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Rippey May Have Eight Valley Forge Rivals at Garden State on WeekEnd Bright Sword Arrives From New York Lord Boswell Is Expected From Long Island IslandGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 5 The starting field for Saturdays 15000 Valley Forge Handicap is beginning to take shape with at least nine middle distance runnners expected to engage Wil ¬ liam Helis celebrated speedster Rippey the highweight under 121 pounds poundsLong Long Island is expected to Ijirnish two stout candidates for the one mile fixture in Maine Chance Farms Lord Boswell and C V Whitneys Bright Sword The latter whose Valley Forge impost is 109 pounds arrived at the local course today Trainer Jimmy Smith recently indicated he will ship Lord Boswell here for the race and in that event the brown son of Boswell Fantine will shoulder 115 pounds poundsWith With thesS three forming the nucleus the field for this years Valley Forge re ¬ newal will be one of the most fashionable in years Rippey a prime favorite with New Jersey fans revealed championship form in capturing last Saturdays sixfur ¬ long Princeton Handicap and it is highly probable he will rule a stanch favorite on Saturday despite the rivals mustered against him Rippey while primarily a sprinter is not wholly unfamiliar with the one mile route for it was at this distance that the game little fiveyearold son of Pompey Broad Ripple captured the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs during his three yearold season seasonBright Bright Sword a wellbred son of Ques ¬ tionnaire Burning Bright was an impres ¬ sive winner at Jamaica on Monday That victory indicated the Whitney representa ¬ tive is at tops Bright Sword will be handled by hardriding Shelby Clark the veteran reinsman who recently rbecamo contract rider for the Whitney establish ¬ ment mentMaine Maine Chance Farm sent Knockdown here from New York for an unsuccessful sortie in the recent Trenton Handicap and at that time trainer Smith indicated Lord Boswell would be Mrs Elizabeth Grahams Valley Forge representative representativeJn Jn addition to the trio above the lineuo for the weekend feature is expected to in ¬ clude such stalwarts of the local colony aS Jaclyn Stables I Will Woodland Farms Lighthouse Mrs Helene K Haggertys Rampart Samuel Greenfields High Trend R C Winmills Frozen Custard Sylvester Richs Agilant and Green Hill Stables Bull Tar There isjilso a possibility Tihftt King Ranch vill be represented by either Better Value or Task Trainer Max Hirsch de ¬ clared he would advise racing secretary M C Ty Shea of his Valley Forge plans some time today Better Value would be a welcome addition to the race and under his impost of IPS pounds the son of Bime lech Knockaney Bridge certainly would merit consideration Task a threeyear old who would be called upon to engage older rivals will carry 105 pounds pro ¬ vided he is a Valley Forge starter starterIn In the meantime racing secretary Shea has carded a rather interesting program for tomorrow vrith threey arolds slated to provide the competition in the feature event This race has been entitled the Gimbels Famous Fashion Purse and will be preceded by a fashion show on a special ¬ ly constructed ramp with wellknown Philadelphia models displaying the latest womens finery fineryEight Eight were drawn overnight for the six furlong feature which will be run under al ¬ lowance conditions for a 5000 purse The field comprises Superb Donna Mackinaw Ringneck Istan Windswept Justice Pango Pango and Blue Holly The feature will b run as the fifth event
