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KING COLE TOPS FIELD FOR SHEYLIN RENEWAL RENEWALOnly Only Four Oppose Phipps Colt in 5000 Aqueduct MidWeek MidWeekFeature Feature Carries 122 Pounds PoundsNEW NEW YORK N Y June 10 New Yorks stakes offerings continue to produce exceed ¬ ingly light fields Last weekend just four interests were represented in the National Stallion and the Belmont Stakes getaway features at Belmont Park On Monday Aqueduct opened its gates with a renewal of the Queens County Handicap and the field in that event dwindled to four When entries were locked up this morning for the fifteenth running of this afternoons 5000 Shevlin only five were in the promised field for this midweek attraction Nevertheless this test of threeyearolds at a mile and a sixteenth has drawn a group that should provide an interesting contest contestOgden Ogden Phipps King Cole who was run ¬ nerup to Whirlaway in the Preakness and won the Withers then lost caste in later Belmont Park competition returns to action over his home training grounds in the Shev ¬ lin He is at the top of the weights under the conditions of this event with 122 pounds Despite his recent reversals and the consid ¬ erable poundage he concedes less accom ¬ plished colts in the Shevlin King Cole is expected to rule a pronounced public favor ¬ iteMAY ite MAY NET WINNER 4750 4750Opposing Opposing King Cole will be the high priced Lord Kitchener a recent graduate Jock Whitneys Gun Bearer the Greentree Stables Swing and Sway and Paragon Sta ¬ bles Selalbeda Lord Kitchener Gun Bearer and Swing and Sway are in the Shevlin with 110 pounds apiece while Selalbeda packs just 105 If the quintet named for the Shev ¬ lin all go to the post the winner will receive a net purse of 4750 4750The The Shevlin is intended as a sort of step ¬ ping stone to the 10000 added Dwyer one week from Saturday Each of those named for this afteVnoons midweek headliner also are in the Dwyer But it is somewhat of a strain on the imagination to picture any of the group troubling Whirlaway if he is a starter in the Queens County Clubs mile and a quarter classic for threeyearolds and he is rated a probable to start startAqueducts Aqueducts midweek program contains a class C sprint of six furlongs with 2000 added for threeyearolds and upward that has drawn a better field than did the Shev ¬ lin This offering is dignified with the name of one of the fastest milers of recent years George D Wideners Jack High A prom ¬ ised field of ten is expected to accept Jack Campbells weight assignments The top weight of this band is the threeyearold Sheriff Culkin who races for H L Myers and packs 122 pounds Handy Tom and Vintage Port each carries 116 Great Albert and Birch Bod 115 apiece Volitant 114 Saguenay H 112 Cockerel 110 Imperatrice 108 and White Mask 102 Its a well balanced and fast field one that is certain to develop a lively speed battle battleQUESTION QUESTION OF STAYING ABILITY ABILITYTheres Theres no question of King Cole having done enough work to be ready for this after ¬ noons Shevlin it appears to be a question rather more of his stamina than of his con ¬ dition Many doubt that he can pack 122 successfully over a mile and a sixteenth even against this field the weakest he has encountered in many days But with John ¬ ny Gilbert in the stirrups the son of Phara mond II may successfully be rated the full distance distanceLord Lord Kitchener may prove the sharpest rival for tjie Westburyowned colt in the Shevlin This colt was a 20000 yearling and only graduated at the recent Belmont Park meeting where he went a mile in 138 in front of Yankee Chance There he acted as if hell go a mile and a sixteenth and with a dozen pounds the best of the weights over King Cole could be seriously trouble ¬ some someSwing Swing and Sway and Gun Bearer have had ample opportunity but neither has run to the hopes and expectations of his connec ¬ tions this season Both as a matter of fact trailed King Cole in the recent Swift Gun Bearer will have James booting and acts one that will go a mile and a sixteenth Arcaro is on Swing and Sway Selalbecia appears in over his head even with a com pa rative feather of 105 to carry
