Whirlaway Will Miss Engagement In Kent: Calumet Star to Be Reserved for Dwyer--Itabo Will Start Saturday--Small Oaks Fields, Daily Racing Form, 1941-06-11

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WHIRLAWAY WILL MISS ENGAGEMENT IN KENT KENTCalumet Calumet Star to Be Reserved for Dwyer Itabo Will Start Saturday Small Oaks Fields FieldsSTANTON STANTON Lei June 10 With the ar ¬ rival of John A Bell Jrs Dark Discovery and King Ranchs Itabo from New York late yesterday the fields for the 6500 added Del ¬ aware Oaks and the 10000 added Kent Handicap to be presented on Thursday and Saturday respectively begin to take shape shapeDark Dark Discovery and Itabo made the trip together and Itabo lost no time in testing the local racing strip breezing a half mile this morning in 52 Max Hirsch Jr came in charge of the pair pairPresent Present indications are for a field of five for the Oaks the other probable starters be ¬ ing Level Best Misty Isle Tangled and Hap ¬ py Home In spite of Level Bests brilliant victory in the Coaching Club American Oaks which found Dark Discovery the runnerup there are many who believe the local filly classic is an open race They point out that Tangled who worked six furlongs in 114 this morning is an improved filly and ex ¬ pect Misty Isle to give a better account of herself than she did in the Top Flight Hand ¬ icap Tangled set the pace in that stake and Misty Isle followed in closest pursuit Dark Discovery is well regarded and Happy Home appeared a trifle short in her only essay here Since then she has turned in two mile drills drillsExcept Except Misty Isle who returned from New York Sunday the Oaks eligibles have com ¬ pleted their tracing tracingCAVALIER CAVALIER IN HANDICAP HANDICAPWith With word from New York that Whirl away who was assigned the top impost of 132 pounds would pass up the Kent and be reserved for the Dwyer many threeyear olds have been added to the probable field J Serio trainer of Mrs Ella K Brysons Cavalier announced this morning that the son of ByPass II would fill his engagement He breezed a half mile in 51 and will re ¬ quire little additional training as he was under silks in the Brandywine Handicap last Saturday SaturdayWhen When entering My Bill and Happy Hunt ¬ ing for the fifth race tomorrow trainers Leo ODonnell and Dion Kerr stated they were using the contest as a tuneup for the Kent to be run over one and onesixteenth miles milesActing Acting for Mrs Frank J Navin who races under the nom de course of the Tall Trees Stable ODonnell recently purchased My Bill from W E Smith The son of Gay Monarch beat a field of older horses in the mile Churchill Downs Handicap and that was the only time he has been called upon to negoti ¬ ate a distance greater than seven furlongs Happy furlongsHappy Hunting was awarded a purse here when he was the runnerup to Seven Hills who was disqualified for not being eligible to the race raceUntil Until the Belmont Stakes Itabo was un ¬ defeated but he was a wellbeaten last in that twelvefurlong journey His assignment for poundsOcean the Kent is 115 pounds Ocean Blue Crispin Oglebays hopeful sped six furlongs in 115 He was timed the half mile in 48 48Todays Todays Harrington Purse engaged He Rolls Royal Ruby II Kansas Air Brigade and Minnelusa and a majority if not all members of the field are expected to accept for the Kent


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