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Ten to Seek Honors in Fashion Stakes Picnic Lunch Seen As Belmont Choice Caltha, Peace of Mind and Loriot Face Jolley Miss in 0,000 Straightaway Event BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 5.— The 0,000 Fashion Stakes, a dash for juvenile fillies at four and a half furlongs on the Widener straightaway, heads tomorrows program at Belmont Park. This test, which will be having its forty-ninth running, has been won by some of the best fillies ever to grace the American turf in the past half century and its last two renewals were captured by a pair of junior misses who later demonstrated that they were the best of their age, regardless of sex. These were Maine Chance Farms Beaugay, who swept the juvenile stakes until her unfortunate encounter with the inside rail in the Futurity, and C. V. Whitneys First Flight, who included last years Futurity in her series of successes and was beaten only once, when the now all but forgotten Eternal War outstepped her in the Juvenile Stakes over the same chute. Obviously no one can say at this writing if there is a filly in tomorrows Fashion of the caliber of this pair, but the 10 named include some of the most fashionably-bred lasses in the East. These 10 are the survivors of 144 who were nominated on March 15 and are headed by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.s, Caltha and Mrs. Moody Jolleys Picnic Lunch, with 119 pounds each. Captured Rosedale Renewal This pair will be opposed by Hal Price Headleys Loriot, Mrs. Robert L. Gerrys Maid of Oz, Russell A. Firestones Tintilate, Greentree Stables Whats New and Mill River Stables Peace of Mind, 114 each; Wheatley Stables Grey Flight, C. V. Whitneys Ghost Run and Allen T. Simmons Eternal Buzz, with 110 apiece. The latter trio are maidens, but highly regarded. Picnic Lunch will probably be the favorite on the strength of her victory in the Rose-dale Stakes at Jamaica in which she drew away from the highly regarded Miss Mommy, with Grey Flight finishing third. That was the fastest juvenile dash of the Jamaica meeting, Picnic Lunch running the five furlongs in :58% with speed to spare. Of the other Fashion starters, Caltha finished fourth, Whats New was sixth and Maid of Oz finished seventh. It is rather unusual to find a filly owned by a trainer, or his wife, favorite for such a race as the Fashion but there is some precedent, Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Sweet Patrice winning the race back in 1938. There are a couple of invaders in the race who have not been seen in the East, but may have considerable to say about the outcome. These are Loriot and Peace of Mind. The former was a winner at Keeneland then finished third behind the nimble Bewitch in the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs for her last start. Peace of Mind is a half sister to the clever La Liberte and was a winner of her last start at Santa Anita, shortly before her acquisition by Mrs. Shaffer, who took her from the Louis B. Mayer sale. Of the others, Tintalate beat a moderate field in slow time in her last Jamaica start, Maid of Oz had speed in Florida and may have needed her Jamaica race, and Ghost Run is a daughter of the speedy Boojum, from the agile Foxiana, who is expected to appreciate the straight course as both her sire and dam had their troubles negotiating turns, but had a world of speed. Eddie Arcaro will be in the saddle, breaking from the No. 1 stall. There is another juvenile race on tomorrows card, the fourth, which has attracted a limit field of 28, only four of whom have previously started. While not so cluttered as this sprint, most of tomorrows fields are large, which is usually the case at Belmont. However, there are only 10 in the Wistful Purse, the ,500 secondary feature that precedes the Fashion. This six-furlong test for three-year-old fillies has attracted such capable misses as Carolyn A., Bimelette, Harmonica, Ellendale and Keynote. Carolyn A. was good enough to win the Louisiana Derby and raced very well behind Phalanx in the Wood Memorial, but has the steadying burden of 121 pounds to carry.
