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T H HEARD JR Saddled Joseph Kroecks Chicagoowned Blue Helen for her frontrunning victory in yesterdays fifth race at Garden State Park Fourteen Juvenile Fillies in Fashion Acomq Oiir Fleet Gay Mood Pit Speed at Belmont Today Headley Miss Daughter of Apogee Who Won 1936 Edition of Sprint SprintvStdke vStdke vStdkeBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmbnti L I T Y May 15 The fiftieth running of the Fashion Stakes for juvenile fillies is the feature of tomorrows program atBelmont Park Fourteen fashionablybred junior misses have been named for this four and a half furlongs dash on the Widener straightaway which has often been won by a youngster who went on to prove the best of her generation As recently as 1945 and 1946 Maine Chance Farms Beaugay and C V Whitneys First Flight first at ¬ tracted serious attention in this sprint sprintHal Hal Price Headleys Acoma winner of the Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland Mrs John Hertz Our Fleet winner of the Friz ette at Jamaica John S Phipps Gay Mood winner of two overnight races at Jamaica Allen T Simmons Eternal Flag also win ¬ ner of two races are the topweights with 119 pounds each eachWalter Walter M Jeffords Green Baize Michael C Erlangers Piping By Vera S Braggs Gray Charmer Cain Hoy Stables Dan ¬ ger Ahead Wheatley Stables Misguided and Mrs John P Adams Black Point all winners of one race carry 114 pounds each eachMrs Mrs Braggs Overwhelm Brookmeade Stables Sunny Vale and Frank Frankels Fond Embrace who are maidens get in with 110 and all three may be dangerous Sunny Vale was particularly impressive in her one race at Jamaica and this daughter of Eight Thirty Sun Mixa would need very little improvement to graduate in this fixture fixtureAcoma Acoma impressed those who saw her Kentucky races as a filly of considerable class The dark bay daughter of Johns ¬ town is out of Apogee who won the 1936 edition of the Fashion in the blue and white Headley silks Doug Dodsoh will be in the saddle saddleFirst First Stakes Winner for Count Fleet FleetQur Qur Fleet became the first stakes winner by Count Fleet when she took the Frizette with ridiculous ease and will have the serv ¬ ices of Eddie Arcaro ArcaroGay Gay Mood and Eternal Flag are both rather fainthearted but will probably be in the van for most tf the trip Lerby Pierson will ride Gay Mood while Ted Atkinson is to guide Eternal Flag Danger Ahead who will be ridden by Basil James was an impressive winning favorite at Jamaica while Black Point whp will have Bobby Permane in the saddle showed a high turn of speed at Santa Anita AnitaGreen Green Baize recently arrived from Mary ¬ land where she raced well while Piping By occasionally comes up with a good race though possibly is a little outclassed Mis ¬ guided finished her races well while Fond Embrace had a world of early speed in her Jamaica debut and probably needed that race raceThreeyearold Threeyearold fillies meet at seven fur ¬ longs in the 6000 Wistful Purse that pre ¬ cedes the Fashion as the fifth event This test has lured a field of 12 most of whom are eligible to the classic Acorn Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks later in the Belmont meeting Among the fillies named overnight are F E Dixon Jrs Shotsilk winner of theBlack Helen Handicap at Hialeah and G D Wideners clever Water Mill who will race as an entry and C V Whitneys capable pair Mackinaw and Ghost Run Other nimble candidates in ¬ clude Brookmeade Stables Inheritance winner of last years Matron Stakes when Bewitch was disqualified for interfering with Ghost Run Greentree Stables Whats New and BF Whitakers Miss Request RequestThere There are also several stakes candidates in the Doublet Purse at one mile that is seventh on thecard
