Metropolitan Line-Up For Week-End Growing: Stymie to Again Face Calumet Stars, Gallorette at One Mile, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-20

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Metropolitan LineUp For WeekEnd Growing GrowingStymie Stymie to Again Face Calumet Stars Gallorette at One Mile MileBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 19 The field for Saturdays 25000 Metropolitan Handicap at one mile is growing rapidly with most of the band that disputed last Saturdays Gallant Fox Handicap at a mile and threesixteenths slated to try again at the shorter distance Hirsch Jacobs said this morning that he would try again with his wifes Stymie winner of last years Metropolitan and Conn McCreary will be in the saddle saddleH H A Jimmy Jones expects to saddle Calumet Farms Faultless and Fervent while trainer Ed Christmas says that W L Branns Gallorette will try again This trio finished in that order at the head of the Gallant Fox field separated by less than a length lengthJorge Jorge de Atuchas Endeavour n who was a late scratch from the Gallant Fox is a defnite Metropolitan starter and will probably have Ruperto Donoso in the sad ¬ dle The big Argentinian scored impres ¬ sively in his only start at Jamaica and the long striding stallion is expected to be more at ease at Belmont BelmontTrainer Trainer Frank Mormile has been point ¬ ing Sunshine Stables Lets Dance for this race and the Chrysler II veteran is favor ¬ ably placed with 107 pounds poundsOther Other possibilities for the mile fixture include William Helis Toboggan winner Rippey Greentree Stables Piexoto if he races well in his North American debut today F W Hoopers Colosal winner of the Double Event at Tropical Park E P Taylors Cornish Knight and Sidney S Schuppers Interborough Handicap winner Miss Disco


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