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Baybrook Has Nine Fleming Rivals Cerise Reine in Coaching Club Oaks Royal Mustang Ready for Battle BattleTopweighted Topweighted Pair Will Have To Step Lively to Oursprint Speedy En Fleur arid Pomace PomaceBy By J J MURPHY MURPHYHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero 231 June 5 The Lincoln Fields Racing Association tomor ¬ row honors again the memory of its late president with another renewal of the race which bears his name the Edward J Flem ¬ ing Memorial Handicap which is endowed with 15000 in added money Mr Fleming died in 1949 Ten of the best sprinters now campaigning in this area were entered for the six and onehalf furlong event which features the third midweek program of the current Lincoln Fields meeting at Haw ¬ thorne thorneBaybrook Baybrook the fouryearold Brookf ield Coralie B colt owned bymMrs L J Knight and her son Lucien J Knight of Lexing ¬ ton Ky is the top weight of the field with 117 pounds which will include jockey Ken ¬ neth Church who rode the colt in his three starts this year One of the best of the 1949 crop the homebred Baybrook won the George Woolf Memorial at two placed in three other stakes that season Due to a leg ailment he did not race at three last year yearRan Ran Second at Churchill April 30 30On On his return to competition in April he indicated he could be reckoned an im ¬ portant factor in the sprint division this season In his first start which was at Churchill Downs on April 30 he finished second to Jet Fleet in an overnight handi ¬ cap beaten a half length Coming to Haw ¬ thorne from Louisville he started in the Crete Handicap on May 18 opening day of this meeting He made the pace but finished fourth to Dry Rum He turned the tables however in his next start the Steger Handicap and was a handy winner with Pomace second and Dry Run third The latter incidentally has been an expected starter in the Fleming but his preparation for the weekend event was interrupted when he suffered an eye injury injuryBaybroqks Baybroqks rivals tomorrow include Sam E Wilsons Royal Mustang 116 J H Nail Jrs filly En Fleur 113 Hasty House Farms Pomace 113 Golden Maxim Sta ¬ bles Eljay 112 B W Landys Unbridled 110 Reverie Knoll Farms Le Monde 110 T MT Daniels Jet Ace 107 Red Top Sta bles Stop Gap 111 and Red Charger 109 Royal Mustang who finished second to Count Turf in the 1951 Kentucky Derby and won the Stars and Stripes Handicap last year after a long layoff at Doug Davis farm in Kentucky seems as good or better betterContinued Continued on Fage FortySix Baybrook Royal Mustang Match Speed in Fleming FlemingTopweighted Topweighted Duo Will Have Fast Rival in En Fleur at Hawthorne HawthorneContinued Continued from Page One Onethan than ever this season He has won three of his six starts by wide margins in handy style Latest of these was a sevenlength victory on the grass course here at Haw ¬ thorne Earlier at Churchill Downs he beat Inseparable by eight lengths lengthsJockey Jockey Al Popara will have the mount on the fiveyearold son of Easy Mon Penroyal in the Fleming It will be the second time he has ridden the colorbearer of the oil man from Corpus Christi the first being that sevenlength victory in the Park Royal Purse here on May 29 29The The Texasowned En Fleur only filly in the Fleming was a sensation of the early season winning five consecutive races four of them at Sportsmans Park Willie Mpr rissey who steered her to those victories will ride the daughter of Apache Dou Doula again tomorrow tomorrowPomace Pomace fouryearold gelding by Pilate Pomrose purchased from George D Wideners Erdenheim farm won his first start of the year has been unplaced only once in six starts He was second to Bay brook in the Steger Handicap here hereLe Le Monde fouryearold colt by Fighting Fox Tehani won his only start this year that being at Keeneland on April 23 23Stop Stop Gap and Red Charger will be watched with particular interest by pros ¬ pective horsebuyers They are to be sold at the Irving S Florsheim Red Top Sta ¬ ble dispersal at Red Top Farm Liberty vill Ill on June 24 24Twelve Twelve twoyearold fillies most of them candidates for the Miss American Stakes on June 13 will meet in the Harrington Purse a supporting feature on the nine race program tomorrow
