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THIRTEEN STELLAR THREE YEAR OLDS IN KENT ITABO SHOULDERS 115 POUNDS AT DELAWARE Swing and Sway Minnelusa Air Brigade and Sir Alfred Are His Main Rivals in 10000 Fixture FixtureSTANTON STANTON Del June 13 The most im ¬ portant week of the current Delaware Park meeting comes to a close tomorrow with the fifth running of the 10000 added Kent Handicap and for this event of one and one sixteenth niles thirteen three earolds were named Hard rains today assures an off track but as the racing strip was slop ¬ py when entries closed today all entered are expected to strive for the rich prize Stee ilechase racing got under way on Wednes lay with the running of the Delaware Spring Vlaiden and yesterday the Delaware Oaks had its third renewal renewalThere There are no topnotch members of this age in the Kent field unless Greentree Sta ¬ ges Swing and Sway who finished third n the Shevlin Stakes should be an improved lorse Should he be successful under 110 jounds it will be the third stake in a week o fall to Mrs Payne Whitney for her Cher ¬ ry Jam won the Brandywine Handicap last Saturday and Tangled fractured the track record for nine furlongs in annexing the Oaks OaksWhirlaway Whirlaway passed up the Kent because his connections desire to reserve him for the resent for weightforage races He also irobably caused Robert Morris and several jther topranking threeyearolds to miss he race for the Blenheim offspring was not declared from the race until yesterday WHIRLAWAY HIS WATERLOO WATERLOOUndefeated Undefeated until pitted against Whirlaway in the Belmont Stakes Itabo will shoulder he top impost of 115 pounds lichard Kle Derg Jr owner of King Ranch purchased Sold Venture after acquiring Itabo at the Saratoga sales salesThe The other invader is Joe W Browns Min ¬ nelusa but this son of Diavolo and half brother to T M Dorsett and Jewell Dorsett won the Harrington Purse here Tuesday and will have that much advantage over Itabo and Swing and Sway Itabo however had AVO trials the last of which was over a mile since arriving here Monday and Max Hirsch Jr who is in charge of the horse states he appears to like the track trackMinnelusa Minnelusa will carry 107 pounds which is six less than he toted in the Harrington and Sir Alfred victorious over My Bill and others in the Stanton Purse and Hop Skip are featherweights under 101 pounds each eachSnarler Snarler My Bill Sailor King Kansas Cavalier Air Brigade He Rolls and Happy Hunting are the other members of the field and in the opinion of Edward Brennan Kansas and Air Brigade are expected to be the most troublesome for Itabo They were assigned 113 pounds each Air Brigade a big help to Hirsch Jacobs since he claimed him at Miami won the mile Governors Handicap at Suffolk Downs and that was the first time he triumphed at a distance greater than six furlongs He was going easily back of Royal Ruby II in the Har ¬ rington but after going into the lead Min ¬ nelusa swept past him in whirlwind style Kansas showed an even effort in that race his first since the Preakness and should he win the race it will be the third straight time for the Millsdale Stable of Anthony Pelleteri and Mel Emerich Sun Lover and Andy K took the last two renewals for the New Orleans and Chicago combination WON CHURCHILL HANDICAP HANDICAPLike Like Air Brigade My Bill has been called upon for little distance running He won the mile Churchill Downs Handicap from older performers but that stake had its start from the mile chute and he established a big lead during the run to the turn Mont ¬ gomery gave him a breather and the Gay Monarch offspring who was recently pur ¬ chased by Mrs Frank J Navin from Wil ¬ liam E Smith his breeder had enough left to carry on to the finish In the Stanton My Bill broke from the extreme outside and he had to be hustled into a clear lead during the run to the turn Madden kept after the colt strenuously and when Sir Alfred made his determined charge MyBill could not withstand it itThe The assignment for My Bill is 110 pounds or five less than he had aboard in the Stan ton and at that weight was benefited by the apprentice allowance Hop Skip finished third in the Stanton StantonWinner Winner of the Arkansas Derby and a bang up second to Westnesia in the Memorial Day Handicap He Rolls will carry 112 pounds The son of Rolls Royce failed to run to expectations in the Harrington but Mrs V P Noyes his owner believes he will give a better account of himself in the Kent Happy Hunting who earned a purse when Seven Hills was disqualified for not being eligible to the fifth on the first Saturday of the meeting is another that did not fare so well this week His effort was a poor one back of Sir Alfred in the Stanton Snarler was a member of that field and made up ground after the stretch Happy Hunting will carry 106 pounds and Snarler 103 103The The off track is expected to aid Sailor Boy a homebred son of Boatswain and hope of Mrs Walter M Jeffords He was ona of the six others that opposed Seven Hills and Happy Hunting on the mentioned Sat ¬ urdays program programCavalier Cavalier gave a good account of himself in the Brandywine where he was matched against older horses and that effort prob ¬ ably gave him his place in tomorrows field He also will shoulder 103 pounds and Mrs Ella K Bryson his owner had not selected a rider for him today
