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Eight May Parade In 25000 Kent KentPage Page Boots Loser Weeper Arrive From New York for Delaware WeekEnd Race RaceDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 9 The arrival today from Belmont Park of Woodvale Farms Page Boots and Alfred Vanderbilts Loser Weeper added further impetus to the mounting interest for Sat ¬ urdays 25000 Kent Stakes the associa ¬ tions principal fixture for threeyearolds Although he is still casting for his initial victory as a sophomore Page Boots has run several very commendable races this year The rugged little colt finished fourth in last Saturdays Peter Pan Handicap at Belmont Park and prior to that finished second in three straight engagements His satisfactory effort in the Peter Pan in which he engaged several of the ranking members of his division and an extremely sharp trial in New York no doubt prompted trainer Woody Stephens and owner Royce G Martin to select the Kent for their colts next start Looser Weeper has been a stead ¬ ily improving sort who qualified nicely for the Kent by virtue of a clever victory at Belmont Park last Saturday in which he sped a mile over a fast track in 138 Most of Loser Weepers races this spring have been at one mile and a sixteenth which is the distance of Saturdays feature featureWith With the addition of Page Boots and Loser Weeper eight starters now appear certain for the Kent Trainer Preston Burch has indicated he will saddle both Dart By and Splash for the Brookmeade Stable while Task Bovard Noble Hero and Singing Step are already on the ground awaiting the race raceBrookmeade Brookmeade to Start Entry EntryTask Task who will carry the familiar King Ranch silks was given his final extended trial today and was clocked a mile over the fast track in 140 Buddy Hirsch w ho will saddle Task expressed complete satisfac ¬ tion with his charges condition and said only a mishap would keep the colt idle idleBoth Both Dart By and Splash made unsuc ¬ cessful sorties in last Saturdays rich Yankee Handicap at Suffolk Downs fin ¬ ishing fourth and fifth respectively behind Better Self Salmagundi and Dole Dart By a rather consistent youngster set much of the early pace in that one mile and a quarter special and may prove a stout fac ¬ tor in the shorter Kent Splash has indi ¬ cated that he prefers a distance of ground Bovard will be making his first start since absorbing a sound trouncing from Citation in Garden State Parks Jersey Stakes on May 29 The S W Labrot Jr colt fin ¬ ished third behind Macbeth in that rich threeyearold feature butwas disqualified for fouling Glen Riddle Farms Faraway and was relegated to fourth position Since then Bovard has turned in several com ¬ mendable trials over the local course and is almost certain to be one of the choices regardless of the starting field fieldSinging Singing Step a member of the stable which H A Luro conditions for Mrs M E Whitney is undefeated since launching his sophomore season The roan son of Stepin fetchit Singing Witch registered a game victory in an allowance event at seven eighths of a mile in his seasonal bow May 24 at Belmont Park and was a clever vic ¬ tor of a subsequent sprint race raceLeo Leo Gerngross Noble Hero has proven to be a jewel of consistency as a sopho ¬ more having won his last three races The colt has been idle since winning an over ¬ night handicap last May 6 at Jamaica but has been training steadily under the super ¬ vision of W O Hicks and figures to be ft stout competitor on Saturday SaturdayAlthough Although he has been idle since May 10 Mrs James V Stewarts game little Mary ¬ landbred colt Dr Almac has been men ¬ tioned as a Kent probable but trainer J V Stewart has yet to make a definite deci ¬ sion Mrs Van Lear Blacks Golden Reigh also may join the Kent field if an off track prevails on Saturday
