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________ •■»"»*»"— 1 | , Weighing In By EVAN SHIPMAN DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 13. — The Kent Stakes, tomorrows feature here, is one of the races that some times serves serves to to re-arrange re-arrange our our ________ ! , I I serves serves to to re-arrange re-arrange our our estimate of the three-year-old generation, an estimate that has a tendency to "set" following the running of the classics, but that can aiways receive many jolts before the end of the season. Back in 39, Eight Thirty and Challedon were humbled in the Kent, while while recently, recently, Your Your I . i i I i [ , j j | . i J I j I • ; . . ! , j j : j j I j I I I [ , jt i j 1 j t J . | 1 c 1 i j t j r t r t t 2 while while recently, recently, Your Your •■»"»*»"— Host vindicated the high praise Californians had showered on him when he scored here the one important stake victory of his eastern foray. Just last year, Greentrees Hall of Fame, who up to then, had shown little or nothing in the big races, began a notable series of victories with the Kent, a series that might well have won him the title of "Horse of the Year," until Counterpoint came along in the fall to settle all disputes on that matter. This season, the likes of Challedon, Eight Thirty. Sun Lover, Your Host and Hall of Fame will hardly be found among the entries for this mile and a six-1 teenth test, but we may reconcile ourselves to the absence of a champion, or even of a potential champiori, once we concede that this will be an evenly matched field, one almost certain to provide a hotly disputed race from the drop of ths flag. With the ex-I ception of Jampol, who boasts a second to Blue Man in the Preakness. these colts have not often come within hailing distance of those now considered "first flight," but there are several here who m°y compensate for a lack of precocity with a later display of class. As our advance opinion concerning tomorrows Kent must be based en what we have actually seen, we can only tell you that both King Ranchs High Scud and Max Kahlbaums Jampol have impressed, us as nice colts. We saw Hurh Scud run away and hide from MontT»eliers Pintor, now sadly off form, and we also saw Jampol close stoutly in a sprint, running at the end as if any longer distance than six furlongs would have given him the race. Of the two performances, High Scuds may have been the more impressive, although that estimate is offered with the full knowledge that the Bern-borough colt did not have much to beat that day. His way of going, however, caught the eye, and he was so easy as he pulled away to score as his rider pleased that we are permitting ourselves to imagine he will also perform well against real opposition. Jampol is probably as good as he was for the Preakness, which is noncommital enough as advice. The grapevine here instructs us that a Grand Admiral colt named Lot-A-Brass is pretty good right now, and may take a lot of beating. The others are just names as far as this corner is concerned. Well all know a lot more about them tomorrow. Repeating the success of the recent brush program at Belmont, yesterdays fetature, the two-mile Tom Roby Steeplechase, was an exciting contest all the way; was won by a good horse, the imoorted fencer, Fracas, and appeared to settle, at least for the moment, what had been, before the start, a considerable difference of opinion concerning the merits of the field. The enthusiasts for this branch of the sport were out in force for the running, of the Tom Roby, Virginia, Maryland and Long Island all being well represented in the paddock. So great was the prestige of Jim Ryans stable at present — the news of County Delights return to winning form had filtered down from Aqueduct during the afternoon — that Mrs. E. duPont Wiers Golden Furlong was sent to the post a slight choice over Jack Skinners stable entry of Extra Points and Gentle Star, while the French Fracas, who had beaten Golden Furlong at their last meeting, was comoaratively neglected in the wagering at odds of 4Vk to 1. The publics preference may also be partially explained on the grounds of sentiment, this being Mrs. Weirs home territory, but, when it came to racing, form took precedence over sentiment, and Fracas and his stable-mate, Montadet, finished one-two, while Golden Furlong, due to a bad landing at the thirteenth obstacle, wound up far back. Patiently ridden by "Dooley" Adams and fencing with authority, Fracas let his stablemate set all the pace in the Tom Roby. Fracas, with 159 pounds aboard, was high weight of the field of nine, conceding considerable amounts to all the others, and Adams showed wisdom in conserving his forces for a full turn of the field, while Montadet sailed along in front. On the backstretch the last time round, Adams begran to hustle Fracas, but there was still plenty of run left in those in front of him. Brook-meades Flaming Comet and the Rokeby Stables Gentle Star were both pressing Continued on Page Forty-Fivt I I f j c a I p f n L v s t r £ 1 s fr V q t d ■ * d a c * jl ■ ■ ■ be d * __ WEIGHING IN By EVAN SHIPMAN Continued from Page Four Montadet hard, and it was not until the final turn that Fracas got within striking distance of the leaders. Gentle Star had dropped back, as if a trifle short, but Flaming Comet was far from done, and, for a moment, looked like taking it all. And then Adams shot Fracas through on the inside, came to the last obstacle on almost even terms with Montadet and Flaming Comet, and disposed of this pair in the drive, drawing away at the end. Elwood Carter, who was naturally disappointed when the Dubasoff-trained Fracas and Montadet deprived him of a stake he may have considered as good as won, claimed a foul at the finish — he claimed it first against Fracas, and then, just before the stewards reached the projection room to review the pictures of the race, said, "No. I made a mistake. It was Montadet who bothered me." Considering the entirely different colors carried by the two horses* it was a strange mistake, but "alls well that ends well" and the judges did not allow the objection. Foxcatchers good filly, Faberose, defeated a number of candidates for the Delaware Oaks in the Governor Elbert N. Carvel Purse, secondary feature of the afternoon. This strapping bay daughter of Rosemount — Ficklebush, by Blenheim II., was a length to the good of George Humphreys Hummy at the end of the six furlongs in 1 : 12, while A. T. Clarkes Jean-nie C. wound up two lengths farther back in third place. The time, you will notice, was not impressive for Delaware, but the strip was considerably deeper yesterday than it has been recently, and Faberoses race cannot be lightly dismissed; trainer Handlen has her in race form now, and she looks in the paddock and runs in the stretch as if a distance will suit her. As for Hummy, this rather frail daughter of Whirlaway — Minnant, by Pennant, consequently a half-sister of Augury, was not too lucky in the dash; she got away indifferently, and. then made up a lot of ground on the outside to finish very fast. She is a tucked-up little thing behind, but Hummy has the same grand shoulders that distinguished Augury. She may do if she can hold condition through hot weather and another conditioning race at a longer distaonce. The big disappointment in the Governor Carvel field was Brandywines Place Card, a filly who was right up there among the leaders of the division as a juvenile. She never ran a lick yesterday. It may be that something not evident is hurting this attractive- chestnut miss. She will given one more chance, and then, if she does not do better, turned out for a long rest.
