Rippey Totes 135 in Roseben Today: Concedes Thirteen Pounds to Buzfuz; Owners Choice, Miss Disco And Six Others Compete in Final Belmont Park Stake, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-14

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Rippey Totes 135 in Roseben Today Concedes Thirteen Pounds to Buzfuz BuzfuzOwners Owners Choice Miss Disco And Six Others Compete in Final Belmont Park Stake StakeBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 12 Variety is the keynote of the impending week of racing on Long Island The Westchester Racing Association brings its traditionally brilliant Belmont Park meeting to a close on Monday with the ninth running of the 15000 Roseben Handicap at six furlongs over the Widener Course On Tuesday and Wednesday tha United Hunts takes over the spacious park the customary twp days of mixed flat and jumping races which have heretofore been run in the fall having been moved ahead on the seasons schedule this year Thurs ¬ day the scene shifts to Aqueduct for a 27day meeting to run through July 17 17The The Aqueduct session opens with the 20000 Queens County Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth while the 25000 Gazelle Stakes for threeyearold fillies at a mile and a sixteenth headlines next Saturdays card cardThere There are 11 stakes on the Aqueduct roster climaxed by the 50000 Brooklyn Handicap at a mile and a quarter on the final Saturday of the meeting This race has long ranked close to the Suburban as one of the most attractive handicaps of the entire racing year yearDwyer Dwyer on July 5 5There There is another peak appropriately placed near the middle of the Queens County Jockey Club meeting on July 5 one of those Monday holidays abound ¬ ing this year This is the 50000 Dwyer also at a mile and a quarter which is ex ¬ pected to bring together most of the colts who have been frustrated by Calumet Farm all season giving them a chance for profit ¬ able play while the fat cat is otherwise engaged in Chicago ChicagoThe The Roseben has attracted a field of 10 headed by William Helis Rippey under a fairly staggering 135 pounds The Pompey stallion showed a liking for the Widener chute in winning the Toboggan Handicap under 129 pounds on opening day Several of his rivals tomorrow chased Rippey in that dash and meet him again tomorrow in slightly more favorable conditions Mrs John Hertz Owners Choice finished second in the Toboggan with 114 and carries 117 in the Roseben Mose Rauzins Buzfuz who had 121 in the Toboggan adds a pound tomorrow tomorrowOthers Others who followed Rippey on opening day and will be back for another try are Brookmeade Stables Inseparable 109 and Greentree Stables Up Beat 110 The lat ¬ ter will be coupled with Blue Border These Greentree horses have shown as much speed as any of their rivals but are com ¬ pletely unpredictable unpredictableThe The others in the Roseben are C T Chenerys Mangohick 114 Sidney S Schuppers Miss Disco 113 C V Whit ¬ neys Black Majesty 102 and Mrs A J MacMasters Ben Lewis 98 and as much more as Hedley Woodhouse is unable to take off in the hot box Ben Lewis has turned in his best efforts on the straight ¬ away incidentally and finished third in the Fall Highweight behind Rippey and Pipette last year under 103


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