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Burgoo Maid Outruns Kankakee Foes Thirteen Contest Top Flight Handicap MarKell Takes Up 126Pound Impost ImpostFaces Faces Stefanita Anthemion Whirlabout Star Copy and Boojiana in Belmont Stake StakeELMONT ELMONT L I N Y May 31 Fillies and mares have their equivalent of yester ¬ days Suburban at Belmont Park tomorrow when the elite of the sex will match strides in the 10000 Top Flight Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth That the gentler sex has not yet achieved equal rights is evident from the smaller purse and shorter dis ¬ tance but the Top Flight remains the best of the threeyearold and upward races for its division during the spring season Thirteen have been named overnight for the Top Flight which is headed by Calumet Farms MarKell under 126 pounds part of which will be Conn McCreary Racing secretary John B Campbell rates her the best of her sex currently in training and she will probably be favorite tomorrow tomorrowThe The complete field for the comparatively new filly and mare fixture which will have its fifth running tomorrow is composed of MarKell 126 G D Wideners Stefanita 124 H P Metcalfs Star Copy 119 C T Chenerys Anthemion 116 Woolford Farms Silvestra and Isador Biebers Moon Maiden 112 Louis B Mayers Whirlabout 110 Cain Hoy Stables Good Morning 109 Col C V Whitneys Boo ¬ jiana 106 Lazy F Ranchs Johns Dear 104 Belair Studs Thread o Gold and River Edge Farms Faro Queen 102 and W H LaBoyteaux Directory with only 100Beat 100 Beat Alsab at Pimlico PimlicoEddie Eddie Arcaro will ride Anthemion who trounced MarKell last time they met when McCreary rode one of his belated rides on the shapely daughter of Blenheim II Nellie Flag Stefanita was making her first start of the year in that race and fin ¬ ished a distant last The only time she was better than last was at the far turn when she moved past MarKell briefly and the Calumet filly was steered into a blind switch trying to pass her on the bend losing additional ground groundLast Last season Stefanita won a series of stakes and in her final was good enough to beat Alsab at Pimlico Since her poor poorContinued Continued on Page Three Renew Top Flight At Belmont Today TodayTwelve Twelve Named to Oppose Topweighted MarKell in Filly and Mare Headliner HeadlinerContinued Continued from Page One Oneshowing showing on May 22 the daughter of Ques ¬ tionnaire has had a series of impressive short trials and may redeem herself to ¬ morrow morrowWhirlabout Whirlabout is the top weight of the three yearolds in the Top Flight She scored a romping victory in her 1944 debut here then finished two and onehalf lengths back of Twilight Tear in the Acorn Stakes as close as any filly has been able to get to that Calumet colorbearer this season She should give a good account of herself herselfMoon Moon Maiden finished third behind An themion and MarKell in the Kohinoor Handicap beaten a neck and four lengths and benefits by an increase in weights on the part of her rivals Good Morning ran fifth in that race another length and neck farther back but this filly needs mud which is not in prospect to do her best bestBoojiana Boojiana another threeyearold made her 1944 debut last Thursday but came up against a superior mudder in the person of Comanche Peak and was beaten a little more than two lengths by that gelding She tired as if a bit short and may improve Ted Atkinson is slated to ride the Whitney miss tomorrow tomorrowSilvestra Silvestra finished well here on May 22 to be second to Alquest who was good enough to finish third in yesterdays Sub ¬ urban This gray mare is a moody sort but can run when in her right mood and tomorrows distance is more suitable than the seven furlongs of her last local effort She had such good ones as Kings Abbey Le Havre Jack S L Wait a Bit Boysy and Cassis behind her that day and is not un ¬ kindly treated with her 112 pounds burden Atkinson is also indicated as her pilot sug ¬ gesting that either Boojiana or Silvestra may not start tomorrow tomorrowCalumet Calumet Miss Won Race Last Year YearWith With the exception of Star Copy who will be ridden by Westrope the others ap ¬ pear a bit over ambitious MarKell beat Yarrow Maid and Stefanita among others in last years renewal of the Top Flight while the good filly Level Best scored in 1942 True Call won the inaugural in 1940 while Tangled beat the crack Misty Isle in the 1941 renewal renewalThere There are two other handicaps on to ¬ morrows program the 4500 Jericho at seven furlongs and the 2600 Locust Grove at a mile and oneeighth These will be the last two races on the card The Jericho has drawn a half dozan good sprinters sprintersThe The route event has also drawn a half dozen topped by Meneither with 122 pounds The favorite in this race will probably be Sickles Choice who gets in with 120 though there is bound to be some support for both the top weight and Trier arch who hit a winning stride the other day after many disappointments
