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Kiss Me Kate and Post Card Start ♦ Jeffords Duo Tops Greek Song Purse I Both HomebredsAre Prepping I For Delawares Sussex; Have Little Imp and Adopt to Beat By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del.. June 24. — Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Kiss Me Kate and Post Card, who are prepping for the 0,000 New Castle and the 5,000 Sussex Handicaps, respectively, will receive public preps tomorrow afternoon in the mile and one-sixtenth Greek Song purse. Their opposition is mediorce in comparison, comprising of C. H. Everitts Little Imp, Bohemia Stables Sea Fan, Winlochan Stables Adopt and J. A. Bayards Zeeland. Kiss Me Kate, last years three-year-old filly queen, with victories in the Acorn, Delaware Oaks, Gazelle and Alabama stakes and earnings of 01,905, is seeking her initial 1952 triumph after three unsuccessful ventures. After finishing third in her first two appearances, the Count Fleet four-year-old was a bang-up fourth in the Suburban Handicap, in which the winning One Hitter was timed in 2 : 02 for a mile and a quarter. Post Card, like his stablemate, has been lightly campaigned this year, starting but twice. He was second to Hi Billee while sprinting at Laurel and recently won a local dash easily, reeling off six furlongs in 1:1#%. The Firethorn five-year-old was highly proficient last season, earning in excess of 0,000 while scoring in the Maryland, Brandy wine and Omnibus handicaps. Little Imp Ran Second in Brandywine * Of the quartet opposing the Oscar White-trained team, Little Imp seems best. He was second to Yildiz in the Brandywjne Handicap, then was third behind Sun Bahram and Be Gracious in overnight competition ► over a sloppy track. Sea Fan, a sprint win-e ner at Garden State, was tried at a mile e and a sixteenth in her last, only to have her _ saddle slip while in front early. Adopt is a fairly consistent horse who seldom earns , top position, while Zeeland seems clearly .. overmatched. ,r While greater in value, the ,000 Mont-r chanin Handicap, fourth in a series of five j such events, must be relegated into second tl position behind the Greek Song. This ver-£ sion of the Montchanin is over the mile and ._ a half distance and six thoroughbreds have |s been entered overnight. They are: C. L. e Ostrikers Diamond Head, 122; R. E. Cud-n ahys I Trust, 119; J. V. Thompsons Monte. •s 116; Anthony Allens Net Result, 115; L. W. ,_ Jennings Windy, 109, and C. Everitts Ball .e Hawk, 108 pounds. After Bimfort and Benhadar had scored s decisively in the first and second runnings ;s of the Montchanin, I Trust attained promi-:IS nence with a galloping score in race No. 3. The manner in which he moved from far ■e !_ back with a bold rush would suggest that £ he is stritcly the one to beat tomorrow, as jj well as next Wednesday. „ Diamond Head boasts four victories this lX! year but has been unsuccessful for as much n as ,5000 which is the price for which horses must have run since October 2 to be or r eligible for the Montchanin series. Net Result, Monte and Ball Hawk have shown little in previous runnings in the series. r while Windy s form has been only fair, rg O tomorrows Montchanin starters, only ie I Trust has as many as 24 points which he , • earned through last weeks victory. Bimfort :e is above him in the point standing, having • garnered 27 points with a victory and a j2 fourth. It is doubtful, however, that she will n reappear now that the distance has ad-„ vanced beyond the mile and a furlong point.
