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JUDGES STAND *y CHARLES HATT0N STANTON, Del., June 10.— Racing secretary J. G. "Gil" Haus has come up with an exceptionally good field for the 5,000 Kent, at a mile and a sixteenth. It is expected that Crispin Oglebays fleet Noble Impulse, who set such a terrific pace in the Preakness, will go postward as favorite. However, the presence of Sidney Jacobs Colonel Mike may make many think twice before going to the windows, since his recent excellent second to Calumet Farms Ponder in the Peter Pan. A surprise entry in the Kent is Frank St. Charles Hoosier Boy. There are two fillies in the race, William duPont, Jr.s, Gaffery, winner of the Santa Susana at Santa Anita, and Woodvale Farms Lady Dorimar. Conn Mc-Creary, who rode Woodvales Page Boots here last year when that colt captured both the Kent and Leonard Richards Stakes, will be aboard the Woodvale miss tomorrow. Also coming from New York to ride is Basil James, who will be astride the "Colonel." R. J. Martin, who is riding here on a Jockey Club probationary license and is being observed by the stewards, will ride Noble Impulse. Although Delaware Park usually draws its largest crowd on Memorial Day, tomorrows card could possibly be the magnet for the biggest gathering of the 32-day session. Aside from the Kent there will be much interest in C. Mahlon Klines Bayeux, who will be seen under colors in series two of the Kiamensi, a handicap, which will follow the feature. Trained by Morris Dixon, this former Belgium champion, who finished unplaced last year in Jimmy Butlers International Gold Cup, hasnt shown any of his European form. However, Dixon believes his importation is rounding to top form, and will show to better advantage tomorrow than he did in his last race in New York. AAA % Delaware States blue and gold colors have been adopted by Willie duPont, and they are everywhere at Delaware Park, on the eighth poles and quarter poles, the backs of the chairs in the swank clubhouse, and even the matches. R. E. "Dick" Handlen thinks it would be nice Belgian Champion Runs at Delaware Today Gaffery Opposes Colts in Kent Renewal Laurel Improving Its Mutuel Facilities Advance Play on Last Races at Stanton if Gaffery could put them in the winners circle after the Kent as well. She won the Selima and the Schuylerville and- is, in fact, one of the few two-year-old stakes-winning fillies of 48 who also have won stakes at the longer routes this season. So many of them are indifferent performers at three, and vice versa. We dont mention Gaf-ferys Coaching Club American Oaks, in which she was messed about and didnt really run her race. Gaffery has one of those "Im My Own Grandpa" pedigrees, in that she is inbred rather closely to Fair Star, who was herself a runner and is the ancestress also of Fairy Chant. DuPont thought up both Delaware Park and the Oaks, and makes rather a specialty of breeding stakes fillies, but he never quite got around to winning any of the 10 runnings of this stake. The fillies that have won it are doing something for the improvement of the breed. For example, Handcuff is the dam of Chains, Piquet the dam of Capot, and Vagrancy the dam of Black Tarquin. In addition to the winners share of the 5,000, Mrs Marion duPont Scott will donate to the owner a rather handsome cup, and duPont a small replicate for his permanent possession. Its better than winning "Strike It Rich." AAA Alfred Vanderbilt, Dave Woods and others of the Laurel and Pimlico clubs are going racing at Delaware Park these days. A project now under way at Laurel will expedite things a good deal in the "tote" department at the meet of 25 days in the autumn. The rear of the grandstand is being moved back 30 feet, with a view of having what are called "island mutuels." These seem to be the modern theory of the ultimate in efficiently handling the flow of mutuel traffic. Rather than having all the sellers and cashiers in one "tote" line, with the consequent cross traffic, the sellers will be arranged along the front of the line, the cashiers along the rear. Pimlico seemed to find it difficult to obtain a great many horses of the caliber it prefers for its spring meet, perhaps because it ran only eight days, nevertheless it "broke even." It will run 17 days in the fall and we should think it will have a large share of the "name" horses active in the East. Occasionally one hears that certain of the Laurel and Pimlico interests are inclined to sell, but there are plans for the further development of the Laurel course. AAA Delaware Park crowds appears to vary more during the course of a days card than at any other track we know. For instance, some still are arriving about the1 fourth and fifth races, a few others leave before the last race, on the BandOs "Early Bird" to Philadelphia. We can think of tracks serviced by race trains that dont have trains back to town until after the last race. Here at Delaware Park the management has introduced a procedure that seems to work out very well. It -has this summer innovated advance wagering on the eighth race, so that patrons wishing to leave before it is decided can place a bet if they like, and still "beat the crowd/ We are told this has improved the "tote" action. AAA Turf ana: University of Delaware students, "working their way through school," are on the gate staff at Delaware Park. . . . Larry MacPhail says that he finds managing a racing stable and stud far less wearing than running a baseball club. "In the first place, horses cant talk back," he explains. ... A voice on the P. A. system in the stable area announced "Come to the rec center, Soupbone. Im going to .kill you, you bum!" Turned out to be Johnny Breen, paging his opponent for a sparring match. . . . There are said to be blue prints for a North Jersey track, 15 minutes from Times Square, with a revolutionary arrangement of seats, in steep tiers like a Roman Colosseum. . . . Delaware picks up two days this summer, and there are no "dark Mondays." . . . The press box is air conditioned, as also is Washington Parks. . . . Tommy Root has freshened Fighting Fan to resume racing here. . . . Willie Crump may race at Arlington. . . . Delaware stall requests this year reached record proportions.
