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— — " — 1 I f /* v ; id? ■? f " Wand5and i ♦ f Ruhe Ruhe Tops Tops Lincoln Lincoln Handicap Handicap Field; Field; Oceanport Oceanport Opens Opens Monmouth Monmouth Meet Meet AMORY L. HASKELL— President of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club, which J ushers in its 49-day meet this afternoon. i ; i J i Tea-Maker, Eight Others in Handicap Senator Joe, Algasir Face Veteran Sprinter in First Of 19 Stakes on Schedule By WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS Staff Correspondent MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 13. — This seaside resort course, one of the newest and most modern racing plants in the country, will enter into its seventh year of operation tomorrow with president Amory L. Haskell, general manager Edward J. Brennan and their associates confidently looking forward to the most successful and brilliant season in the tracks history. Monmouth Park has enjoyed a steady growth in prestige while showing development as a gathering place for the social set, and the gears have been placed in high this summer with a generously increased purse schedule that includes 19 stakes, of which three are new editions this year. The inaugural program of eight races, post time 2:30 oclock, will be featured by the sixth running of the 5,000 added Oceanport Handicap. F. Ambrose Clarks Tea-Maker, a hard-hitting nine-year-old gelding son of Only One — Tea Leaves, heads the list of nine overnight starters in the six furlongs dash under 120 pounds. He will attempt to concede three pounds to H. A. Kimballs Algasir and Alan T. Clarkes Senator Joe, each assigned 117, and as much as 17 pounds to the others. Weather Ideal Past Week Weather has been ideal here this past week and the opening day visitors who will arrive by rail, auto, bus and the special facilities provided by the New Jersey turnpike and excursion ocean liner from New York, are expected to number well above ! the 19,645 attending last years inaugural. The big crowds will be coming along the ! latter part of the month when the vacation season enters full swing. Patrons will find the usual Daily Double wagering on the first and second races, and the featured Oceanport will be run as the £ sixth race. New stable facilities have raised the thoroughbred accommodations to about 1,150, with a number of the leading establishments i in the country represented. Due to * its accessability from New York and New England, many other handicap performers will be shipping in from time to time. Indications are that the jockey fraternity i will be the largest ever here. Expected 1 to be top men in the riding department r are Jimmy Sout, Fernando Fernan- Continued on Page Three ! [ i • i J • l t t I • : , t f I l r ■ • i 1 t ; I r ; i l , r f . . ; 5 r f Open Monmouth Meet With Oceanport Cap Tea-Maker Heads Field of Nine In Sprint at New Jersey Course Continued from Page One dez, Charles Burr, Sammy Boulmetis, Ben-l nie Green and apprentice Robert L. Ste- venson. Track crews have been busy grading and rolling the racing strip for the past two days and it should be in good shape. Tea-Maker, to be ridden by Dave Gor- man, recently moved his aging limbs six furlongs to win the Wilmington Handicap under 121 pounds in a sparkling 1:10%, just two-fifths of a second away from the track record. He won that test by three lengths and will be a luke-warm choice tomorrow in the Oceanport, although he re- turned to Belmont Park last week where he finished a close-up third behind First Glance and Delegate in the Hastings Hand- icap. Tea-Maker has won two races in seven starts this year, while a 20-race campaign netted "him three triumphs in 1951. Senator Joe, a four-year-old Alaking colt, was beaten three lengths by Tea- Maker in the Wilmington, but his next out-l ing brought an easy four lengths decision in 1:11%. He was a consistent speedster in Maryland this spring and Rocco Sisto will be his guide. Algasir, who was unable to handle Wood-; chuck at Garden State Park, is always to be considered a threat with this kind. No doubt he will do better without having to contend with Woodchuck. Recent strategy has been to take Algasir off the early pace, which may work well in here. Greentree Stables Northern Star, fourth in the Wilmington Handicap and second to Arise 10 days ago at Belmont in the Eight Thirty Handicap, displayed a fond-t ness for this course last year. His rider is the shrewd Cuban Fernando Fernandez and the weight 113 pounds. General Staff, Larry S. MacPhails often-close stakes per-i former, came into his own his last start at Delaware Park in which he equaled the 1:10% track record with an easy score by two lengths. The four-year-old is obvious-. ly very sharp right now and it would not be surprising for jockey Willie Passmore to bring him in first under his 112 pounds. Carolyn K Stables Hi Billie, 112, is very fast and has been training smartly here.- Mrs. J. Carsons Kinsman, Edward Potter, Jr.s Longleat and C. Rufis Ad-. miral Cherry, although favorably weighted, do not appear too dangerous.
