 5000 added Brandy wine Handicap to be renewed as the feature of next Saturdays program programThe The Memorial Day Handicap won by Westnesia under the top impost of 122 pounds served as a preparation for the one mile and onesixteenth journey for six of the eight starters are eligible to the Brandywine BrandywineIn In addition t9 Regent Son Altesse Red Dock the disappointing favorite Robespierre and Roncat the field for next Saturdays race is expected to attract Honey Cloud Confiado who won the 1940 renewal Masked General Bold and Bad Clyde Tolson Tatter ¬ demalion Jeanne dArc Sun Lover and Royal Ruby II The last named an imported son of Pharos or Asterus and Red Flame came over from France last year and in the Ridgeville Purse chalked up his second victoryWILMINGTON victory WILMINGTON STARTERS STARTERSHoney STARTERSV V Honey Cloud and Clyde Tolson were start ¬ ers in todays Wilmington Handicap and Masked General and Jeanne DArc had use ¬ ful preparations this morning Both were called upon for mile drills and Masked Ge i eral demonstrated that he is near competi ¬ tion by running the eight furlongs in 141 Jeanne DArc withdrawn from the Memo ¬ rial Day Handicap was timed the distance in 142 142Masked Masked General who races under the Brandywine colors of Donald P Ross fin ¬ ished third to Challephen and Rex Flag in 1939 1939Honey Honey Cloud holder of the local track record for one mile and onequarter and second last year to Confiado will bairing mishaps fill his engagement Tatterde ¬ malion successful in the 1938 running is the only eligible having a chance to com ¬ plete a double Bold and Bad second to Eight Thirty in the Metropolitan Handicap is expected to be sent here for the Brandywine and Sun Lover has been training here and at Sun view Farm for several months monthsEdward Edward J Brennan racing secretary has hascarded carded the Mill Creek Handicap as another anothertest test for the Brandywine and this event to tobe be run over one mile and seventy yards yardsWill Will feature Tuesdays program programHandicaps Handicaps and allowance races will be presented as the best offerings on each day until Saturday when the Westover Handi ¬ cap a sixfurlong dash and the Fair Star for threeyearold fillies will support the Brandywine
