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Nine Clash With Stymie in Dixie Gallorette Has Six Firenze Rivals Gives Double Jay Fervent Poundage PoundageWorlds Worlds Money King Faces Other Fit Competitors in ElpisTide Rips and Butter ButterPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 7 Headed by Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Stymie the worlds leading moneywinning thor ¬ oughbred Pimlicos 25000 Dixie Handicap has attracted 10 highly capable routers to compete at a mile and threesixteenths threesixteenthsHighweight Highweight under 127 pounds the seven yearold son of Equestrian will have no easy task in tomorrows tussle for Ridge wood Stables Double Jay his recent con ¬ queror also is in the overnight field with 124 pounds as his assignment Others named overnight with their weight as ¬ signments are Calumet Farms Fervent 121 and Faultless 117 William G Hells good mare Elpis 118 King Tlanchs Con ¬ test 110 J H Hammonds Butler 110 Bayard Sharps Tide Rips 110 Christiana Stables Service Pilot 109 and Joseph Tuccis Incline 107 pounds poundsThe The Dixie always one of the most at ¬ tractive handicap events in the country has a list of previous winners which reads like the whos who in racing Winners during the past 15 years include Equipoise Whirlaway Armed and Assault which would give an excellent idea of the calibre thoroughbreds competing in the pajsfr 43 runnings runningsUnsuccessful Unsuccessful in Seasonal Bow BowStymie Stymie who has garnered 818560 to hold a rather comfortable lead over Armed and Assault has been postward only once this year and while unsuccessful raced satisfactorily In the Excelsior Handicap Stymie finished third to Knockdown nd Double Jay The early pace in that event was on the slow side which may have ac ¬ counted for his defeat Conn McCreary who seems to fit the Jacobstrained star like the proverbial glove will be down to handle the saddle chores Prpbably Stymies stanchest rival to ¬ morrow is Double Jay the son of Balladier and Broomshot who was second ahead of Jacobs racer in the Excelsior Following that race Double Jay proceeded to New Jersey where he knocked off first money in the rich Trenton Handicap at Garden State Park to bring his lifetime earnings to 240280 Subsequent trials especially a good mile turned in over the local course say this one will be hard to beat in the Dixie The everpresent veteran Johnny Gilbert will be in the irons ironsWarren Warren Wrights Calumet Farm has a pair of nominees in Fervent and Faultless with the lormer likely to race alone should the track remain in an off condition whichseems a certainty Fervent has raced only three times ov r the Pimlico track He was second in the 1946 Futurity then thenContinued Continued 07 Page ThirtyNine Nine Clash With Stymie In Dixie Handicap Today TodayContinued Continued from Page One Onewon won the Walden that year His other start resulted in a clever victory in last years Pimlico Special in which he downed Cosmic Bomb and Armed over a slow track Faultless winner of the Preakness here last year has been rather ineffective this season He did snow slight improvement in his last start but still was unable to beat Contest in the Edward Burke at Havre de Grace GraceEipis Eipis a sixyearold brown mare by Blue Larkspur Faucille dOr was one of the most frequent stakes winners of her sex last season and certainly rates serious consider ¬ ation even against male rivals During her winter campaign in California she was sharp enough to beat Richard Ryans Talon in an4 overnight handicap Talon came back to win the Santa Anita Handicap Shipped here from Garden State Park where she was third to Double Jay in the Trenton Elpis seems primed for her top effort Lar ney Hansman will do the booting bootingTide Tide Rips who split Double Jay and Elpis in the Trenton has turned in some mighty sharp efforts on occasions but must show improvement to rate serious consideration Contest won his first stakes event last week at Havre de Grace when he was first home in the Edward Burke Handicap Service Pilot while lacking a stakes score last sea ¬ son won six races and earned 22850 His seasonal debut here earlier1 in the week re ¬ sulted in a galloping victory Incline may appreciate the freshening he has received while Butler appears clearly overmatched
