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Delaware Inaugurates Annual Meet Big Field of Twenty to Post AgrarianU and Beaugay Carry Equal Topweight Of 120 in Sprint Test TestDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del May 28 The Delaware Steeplechase and Race Association operators of this picturesque plant just outside Wilmington launches its eleventh 30day meeting tomorrow with a stellar openingday fixture The Wilming ¬ ton a sixfurlong event for threeyearolds and up has always been a wellsubscribed race and this years renewal is no excep ¬ tion for a bumper crop of 20 of the out standing sprinters in the East have been named overnight for the renewal John L McKnights AgrarianU and Maine Chance Farms Beaugay will parade postward as the starting highweights with 119 pounds each Other starters with their assigned weights are Shamrock Stables Little Harp 115 William Veenemans Phar Mon 114 Brookfield Farms Itsabet Clar erice Hartwicks Flag Drill and Mrs C Oli ¬ ver Iselins Nassau 113 each Cedar Farms Mighty Me and tazy F Ranchs Nathaniel 112 each Dion K Kerr Jrs Flying Weather and G G Gilberts Scholarship each with 110 Mrs E duPont Weirs Royal Governor 109 L J Leppers Off Islander Walter S Homes Skylighter and Mrs J J Kates Transair with 107 Mrs Colin Mac ¬ Leods Useless and P A Rothfuss Gain A Foot 106 E A Caneys Big Pop 105 H A Grants Fleet Boss 104 and Ella K Bry sons Equibit 101 pounds poundsTo To hazard a guess as to the probable choice in the wideqpen betting affair would be plain folly for each of the starters has shown enough sped and stamina on occa y sions to warrant serious consideration Beaugay a fiveyearold daughter of Stim ¬ ulus and Rick and highweight on the scale could fill the bill as the public choice Doug Dodson is expected down from New York to handle the Maine Chance miss for trainer Jimmy Smith Hos High Flight of Speed SpeedAgrarianU AgrarianU is regarded as one of the Jcenest sprinters to come out of New Eng ¬ land since racing was inaugurated in that section of the country A sixyearbid gelded son of Agrarian the McKnight Bpedster has an abundance of early foot and certainly is capable of carrying his speed Returning to the socalled weaker sex Brookfields threeyearold lassie Itsabet Itsabethas has shown more than a sprinkling of class classduring during her present campaign While she shef f was somewhat of a disappointment when whensent sent a distance in the Pimlico Oaks in her herlast last endeavor ehe chalked up four straight straightsprint sprint victories prior to that defeat Her Herstakes stakes scores included the Prioress and andColonial Colonial Handicap In the last named event eventshe she took the measure of Beaugay BeaugayLittle Little Harp is a vastly improved cam paigner and was victorious in the Baltimore Spring Handicap at Pimlico in one of his hisrecent recent essays Nathaniel second to Gold Bull in his most recent outing also has hasbeen been a stakes winner this season taking takinghonors honors in sthe Jennings Handicap at atPimlico Pimlico 1 Much local interest will center upon Royal Governor who seems nicely weighted under his 109pound package After show ¬ ing good form in early spripg Royal Gov ¬ ernor appeared to have staled off a bit which necessitated a period of freshening up Recent trials have been sufficiently good and the home state talent may see their favorite in the thick of contention Winner of his lone 1948 outing is Cedar Farms Mityme who turned in the credit ¬ able time of 111 in beating Slamaranth at Pimlico Mityme has several extremely good races over the Delaware Park strip and won a stakes event here as a juvenile George Palmer Delawares regular starter will not arrive until next Tuesday having previous commitments at Garden State Park In his absence assistant Clyde Phillips will handle the chores Should all of the 20 entrants answer the bugle for the Wilmington it will be necessary to place in use the extra fourstall section of the start ¬ ing gate which still would make it possible to accommodate only 16 starters All others must break from outside the stall gate
