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Montchanin No 3 At Delaware Park ParkGeorge George Case Sarawak and Hearth Mouse in LineUp For Mile and Quarter Test TestDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 15 The third running of the fiverace Montchanin Handicap series and Wilming ¬ ton Advertising Club Purse a one and one sixteenthmile event for fouryearolds and up will cofeature a splendid midweek pro ¬ gram tomorrow tomorrowThe The distance of the Montchanin is in ¬ creased each week and tomorrows running will be at one and a quarter miles Racing secretary J Gil Haus has mustered nine routers for the 4500 event but Cedar Farms George Case H Hessey Millers Hearth Mouse and Miss Ruth McClena ghans Sarawak are expected to vie for the bulk of support George Case and Hearth Mouse took turns winning the first two races of the series seriesThe The first Montchanin was run at one and onesixteenth miles and Hearth Mouse led from flagfall to finish to lead George Case four lengths at the wire Sarawak fin ¬ ished fourth The following week George Case was first home over the one and one eighth miles route with Sarawak second and Hearth Mouse third thirdSarawak Sarawak always a stout competitor over a distance of ground will enjoy the best of the weights tomorrow since he will shoul ¬ der only 112 pounds as against 122 for Hearth Mouse and 121 for George Case Last Wednesday George Case carried 118 Sarawak 112 and Hearth Mouse 126 Al ¬ though George Case never has been suc ¬ cessful at one and onequarter miles the Charles Shawtrained sevenyearold prob ¬ ably will close the Montchanin favorite In addition he will boast a very capable stablemate in Old School a wellseasoned route runner who finished third behind Night Count and Green Bowler while rac ¬ ing under a 10000 claiming tag earlier in the meeting meetingOld Old School Finishes Well WellShould Should the fleet George Case falter in the stretch Old School may come from be ¬ hind with his usual display of reserve speed to uphold the confidence of the favorite players Pete McLean stable rider for Cedar Farm most likely will elect to ride George Case Sarawak failed to close ground in the stretch run of last weeks Montchanin series but this sevenyearold son of Singa ¬ pore Fairy Dream is usually at home over the one and onequarter miles route and most likely will rule second choice choiceHearth Hearth Mouse has proven to be a very consistent fellow but faltered badly under his 126pound impost last Wednesday He may improve tomorrow under 122 pounds Appearing poundsAppearing to hold the best chance in the latter group of Montchanin candidates is Little Willie a winner by nine lengths of his last start against 3500 claimers claimersIn In addition to those mentioned above the Montchanin field also comprises W Taylor Leatherburys Little Willie 107 J M Kanes Pompeys Hero 101 R J No ¬ lans Fulgura 106 Lawndale Stables Alac ¬ rity 107 and Mrs S S Zells Mr Pleat 117 117Christiana Christiana Stables fine middledistance runner Service Pilot heads the select field of seven named overnight for the 5000 Advertising Club Purse This allowance affair is a steppingstone so to speak for the impending Sussex Handicap and in addition to Service Pilot three other mem ¬ bers of the overnight field are candidates for that 25000 added fixture on July 3 They are Henry L Straus March Chick WL Ranchs W L Sickle and Mrs H K Hickeys Ocean Front Laran a stablemate of March Chick W D Pawleys Travan core and Hal Price Headleys Pellicle round out the field fieldService Service Pilot shapes up as the logical favorite since the wellconditioned chest ¬ nut son of PilateRoseretter scored with speed to spare in trouncing March Chick Arctos and Loyal Legion in his last race at one mile and a quarter W L Sickle is a recent invader from New York The Brown colt came along as a workmate for Honeymoon WL Ranchs candidate for Saturdays New Castle Handicap Pellicle won his last race in excellent fashion and could very easily repeat
