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Nine Clash With Stymie in Dixie Gallorette Has Six Firenze Rivals New Filly and Mare Stake at Jamaica JamaicaBut But Why Not Miss Kimo and Harmonica Will Cut Figure In Running of Route Event EventJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 7 Seven of the best fillies and mares in training are slated to inaugurate the 25000 Firenze Handicap at Jamaica tomorrow Firenze was one of the great mares of the Amer ¬ ican turf and back in 1887 she won the first jrunning of the Gazelle Stakes one of the oldest filly and mare races on Long island The seven named tomorrow are more than worthy of the great mare this new stake honors W L Branns Gallor ¬ ette heads the band under 126 pounds fol ¬ lowed by King Ranchs But Why Not at 124 which means that the Texan is regarded as a pound better on the scale scaleGallorette Gallorette is the worlds richest money winning mare with earnings of 356235 and her two starts this season indicate that she has lost none of her class with advancing years The daughter of Chal ¬ lenger II was narrowly beaten by Rippey in a sprint for her seasonal bow then beat capable males Jast week at the same dis ¬ tance of a mile and a sixteenth that she is asked to travel tomorrow Trainer Ed Christmas insists however that Gallorette is not at her best on a wet track which looms almost a certainty for tomorrow tomorrowRevels Revels in Muddy Footing FootingBut But Why Not was beaten four lengths by Harmonica last Friday but stumbled at the start However the daughter of Blue Larkspur doesnt like an off track any better than Gallorette does while Har monicaiawith 120 revels in muddy foot ¬ ing She trounced But Why Not decisively in the Coaching Club American Oaks on a damp track last summer summerThe The others in the Firenze and theyre all wheat and no chaff are William Helis Miss Kimo 119 Ben Whitakers Carolyn A 114 G H iPete Bostwicks Risolater 113 and Howell E Jacksons Red Shoes 107 v vMiss Miss Kimo was one of the better fillies last season but fared none too well at Santa Anita last winter and showed little in the Iriterborough Handicap won by Miss Disco last Saturday The daughter of Hash is not troubled by a muddy or sloppy track trackCarolyn Carolyn A won the Correction Handi HandiContinued Continued on Page Thirty Nine Gallorette Faces Six Fit Rivals in Firenze Toddy Continued from Page One Onecap cap at six furlongs here then was a badly beaten third behind Harmonica and But Why Not last Friday Red Shoes achieved a mild upset here this week and may re ¬ quire some catching under her light bur ¬ den denRisolater Risolater will be making her first start of the year but has been training impres ¬ sively for some time She has showed a liking for Jamaica and could be dangerous on her best form formJob Job Dean Jessop will be astride Gallor ¬ ette as usual while Eddie Arcaro will re ¬ place Warren Mehrtens on But Why Not Ronnie Nash is to guide Harmonica and 1 Ovie Scurlock who is f iding most of the i Hells horses will be on Miss Kimo Ted i Atkinson is to ride Risolater and Charley LeBlanc will be up on Carolyn A while no rider has been named for Red Shoes The other six races on the program were slow to fill partly because a great number of the horses stabled on Long Island are campaigning in New Jersey and Maryland until Belhiont Park opens and partly be ¬ cause of the uncertainty of track condi ¬ tions
