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H Pimlico Oaks Lur s Field of Eleven Itsabet Winner of Last Four Starts Seen Likely Favorite ColonialPrioress Winner Has Picnic Lunch Scattered And Chqlle Anne as Rivals RivalsPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore McL May 13 The 15000 Pimlico Oaks richest threeyear old filly race on the Maryland spring stakes agenda has its twentyfifth running tomor ¬ row at this course The overnight field in ¬ cludes the names of 11 lassies all of whom will carry 121 pounds poundsIn In post position order the Oaks lineup includes Mrs Moody Jolleys Picnic Lunch Brookfield Farms Itsabet Christiana Sta ¬ bles Anna Christie F J Vollmers Sun Elsie Charlton Clays Lea Lark A B Han ¬ cock Jrs Sis Lea King Ranchs Scattered F L Flanders Challe Anne J Warfiejd Rodgers Anchoress Apheim Stables Belle Heloise and Rokeby Stables Invective InvectiveItsabet Itsabet enters the Oaks tomorrow with a fourrace victory skein which includes the Colonial Handicap and the Prior Stakes She had previously won a pair of overnight races on the West Coast one of which saw her spin six furlongs in 110 A daughter of Heliopolis and Jayjean Itsabet is some ¬ what of an unknown quantity as far as her off track and routerunning ability is concerned Bobby Permane who handled her in the Prioress is listed as the rider riderFinished Finished Fast in Prioress PrioressIn In the Prioress Scattered was closing in on Itsabet with a rush and appeared all over a winner when stretched out to a distance of ground However in her following en ¬ gagement at a mile and onesixteenth she bowed to Compliance Possibly that race did her a world of good which would make her a definite threat in the Oaks Warren Mehrtens who rides Better Self in the Preakness will have the mount on Scat ¬ tered teredChalle Challe Anne and Lea Lark arrived this week from Kentucky where they last raced in the Kentucky Oaks Challe Anne was the winner of that fixture for her first score of the year while Lea Lark was the beaten choice in that race Lea Lark had previously won a race in the Blue Grass Country Lea Lark will be ridden by Conn McCreary while the veteran Willie Garner again will handle Challe Anne AnneOf Of the others Picnic Lunch and Anna Christie seem to be the most formidable threats In her last race Picnic Lunchv fin ¬ ished second to Salmagundi when tha colt qualified for the Preakness by winning a Garden State sixfurlong sprint in 110 In two previous starts she was beaten by Itsabet and Anna Christie The latter failed in the Prioress but worked a mile over the Pimlico track this week in a shade better than 141 which assures her present fit ness nessThe The remainder of the field appears a bit on the weak side with Belle Helpise Sis Lea Invective and Anchoress likely to be regarded as named
