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FIELD OF TEN PROBABLE FOR POLLY DRUMMOND DRUMMONDSuch Such WellRegarded Juvenile Fillies as Smiles New Trick and Flying Indian to Start StartSTANTON STANTON Del June 26 Women own ¬ ers continue to furnish the leading contend ¬ ers in stake races at Delaware Park Four of the five entrants in todays Diamond State Stakes represented the fair sex and the next event on the calendar the 5000 added Polly Drummond Stakes to be presented Saturday finds Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane of Detroit and Mrs Anthony Pelleteri of New Orleans with the choices for the race raceSmiles Smiles carrying Mrs Sloanes Brookmeade Stable silks was second to Mrs Pelleteris Flying Indian in the Astoria Stakes at Aque ¬ duct Like Saturdays feature the Astoria is fashioned for twoyearold fillies and run over five furlongs Smiles a bay daughter of High Quest who won the 1934 Prcakness Stakes for Mrs Sloane arrived from New York yesterday and Flying Indian a daugh ¬ ter of Flying Heels checked in from that point today todayRacing Racing secretary Eddie Brennan figures on a field of ten Mrs Payne Whitneys New Trick a granddaughter of Equipoise who scored an easy victory here last week is still another contender provided by a woman ownerHEADLEYS owner HEADLEYS CANDIDATES CANDIDATESHal Hal Price Headley in asking for stable accommodations for six horses a few days ago promised to ship Lotopoise and Pig Tails from Suffolk Downs Lotopoise was second to Light Lady in the Betsy Ross Stakes at Suffolk Downs last Saturday and Flying Indian was well beaten in that contest contestAmong Among others expected to be in the field are Breckinridge Longs Equipet Miss Janet Kelleys Queen Lane E K Brysons Gummed Up and M B Goffs Allegheny The Polly Drummond will be having its fifth running previous winners having been Merry Lassie Buds Bell Teacher and Strange Device DeviceFollowing Following the Polly Drummond the Vio Mead the Christiana and the Newcastle Handicap will be offered The Vic Mead the concluding stake for jumpers will be pre ¬ sented Wednesday with the Christiana set for Thursday and the Newcastle on Satur ¬ day Tangled is expected to return from New York for the Newcastle and while she will be called upon to oppose mares in this one and onesixteenth mile journey the Greentree miss demonstrated in the Dela ¬ ware Oaks and the Gazelle Stakes that she should fear neither man nor beast beastThe The Christiana fashioned for twoyear old colts and geldings is expected to attract a fine field and todays fourth race served as a preparatory race for the five and one half furlongs dash
