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■ — i Nine Crack Chasers Entered ForTemple Gwathmey Renewal Oedipus, Champion Fencer of 1951 , Makes Seasonal Bow in 5,000 United Hunts Stake BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 10. — The twenty-ninth running of the 5,000 Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase at about two miles and a quarter, and the ,000 Louis E. Stoddard, Jr. Memorial at about a mile and three-quarters on the hurdle course are the feature events of the second United Hunts program at Belmont Park tomorrow. The best of the flat events is the ,000 Lewis E. Waring Purse for sophomores at six furlongs. A field of nine of the best chasers in training has been entered for the Temple Gwathmey, which is the richest of the spring fixtures over fences. Mrs. Ogden Phipps Oedipus, champion steeplechaser of 1951, is slated to make his seasonal debut in this gruelling test under 163 pounds. Oedipus, whose bow was delayed by the cough, has been training steadily for the Temple Gwathmey and will have considerable support from the public, though he faces no easy task for a debut. Albert Foot, who rode him to victory in the Grand National last fall, will again be in the saddle. Mrs. Esther Dupont Weirs The Mast, winner of the Meadow Brook "Chase on May 29, has been assigned 153 pounds, the same burden given James McHughs Jam, who won the International and Appleton chases this spring, but failed badly in the Meadow Brook. L. W. Jennings Navy Gun, who finished second in the Meadow Brook, has 149 to carry. Montpeliers Hampton Roads, 143; F. A. Clarks Lone Fisherman, 143, and Gerrymander, 138: Rokeby Stables American Way, 141; and J. M. Mulfords Proceed, 140, complete the field. Won Last Years Running of Stake Navy Gun won last years Temple Gwathmey, while Hampton Roads won the stake in 1949. Oedipus didnt run in last years Temple Gwathmey, finished second to Tourist List in 1950, when the race was run shortly after the longer Grand National. The Mast had been a careless fencer, frequently standing on his head, prior to the Meadow Brook, in which he jumped faultlessly. Navy Gun, a nervous sort, who was extremely washy before the Meadow Brook, has a six-pound shift in weights in his favor. If he is comparatively calm in the paddock, he shapes up as the one to beat. Jam is too uncertain at his fences to be dependable in this company. Hampton Roads has not yet run his race this year, but tomorrow will have the services of young R. J. Woolfe, Jr., who fits him better than any other rider in his long career. Of the others, American Way is showing signs of age, Proceed seems a bit outclassed, Lone Fisherman is erratic and Gerrymander lacks experience. The Stoddard Memorial, which honors the young polo player, trainer and sportsman who died at Aiken, S. C. 13 months and a day ago, has a field of seven, including the recent winners Dans Chance and Sonatine, the rather consistent Salemaker and the promising Eperon.
