Coaltown and Bewitch Journey to Arlington: Large Calumet Shipment Arrives Today, Others Coming Tomorrow, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-16

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Coaltown and Bewitch Journey to Arlington ArlingtonLarge Large Calumet Shipment Arrives Today Others Coming Tomorrow TomorrowARLINGTON ARLINGTON PARK Arlington Heights 111 June 15 A quartet of thoroughbreds and a stable pony owned by the Calumet Farm arrived here from New York this morning with more due during the next two days This mornings abbreviated en ¬ tourage included the fleet threeyearold Coaltown last seasons queen of the juve ¬ nile fillies Bewitch Whirl Some and Bookie the latter being a twoyearold twoyearoldGeneral General manager and trainer Ben A Jones who also arrived here In time to supervise training chores this morning said a large shipment would arrive tomorrow morning and Thursday the entire stable will be intact for the first time in several weeks weeksJones Jones reiterated that he thought it feas ¬ ible to allow Citation sufficient time to rest after his race in the Belmont Stakes which completed a Triple Crown con ¬ quest Thus the brilliant colt had been scheduled for the final shipment which will board express trains tomorrow in New York YorkCoaltown Coaltown is expected to be Calumets main reliance in important shortdistance events of the coming meeting The colt al ¬ ready has won the Phoenix Handicap at Keeneland the Blue Grass Stakes at the same track and the Swift Stakes at Bel ¬ mont Park He also finished second in the Kentucky Derby after setting a rapid pace over a sloppy track trackBewitch Bewitch it is believed is nearing the point where she will make her return to competition She has been idle since the Keeneland meeting where she was reported to have suffered some leg trouble She has been going along soundly of late and has shown fine speed in recent trials


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