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Eight Members of FillyMare Division Contest New Castle Honeymoon Entered but Is Held Doubtful First Flight And Elpis to Draw Support SupportDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 18 Eight of the most gifted members of the filly and mare division were entered overnight for tomorrows 25000 New Cas ¬ tle Handicap but there is a strong possi ¬ bility that W L Ranchs topweighted Hon ¬ eymoon will be an absentee when the field parades for the eleventh running of the one mile and a sixteenth fixture fixtureEarly Early today trainer Don Peregory re ¬ vealed that Honeymoon rapped herself and developed a swollen foreleg However Honeymoons name was dropped in the entry box with Peregory nursing the faint hope the swift bay daughter of Beau Pere Panoramic will have recovered suf ¬ ficiently to keep her engagement engagementAssigned Assigned 126 Pounds PoundsDue Due to her splendid victory in Belmont Parks recent Top Flight Handicap and an earlier score in the Vineland at Garden State Park Honeymoon was assigned top weight of 126 pounds for the New Castle In earning 90000 in purse money for her owner Harry M Warner since her acquisi ¬ tion out of the L B Mayer dispersal Hon ¬ eymoon is clearly entitled to the high rank ing she enjoys in the filly and mare division Even though her New Castle status remains indefinite at this time Honeymoon rules the prerace choice choiceArrayed Arrayed against the Californiaowned and bred mare are such stalwarts of the division as Howell E Jacksons Red Shoes 110 Helen K Haggertys Rampart 117 C V Whitneys First Flight 118 Mill River Stables Miss Grillo 119 Brandy wine Sta StaContinued Continued on Page Three Eight Fillies Mares Go in New Castle CastleHoneymoon Honeymoon Entered but Is Held Doubtful First Flight And El pis to Draw Support SupportContinued Continued from Page One Onebles bles Whipsaw 102 William Helis Elpis 119 and Christiana Stables Camargo 108 With the possible exception of Gallorette the cream of the filly and mare division Is represented in this edition of the stake stakeElpis Elpis who has consistently enjoyed high ranking in her division was a stanch fa ¬ vorite to capture the recent Vineland but placed second behind Honeymoon in that 25000 fixture There is a 10pound weight shift in Elpis favor tomorrow however and she definitely looms the horse to beat beatRampart Rampart who has proven a nemesis to leading lights of the handicap division on more than one occasion has trained su ¬ perbly since finishing third in the Vine land and like Elpis will receive a consid ¬ erable weight concession from Honeymoon in their return meeting Rampart is rated evenly with First Flight a former two yearold champion who was the beaten favorite in the Top Flight but who could very easily redeem herself tomorrow under her advantageous impost of 118 pounds poundsMiss Miss Grille Dangerous DangerousMiss Miss Grillo an everdangerous competi ¬ tor charged from tenth place to finish fourth in the Top Flight and certainly fig ¬ ures to improve off the effort even though the Argentinebred daughter of Rolando Cedulilla prefers a slightly longer route than a mile and a sixteenth she is defi ¬ nitely a threat threatThe The lorcallyowned Whipsaw can be con ¬ ceded only an outside chance at best since she appears completely over her head The same can be said about Camargo CamargoProvided Provided the eighthorse field remains intact the race will gross 30150 with the winner earning 21400 Elpis captured the 1947 New Castle renewal defeating Ram ¬ part and Bridal Flower Besides placing last year Rampart finished third in the 1945 New Castle running runningSecondary Secondary feature on tomorrows excel ¬ lent program is series No 3 of the weekly Kiamensi Handicap Tomorrows distance is one mile and a quarter and six starters representing five interests will vie for the 5500 purse The field comprises Mill River Stables Bam the Henry L Straus entry of Pilaster and March Chick Joseph Tuccis Incline Helene K Haggertys Petrol Point and Paul J Careys Oreling Pilaster defeated Incline a neck in last Saturdays Kiamensi running at one mile and an eighth and may repeat although there is a fourpound weight shift in the latters favor tomorrow
