Whirlaway Seems To Have Dwyer Stakes At His Mercy: Only Three Listed as Probables to Oppose Great Calumet Racer, Daily Racing Form, 1941-06-20

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WHIRLAWAY SEEMS TO HAVE DWYER STAKES AT HIS MERCY MERCYOnly Only Three Listed as Probables to Oppose Great Calumet Racer RacerNEW NEW YORK i Y June 19 All was quiet on the Dwyer front at Long Island tracks today with a vast majority of observ ¬ ers believing that Saturdays 10000 added mile and a quarter headliner will be just a breeze for the triple crown winner Whirlaway WhirlawayNot Not in many years has Aqueducts classic threeyearold special appeared so onesided with only Louis Tufanos Market Wise Fred Byers Robert Morris and S D Riddles Lord Kitchener considered likely to oppose War ¬ ren Wrights champion though the condi ¬ tions give each a mild weight pull pullMarket Market Wise a winner earlier in the week at Aqueduct has turned in the keenest trial recorded for the Saturday fixture going out a mile and a quarter in 207 But Glen Riddles recent graduate Lord Kitchener was right in the same notch far as he went when he put in a mile a d an eighth eased upin 153 at Belmont Park in the middle of the week His fractions were 48 113 and a mile in 140 140Though Though Maj Tom McCreery has an ¬ nounced his intention of starting Robert Morris that colt has not done much in the way of training that appears on the work tab tabAs As the Dwyer shapes up at present it remains for Whirlaway to attract the crowds for it is generally regarded as an exhibition There is no reason at present to believe he will not start If he didnt the Dwyer would fall flatter than a brides first cake cakeWarren Warren Wright the proud owner and breeder of the current turf sensation is ex ¬ pected to arrive Friday to be present for the Dwyer in which Whirlaway will carry top weight of 126 pounds against 122 pounds on Market Wise 119 on Robert Morris and 116 on Lord Kitchener


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