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MRS ADA L RICE The Chicagoans ChicagoansCerise Cerise Reine rules a strong favorite in inthe the Coaching Club American Oaks at atthe the Belmont Park course today Baybrook Has Nine Fleming Rivals Cerise Reine in Coaching Club Oaks Rice Homebred Staunch Favorite FavoriteDelawareWinnerHasGrecian DelawareWinnerHasGrecian Queen Script Wings oMorn To Defeat in 64600 Event EventBy By BOB HORWOOD HORWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 5 Mrs Ada L Rices Cerise Reine looms a shortpriced favorite tomorrow in the thirtyseventh running of the 50000 added Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park The classic mile and three furlongs is generally regarded as the three yearold filly championship of the year the roster of winners including such outstand ¬ ing misses as Princess Doreen Bateau Top Flight Black Helen High Fleet Twilight Tear Next Move and last year Real De ¬ light lightOther Other memorable winners of the CCA Oaks include two fillies named Wistful James Butlers winner of the inaugural running in 1917 and Calumet Farms vic ¬ tress of the 1949 renewal and such fine producers as Cleopatra Flambette Florence Nightingale Edith Cavell Nimba Tam ¬ bour Edelweiss Dawn Play Creole Maid War Plumage Damaged Goods and Level Best as well as the Suburban winner HarmonicaJamie Harmonica Jamie K in Secondary Race RaceSpring Spring Hill Farms Jamie K who looms Native Dancers chief rival in the Belmont Stakes a week from tomorrow after his fine race in the Preakness is slated to meet six older horses in the Reginald W Rives Handicap a sixfurlongs event that will precede the Oaks tomorrow The stretch running colt is not partial to the distance and faces such seasoned sprinters as Bel air Studs Hyphasis Walter S Homes Raes Reward David Shaers Sun Rene and Phantom Farms Nullify However trainer John Partridge says that his charge who is not a particularly good work horse is a aContinued Continued on Page ThirtyNine Cerise Reine Tops Field For Coaching Club Oaks OaksRice Rice Homebred to Rule Staunch Choice in Belmont Field of 11 11Continued Continued from Page One Onecolt colt who needs fairly frequent racing to re taing his condition conditionTen Ten have been named to oppose Cerise Reine in the Oaks aomorrow and if all 11 go postward this edition of the Oaks will gross 64600 and net the winner a tidy 46500 46500Cerise Cerise Reine last Saturday humiliated a presumably strong field in the Delaware Oaks finding the sloppy track to her liking and skipping to th end of that mile and a furlong an official 12 lengths in the van though most observers credited her with a wider margin of superiority The rather plain but sizable daughter of Requested had excellent credentials before that smashing triumph winning the Ashland Oaks at Keeneland finishing second while trying to give weight to Bubbley in the Kentucky Oaks and turning in a creditable effort against males to be fourth behind Straight Face Royal Bay Gem and Tribe in the Flamingo at Hialeah She stepped a pleasing threequarters in 1 14 here yes ¬ terday morning morningThe The chief rivals to Cerise Reine tomor ¬ row appear to be Mrs Ben F Whitakers Grecian Queen King Ranchs Script and Mac Bea Cain Hoy Sables Wings o Morn C V Whitneys Ming Yellow and Green tree Stables Blue Green GreenGrecian Grecian Queen finished third behind Cerise Reine and Script in the Delaware Oaks but had scored an easy victory at a mile and a furlong here at Belmont Park in her previous start Before that she had turned in a disappointing race when steered to the inside in the Acorn Stakes but had won four straight earlier races last year and this Eric Guerin will ride the daughter of Heliopolis HeliopolisScript Script and Mac Bea are a lightly raced pair who finished second and fourth in the Delaware Oaks and are eligible to im ¬ prove Eddie Arcaro will ride Script while Bernie Green will be on Mac Bea Both are daughters 01 Bimelech which is not a guarantee of dependability dependabilityWings Wings o Morn finished second in the Acorn and third in Pimlicos BlackEyed Susan in her last two starts She was beaten a half length by Spinning Top in that race with Belair Studs Sabette an ¬ other half length away and Blue Green a neck behind that one In her previous start Sabette has finished second beaten three lengths behind Grecian Queen here while Blue Green went into the Black Eyed Susan with only a sprint race under her girth She is likely to improve though she needs a sloppy track to show her best speed
