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I f fRoyal Royal Vale To Market Meet Today Head Fine Field of Eleven For Delawares Brandywine Cold Command Rated Threat4 For EnglishBred Horse and King Ranch FiveYea rOld rOldBy By PALMER HEAGERTY HEAGERTYStaff Staff Correspondent DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 5 The 20000 added Brandywine Handi ¬ cap a mile and onesixteenth event for threeyearolds and upward will have its 16th running as the top offering on tomor ¬ rows program and the overnight lineup is a corking one featuring the meeting of Mrs Esther duPont Weirs Royal Vale and King Ranchs To Market who must shoulder 128 and 122 pounds respectively Nine other handicap aspirants are scheduled to vie for the winners share o the 25175 gross purse purseMajor Major opposition for the aforementioned pair is likely to come from C V Whitneys Cold Command who has 116 pounds as his burden Others in the field are Mrs Walter M Jeffords Post Card and Stanley C Mikells Brush Burn each under109 Alan T Clarkes Senator Joe 108 Joe Gaveg nanos Joey Boy and William H Foales Scobeyville 106 apiece L W Jennings Eolus 105 Brandywine Stables Referee 103 and Herb C Boorses G R Petersen 102 pounds poundsThe The Englishbred Royal Vale was a disap ¬ pointment last year but has sprung into prominence through his victories and near victories this season He has earned 125800 in purses while accounting for the Miami Beach Bowie Gallant Fox and Dixie Handi ¬ caps and in his past two appearances has bowed narrowly to Greentrees Tom Fool in the Metropolitan and Suburban Caps As in his top efforts this season Royal Vale will again be ridden by veteran Jack Westrope WestropeSurprise Surprise Entrant EntrantThe The appearance of To Market in the Brandywine lineup came as more of a sur ¬ prise than that of Royal Vale The son of Market Wise who numbered the San Carlos Massachusetts Arlington and Hawthorne Gold Cup among his 1952 triumphs recently launched his current campaign successfully in New York While competing in an over ¬ night handicap the fiveyearold scored impressively while covering a mile and a sixteenth in 143 While this attests to his present condition he will have quite a task in equaling his record of last year dur ¬ ing which he earned in excess of a quarter of a million dollars Ira Babe Hanford will be down to handle trainer Max Hirschs charge chargeCold Cold Command a hardhitting son of War Admiral has had the misfortune of running up against Royal Vale and Tom Fool in his last three appearances Prior to that he chalked up three consecutive vic ¬ tories over the Jamaica strip Cold Com ¬ mand will enjoy the saddle services of Dave Gorman GormanMrs Mrs Jeffords and trainer Oscar White will be seeking their third straight Brandy wine victory having accounted for the past two with Post Card who finished in a dead heat with Cochise and Yildiz Post Card will attempt to return to the winners circle tomorrow and he will be ridden by Sam Boulmetis The Firethorn sixyearold has won but a single race this year that being the Laurel Handicap HandicapBrush Brush Burn hasnt won a race since the Hialeah meeting where he was successful in three straight races Senator Joe boasts a victory in the Baltimore Spring Handicap in which Squared Away was disqualified after scoring by eight lengths and will be making one of his infrequent appearances at more than sprint distances distancesThe The others in the Brandywine will operate under light burdens just as their records suggest theyshould Joey Boy has won but a single race this term while Scobeyville boasts a pair of wins in five starts Eolus best recommendation is his versatility while Referee and G R Petersen seem a bit ambitiously placed
