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Delaware to Attract Green tree Division Stable Luminaries In Various Stakes Shut Out Eligible to Kent, Diamond State Manhasset Also to Race Strong Unit STANTON, Del., May 22. John M. Gaver, the Frederick, Md., banker and school teacher who gave up such vocations to be a successful trainer of thoroughbreds, informed Daily Racing Form after Shut Outs victory in the Blue Grass Stakes that he intended to run many horses during the Delaware Park meeting. Gaver was the leading trainer of stake winners at the Stanton course last year and his first objective this year will be the Dover Stakes, headline attraction of opening day, Friday, May 29. The Mary-lander nominated Mrs. Payne Whitneys Cumshaw and Pacifist and Manhasset Stables Noonday Sun and Sunday Puzzle for the five-furlong dash, which last year was won by Mrs. R. D. Pattersons Ben Shaba. Shut Out won his first race at Delaware Park, andjie will have ample opportunities to show whether he still likes the local track. The Kentucky Derby winner is eligible to the Kent and Diamond State Stakes. With Swing and Sway, Gaver saddled the winner of the 1941 Diamond State renewal, and this year he will be shooting with Shut Out, another son of Equipoise; Devil Diver, Buckskin and Trade Last. All but Trade Last are eligible to the Kent, Tierce Oaks Candidate Amphitheatre, whom Gaver holds in the same esteem as Shut Out and Devil Diver, is not eligible to the two races for three-year-olds. Gaver won the 1941 Delaware Oaks with Tangled, and this year he named Tierce to make it a double for the Green-tree Stable. Cherry Jam won last years Brandy wine Handicap for Gaver and Greentree, and Monday Lunch and Century Note are eligible to this years renewal. The Sussex Handicap, which carries 0,000 in added money, and a run over one mile and-one-quarter, attracted The Rhymer, Widener Handicap winner; Corydon, winner of a recent race at Belmont Park; Swing and Sway, and Third Degree. The last named was returned to racing this year after a long rest at Hal Price Headleys Beaumont ; Farm, during which he grew a new bar on his foot. He was a bang-up second at Pim-lico, but has shown little in Belmont Park competition. Greentree Stables First Blush and an . unnamed daughter of St. Germans and Gallant Lass, and Manhasset Stables ; Golf Widow, are eligible to the Polly Drum-mond Stakes, and Gaver will be shooting at ; the Christiana Stakes with Hickory Lad, a , half brother to Devil Diver, Pacifist, Whose, , Noonday Lunch and Sunday Puzzle. Cotton to Be in Charge The Gaver entourage of Greentree and I Manhasset representatives are due shortly from New York in charge of Leigh Cotton, . and the Marylander will journey to and I from the Empire State to inspect the horses and also send replacements. This is one of the several prominent establishments coming from Long Island for Jack - Healey, who was here today to. inspect the i 11 locally-owned Christiana performers 3 stated he will transfer those horses he has at Belmont Park to the Stanton course i early next week, and Harry Neusteter is 3 bringing his thoroughbreds from Long f Island the latter part of the week. Danny Stewart, head trainer for Joseph i E. Widener and Mrs. P. A. B. Widener, has ; not decided whether he will ship his entire ; outfit here or leave a number at Belmont t Park and send a division to Delaware Park : in charge of. Howard Stearns. Several cancellations were received this morning from western stables, but with nearly 1,000 applicants - on the waiting list, J. Gil Haus, , who has charge of the stall allotment, has j no trouble in replacing them. One of the busiest officers at Delaware ; Park is Bryan Field, vice-president in i charge of publicity, who is turf editor of the New York Times and announcer at Belmont Park. Field shuttles to Delaware i Park each night and back to Long Island 1 early the next morning. He works in his s press agent office in Wilmington until i X early in the morning, and then gets a few 7 winks before returning to New York.
