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Rosedale, Jamaica To Lure Big Fields Metropolitan Jockey Club Officials Very Likely Will Run Each in Two Sections JAMAICA. L. I., N. Y., April 22.— Two stakes adorn the Metropolitan Jockey Clubs racing menu for the coming week. Juveniles will have their first New York j j stakes opportunity of the season in the Rosedale. a five-furlong dash for fillies on Wednesday, while the week-end feature is i the six -furlong Jamaica Handicap for three -year-olds and older horses. Both of these races carry ,000 in added money, and it is better than an even chance that each will be run in two divisions, a practice that has become almost a custom at Jamaica the last two years. Mondays headliner is the Glenmore Purse, a class 4C", test at a mile and sixteenth for three-year-olds and upward, in which eight are expected to compete for the ,600 prize. In view of the bountiful supply of juvenile fillies fit and ready to run in these parts, the Rosedale is certain to draw a large field, even if a split doesnt develop. Among the likely candidates who have demonstrated ability at this meeting are j j Isadore Biebers Bertie S. and Pheecia, both winners at the local track and both disappointments in subsequent efforts that were not without valid excuses ; Philip Godfreys speedy, but wayward Naval Station; Green tree Stables Expression; William Helis Rhodian and Spitha, a pair of gray fillies who give some promise; Harry LaMontagnes Sicily, a highly re- J j garded miss who was second behind. Pheecia in her debut here; Longchamps Farms nimble Leslie Grey; Louisiana Farms Pamela C; George McNultys Head Smart; Mill River Stables Fittobetied; Mrs. E. C. Salsburys Snarkling and Grant Thorns Meadow Maid. Sixty-Five Nominees This is by no means a complete list of Rosedale possibilities, for there are a num- j | ber of highly regarded and fashionably bred fillies in the list of 65 nominees who are working well, but have not yet appeared in public. The more likely candidates for Satur-; days Jamaica Handicap are W. E. Boeings I I Slide Rule and Devils Thumb, who may i make their 1944 debut in this fixture; Joe W. Browns Brownie, third in the Pau-monok on opening day, and winner of an overnight handicap here in which he beat some of those he may meet on the weekend; Mrs. T. Christophers speedy gray veteran, Doublrab; R. A. Cowards Franks Boy. Mrs. Beatrice DiGiorgios Mettlesome and Flak, William Helis Valdina Albert j and Salto, Louis B. Mayers Free France, Millbrook Stables Swimmin Hole, Allen T. I ! Simmons Harvard Square, W-L Ranchs! Bill Sickle, Woolford Farms Adulator and j j Signator, and William Ziegler Jr.s Bounding , Home and Breezing Home. 1 Oddly enough, the Jamaica was won the last three times by Overdrawn, who carried George D. Wideners colors in 1941 and 1942 and raced for Dearborn Stable last year, and neither of these stables have a J candidate for Saturdays renewal. The octet contesting Mondays Glenmore Handicap is headed by Air Current who j will carry 122 pounds. The others in order of the weights are: Transformer 120; Bright Gallant 117; Great Rush 116; Night Glow 114; and Plantagenet, Flak and Trierarch, all at 112 pounds. Only two riders have been assigned at this writing, Lynch being aboard Great Rush andj Jimmy Stout drawing the mount on Trier-arch. Bright Gallant and Night Glow will run as an entry, both being saddled by I Hirsch Jacobs, and they will probably be favored in the wagering.
