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r County Delight Arrives ! At Old Pimlico Course r V Will Be One of Favorites in v Tomorrows Dixie Handicap c BALTIMORE, Md., May 3.— Arrival of lj Rokeby Stables County Delight at Pimlico i] in added to the interest in Saturdays renewal t of the 5,000 Dixie Handicap over the mile c and three-sixteenths distance. County De- s light, four-year-old son of Count Fleet and Matriarch, is expected to be one of the a at better supported members of the field. t] Paul Mellon s performer would seem to n have the law of averages a bit in his favor u when the Dixie comes up for decision. He o has appeared in three stake events so far a this season and on each occasion, ran a S powerful race but he has yet to win one. is is County Delight was third in the Widener S at Hialeah, beaten only two lengths; fin- b by ished second in the Maryland Handicap at A Laurel, beaten two lengths and last Satur- n day was third fn the Grey Lag at Jamaica, yi losing by only a quarter of a length, with f c lj i] in t c s a at t] n u o a S is is S b by A n yi f to to Cochise and Ferd ahead of him. in Cochise and Ferd, who beat County De- ht light in the Grey Lag, will not oppose him the Dixie nor will Sunglow, winner of ner ne the Widener or Post Card, who was sue- wi will cessful in the Maryland. County Delight is in in scheduled to carry 114 in the Dixie. be be Meanwhile, there was plenty of activity wc won Pimlico in preparation for events other than the Dixie. While most of the Preak- fii first ness horses will not descend on the plant ar are until after running of the Derby, at least W one Preakness hope is stabled here and pr awaiting arrival of his foes. Hampton Stables Alerted, not named for the Derby, ho on the grounds. Winner of the Laurel tu Stakes this spring and beaten only a head lik like Repetoire in the Chesapeake at Laurel, M Alerted is given an excellent chance to Bii Big rank high money winner among the three- Ch year-olds His trainer is Jimmy Penrod, the ra race former steeplechase jockey. sp
