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Only Four to Compete In Feature at Jamaica JamaicaEnergetic Energetic May Rule Favorite Over Cer Vantes in Sunrise SunriseJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 13 Last nights minor deluge which converted the Jamaica racing strip to a sea of slop re ¬ sulted in a delay in filling of entries for tomorrows races and a field of four for the featured Sunrise Purse at a mile and a sixteenth Louis I Greenbergs oddly named Cer Vantes heads the quarter with a medium of 119 pounds but King Ranchs Energetic who has been a beaten favorite in four appearances at this meeting will probably again be the choice choiceThe The other two are Harvey Fruehaufs Jersey Isle a consistent miss who finished in front of Energetic in her last start and Maine Chance Farms Lady Jacomar JacomarThe The other races are all either maiden or claiming events and the program as a whole is the typical lull before the storm that precedes almost every Saturday on Long Island IslandThe The Jamaica meeting of 39 days comes to a close on Saturday yith the 75000 Gallant FoxJIandicap at a mile and three sixteenths This races shapes up as one of the most exciting contests of the entire season Mrs Ethel P Jacobs Stymie wlfo is the worlds richest horsey but a non winner in 1948 will try again to beat Calumet Farms Fervent who beat him jrather cleverly in the Dixie at Pimlico last week Fervent had six pounds in his favor in the Dixie and there is some disagree ¬ ment among witnesses of the Pimlico event as to whether or not he gave the Pride of Brppklyri a sixpound beating Satur ¬ day Stymie carries 126 while Fervent totes 150 150One One thing in Stymies favor is that he will be racing on his home track and he is not a particularly good shipper shipperNewbold Newbold Leroy Pierson is to ride Fervent who will be Calumets first starter in a spring event at Jamaica since Armed failed badly in the Eleventh Armored Division Handicap during World War n Conn Mc Creary will back On Stymies back backAssuming Assuming the Jamaica strip is fast on Saturday and that is quite possible as the Baisley Boulevard strip dries very rapidly Fervent and Stymie will probably have about 10 rivals in the Gallant Fox which Stymie has won the past two seasons when it was a test at a mile and five fur ¬ longs and run in the fall The most likely opponents for the two likely choices are W L Branns Gallorette who will be ridden by Ted Atkinson C V Whitneys Phalanx who will be making his seasonal debut with Shelby Clark in the saddle King Ranchs But Why Not Jorge de Atuchas En ¬ deavour n and Mill River Stables Miss Grillo who will be saddled by Horatio Luro Joseph Tuccis Incline Calumets Faultless Maine Chance Farms Knock ¬ down Ridgewood Stables Double Jay and Bayard Sharps Tide Rips RipsBobby Bobby Permane has been engaged to ride A G Vanderbilts Halconero a clever win ¬ ner yesterday at a mile and a furlong will join the party while if the gathering prom ¬ ises to be large Endeavour n will probably await a more favorable spot in the Metro politan Mile at Belmont Park a week later
