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First Flight Will Seek Acorn Stakes Arcaro to Ride Champion Filly Of 1946 at Belmont Tomorrow But Why Not, Carolyn A., t ► Cosmic Missile May Face Crack Whitney Homebred BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., -May 10. — C. V. Whitneys First Flight, champion juvenile of 1946, and thought by many to be the best filly to appear on an American race track within a generation, is slated to make her debut at Belmont Park on Tuesday in the Acorn Stakes, first of a trio of fixtures to be run at the Westchester Racing Association plant during the coming week. Eddie Arcaro has been engaged to ride the daughter of Mahmoud, who had not been expected to make her seasonal debut for another couple of weeks. The Acorn is a mile test for three-year-old fillies, and is followed by the Withers Mile, and Juvenile Stakes on Saturday, plus two stakes through the field, the Charles L. Appleton and Belmont Spring Maiden Steeplechases. Opposition to First Flight in the Acorn is expected to come from King Ranchs But Why Not, winner of yesterdays Pimlico Oaks, and Circle M Farms Cosmic Missile, runner-up in that fixture. Other possibilities in the Acorn are W. L. Branns Legendra, Joe W. Browns Dorothy B. Jr., Leo Gerngross Sylvia Dear, Glen Riddle Farms Merry Lass, Greentree Stables Bimlette, King Ranchs Handful, Harry LaMontagnes Conniver, Maine Chance Farms War Fan, J. M. Roeblings Franties Bid, Mrs. Nicholas Schencks Dangerous Age, Emil Schwarzhaupts Dancing Margot, Mrs. Whitney Stones By Sea, John J. Watts Harmonica, B. F. Whitakers Carolyn A., and C. V. Whitneys Mother. Attempted to Concede 17 Pounds Of this group, by far the most interesting are Carolyn A. and Harmonica. Harmonica beat Carolyn A. here a few days ago but the Louisiana Derby winner and runner-up to Phalanx in the faster division of the Wood Memorial was trying to concede 17 pounds to her rival, a task that seemed impossible to some observers on paper. Should this pair meet But Why Not and Cosmic Missile, this will be a memorable renewal of the Acorn, a race that has been won by such good fillies as Gallorette, Twilight Tear, Damaged Goods, Good Gamble and Top Flight. The Withers and the Juvenile will both be run on Saturday. This will be the seventy-second edition of the Withers, which is now endowed with 5,000, and despite the fact that it comes a week after the Preakness and only two weeks after the Derby, both of which stakes are considerably longer and richer, it usually attracts the cream of the three-year-old crop. Since 1942, three Preakness winners have come up to win the Withers, Alsab, Count Fleet and Polynesian. Any forecasts of this years edition of the stake must obviously await the running of the Pimlico classic. Royal Blood One to Beat At this writing, the Juvenile Stakes shapes up as a case of "beat Royal Blood and take the money." The Maine Chance Farm colt impressed as far the best two-year-old colt to display his wares in the East this season when winning an overnight race from a huge field on the Widener Course this week. This 0,000 yearling is almost certain to be opposed by Andys Glory, Illkeepu, Gray Chief, Transatlantic, Airfield, Ghost Run and a dozen or so others of whom little is known as yet. Mondays feature is a six-furlong dash on the main course, styled the Apple Knoll. This sprint has drawn a dozen fillies, at least three of whom are eligible for Tuesday Acorn and may scratch in favor of the richer race. These are Handful, Sylvia Dear and Franties Bid. Second money in the Acorn is approximately as much as the winners share of the Apple Knoll, and the prestige vastly greater. Of the others, Woodvale Farms Hals Gal, winner of her last start, appears the best, though Sidney S. Schuppers Miss Disco, Walter P. Chryslers Cuisine, J. D. Norris Duchess Argyle and John S. Phipps Dark Venus, all have raced well enough at one time or another to have a following in what appears an open affair. The problem of the Apple Knoll is Carr Hatchs Ocean Brief, a daughter of Roman from Miss Brief, a full sister to Brevity, who won her two starts in California, but will be making her Eastern debut. As a rule, these Californians need a race before showing their best form here, but this is not an infallible rule and Ocean Briefs last victory was scored in fast time.
