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Flash Burn to Go In Diamond State King Ranch Homebred Likely To Face Natchez or Mahout Among Others at Delaware DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 19. Assault, the undisputed three-year-old champion of the 1946 racing season, will not be on hand to represent Robert J. Klebergs King Ranch in this Saturdays Diamond State Stakes, but there is a good possibility that the lesser-light of the stable, the homebred Flash Burn, will carry the Texans silks in the mile and a furlong affair. A maiden through his juvenile season, Flash Burn has become one of the most consistent members of his division here, winning four races and placing on three occasions during his seven-race campaign. With many of the top-flight members of the age division passing up the 2,500 event, indications point to a well-spirited battle developing. Regarded as starters are either Natchez or Mahout from the barn of Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords, Paul J. Careys Sunhelio, Lovemenow, from the Cedar Farm of John Bromley, Greentree Stables School Tie, Mrs. E. Hinemans Blue Dream and George A. Lawsons Lovat. Other possibilities for the week-end attraction are Dirl, Manor Lad, Air Hero, War Watch and Islam Prince. The Jeffords tandem of Natchez and Mahout received their final extended trial over the local track yesterday morning. Natchez, generally regarded as the mainstay of the barn, went only three-quarters of a mile and was timed in 1:15, handily. On the other hand, Mahout, a son of Jamestown Creole Maid, went a mile and a furlong, lending to the belief that he may be the Philadelphians representative. Mahout was timed in 1:54, which compares favorably with the track standard record of 1:49, held by Tangled. Lovemenow Works Eight Furlongs Lovemenow also has received his final prep for the Diamond State, the son of Menow going handily while reeling off eight furlongs in 1:41. Lovat was clocked the same distance in 1:46 breezing, while School Tie required one-fifth of a second more in accomplishing his move. Tomorrows eighth-race presentation contains co-features, each at six furlongs and carded as the fifth and sixth events. Three-year-olds furnish the action in the fifth with the overnight field attracting such as Mrs. M. R. Lewis Phone Me; Mrs. E. H. Augustus Surrender; Mrs. E. C. Sals-burys Landlord and Gustave Rings Rings-town. - Surrender was the winner of his last two in New England, where he was shipped in company with the stables good three-year-old, Blue Yonder. However, the fact that Phone Me has raced over the track may serve to make him the public choice. The Big Elk Purse, which attracted only six fillies and-mares, should develop into a well-spirited affair, with Cedar Farms Lubra and Jacob L. Friedmans Overlin vieing for favoritism.
