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POLLY DRUMMOND TO TEST TEN JUVENILE FILLIES SIROCCO MAKES RETURN TO RACING WARS TODAY TODAYFlying Flying Indian Heads TenHorse Field in 5000 Added Fixture for Young Lassies at Delaware DelawareSTANTON STANTON Del June 27 The fifth run ¬ ning of the 5000 added Polly Drummond stakes for twoyearold fillies is the top event to be offered at Delaware Park to ¬ morrow but Siroccos return to competition after recovering from a fractured canon bone suffered while competing in the Amer ¬ ican Derby at Washington Park last sum ¬ mer is sure to rob the main race of some of its color Sirocco conqueror of Bimelech in the Arlington Classic has been training in fine style and trainer Clifford Porter be ¬ lieves the Charles T Fisher star is as sound as a bell of brass Sirocco makes his sea ¬ sons debut in the Greenville Handicap and will oppose five others othersTen Ten wellbred fillies will be in a run over five furlongs in the Polly Drummond and Mrs Anthony Pelleteris Flying Indian will pick up the top impost of 122 pounds This will include Nick Wall who handled her in her Astoria Stakes victory and again in the Betsy Ross at Suffolk Downs last Saturday when she finished in the ruck The battle between Flying Indian and Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloanes Smiles which started in the Astoria and finished a neck back of the winner will be resumed in tomorrows feature and the Sloane representative will carry 113 pounds Others named for the stakes are Mrs R H Heighs Pony Ballet Hal Price Headleys Pig Tails H P Met calfs Star Copy Crispin Oglebays On the Level Breckenridge Longs Equipet M B Goffs Allegheny Miss Janet Kelleys Queen Lane and Mrs Ella Brysons Gummed Up UpFAIRY FAIRY CHANT ENTERED ENTEREDThen Then there is the Rehoboth Handicap to take additional color from the Polly Drum ¬ mond for Fairy Chant propping for the Newcastle Handicap will make her local essayin this run over one and onesixteenth miles and a fine field has been named to oppose her herThe The twoyearold stake lost some of its cast when New Trick failed to be named to flaunt Greentrees banner The Greentreo silks hold the upper hand in stake competi ¬ tion for Cherry Jam one named to turn back Sirocco won the the Brandywine Tan ¬ gled the Delaware Oaks and Swing and Sway the Diamond State Stakes StakesPony Pony Ballet was withdrawn fromtha fourth race today and although winner of only one race here is believed to be over ¬ matched Along with Flying Indian and Smiles Pig Tails is also an invader She has been pitted against good juvenile fillies but has yet to win a race Star Copy will be making her initial start of the meeting and the others have yet to win a race here Much was expected of On the Level but she disappointed at Pimlico and there times here Equipet is a daughter of Equipoise and carries the silks of Breckinridge Long Nascas owner to one victory and the same is true of Gummed Up Allegheny and Queen Lane the latter recently purchased from George D Widener by Miss Kelley also of Philadelphia are maidens maidensCHERRY CHERRY JAM OPPOSES SIROCCO SIROCCOIn In addition to the Rehoboth and Green ¬ ville Handicaps the fourth race engages seven fine threeyearolds Sirocco will shoulder 122 pounds for the Greenville with Cherry Jam and Abrasion next under 121 pounds each My Bill will pick up 113 pounds and Hants assignment is 112 pounds Brown Saxon is the minimum weighted under 111 pounds poundsThe The Rehoboth brings together one of the best fields to have run over a distance dur ¬ ing the current meeting Although unsuc ¬ cessful in California racing Fairy Chant the first horse to carry William duPont Jrs Foxcatcher Farm silks during the current meeting is the top weighted in the scale She will carry 118 pounds but Red Dock ia the actual top weight under 119 pounds poundsClear Clear and hot weather prevailed today andy the forecast is for a continuation With so many fine performers to strive for honors several of the track records are expected to be approached or fractured
