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DELAWARE OAKS 6500 added threeyearolds fillies one mile and u furlong PP Horse Wt Jockey JockeyA 1 Level Best 119 A Robertson RobertsonP 2 Happy Home 110 P Keiper KeiperE 3 Tangled 113 E Arcaro ArcaroA 4 Misty Isle 119 A Snider SniderC 5 Dark Discovery 110 C Bierman LEVEL BEST STARTS IN DELAWARE OAKS TODAY ONLY FOUR NAMED TO OPPOSE OGLEBAY MISS MISSCarries Carries 1 1 9 Pounds in Endeavor to Gain More Laurels in Her Division Tangled and Misty Isle to Race RaceSTANTON STANTON Del June 11 Crispin Ogle bays Level Best with a sparkling juvenile record and victories in the Princess Doreen Handicap and Coaching Club American Oaks this year to her credit is being pro ¬ claimed the queen of her age and sex but she has yet to hurdle the Delaware Oaks to be presented here tomorrow and until she clears this obstacle the title cannot be justly awarded For this run over nine furlongs the daughter of Equipoise will shoulder 119 jounds and this will include Alfred Robertson who directed her Coach ¬ ing Club victory Greentree Stables Tan ¬ gled Joseph E Wideners Misty Isle John A Bell Jrs Dark Discovery and Happy Home from the Millsdale Stable of Anthony Pelleteri and Mel Emerich will oppose her herAlso Also under 119 pounds will be Misty Isle with Tangled carrying 113 pounds and Dark Discovery and Happy Home 110 pounds each eachUndoubtedly Undoubtedly it is the finest field to have contested since the race had its inception in 1938 that will strive for the 6500 added purse the possession for one year of the Mrs Marion duPont Scott Cup and perma ¬ nent possession of a replica which will be awarded by William duPont Jr JrTO TO RENEW RIVALRY RIVALRYIt It will be the first time since the Rich ¬ ard Johnson Stakes that Level Best and Misty Isle have vied for honors and Level Best was the victress Other stakes won by the Equipoise offspring are the Demoi ¬ selle Stakes the Saratoga Sales Stakes the Old Colony Stakes the Saratoga Event and the Autumn Day Stakes She finished sect ond in the Eastern Shore and Junior Cham ¬ pion and third in the Spinaway In fact the Oglebay filly journeyed through Maryland Delaware New York Massachusetts and Kentucky to accomplish her brilliant juve ¬ nile record and thereby was called upon to oppose all comers Her total winnings as a twoyearold were 40225 and on the strength of such a brilliant record was pro ¬ claimed the leading twoyearold filly fillyAnbther Anbther good traveler is Misty Isle who entered competition at Tropical Park She went from there to Kentucky then Dela ¬ ware Illinois New York and finished her season in Maryland Misty Isle a homebred daughter of Sickle and Seven Pines won the LaFayette Stakes the Hyde Park Stakes and Belmonts Matron Stakes She was sec ¬ ond in the Viscaya Stakes Dover Stakes Arlington Lassie Stakes and Babylon Hand ¬ icap and third in the Debutante Richard Johnson and Sagamore Handicap Her win ¬ nings last year were 35835 35835The The other stakes winner is Tangled a daughter of Sweeping Light and Elf Lock The Greentree miss was victorious in the Adirondack Handicap and deadheated in the Astoria Stakes She was second in the Schuylerville and Spinaway Stakes and third to Level Best in the Demoiselle Stakes Her earnings last year were 10750 10750RUNNERUP RUNNERUP TO LEVEL BEST BESTDark Dark Discovery has yet to win a race this year but finished second to Level Best in the Coaching Club American Oaks She has won one race and the same is true of Happy Home a daughter of Blenheim II who graduated from the maiden ranks dur ¬ ing the Pimlico meeting meetingAlthough Although Mrs Payne Whitney maintains one of the leading nurseries in the country Tangled is not a product of Greentree Farm She was bred by Fred B Koontz while Level Best was bred by Samuel D Riddle at his Faraway Farm and Happy Home came out of the Claiborne Farm Saratoga vendue Dark Discovery was bred by Mereworth Stud so Misty Isle is the only homebred in the field fieldEddie Eddie Arcarowill be astride Tangled and she will be saddled by E Leigh Cotton ill ¬ ness preventing John Gaver the head trainer from coming here Carroll Bierman is making the trip from New York to handle Dark Discovery who will be saddled by Max Hirsch Jr and Misty Isle will be entrusted to Albert Snider contract rider for Danny Stewart who has a division of the Widener stable here Paul Keiper was engaged this morning to direct Happy Home HomeMisty Misty Isle and Level Best had useful blowouts this morning Misty Isle breezed a half mile in 49 and Level Best was clocked three furlongs in 36
