Sunny Blue Trio Eye Miss America: Lady Elliott, Resplendent, Lady Dekover Set to Carry Blumberg Colors Tomorrow, Daily Racing Form, 1953-06-12

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Sunny Blue Trio Eye Miss America AmericaLady Lady Elliott Resplendent Lady Deleaver Set to Carry Blumberg Colors Tomorrow TomorrowHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero HI June 11 While track conditions may be a contrib ¬ uting factor in determining the number of entries and actual starters in the 15000 Miss America Stakes this coming Satur ¬ day the signs point to a large field for the sixth runnirig of this important event for twoyearold fillies on the forthcoming week end Indicative of the prospects in ¬ sofar as the number of entries is concerned is the position of Sunny Blue Farm owned by Ira Blumberg of Chicago This stable nominated three fillies for the Miss Amer ¬ ica and trainer John Littrell is giving serious consideration to the idea of start ¬ ing all three threeTwo Two of the Sunny Blue nominees Re ¬ splendent and Lady Elliott made the first starts of their careers here at this Lincoln Fields meeting and both won at the first asking The old saw about having a bet ¬ ter one in the barn may be applicable in the case of the Sunny Blue fillies At any rate it is not secret that trainer Littrell is actually higher on the third nominee Lady Dekover than the two fillies which won their first starts for him himLady Lady Dekover Hasnt Started StartedLady Lady Dekover a bay filly by Revoked out of Wiloee by Chilowee never has started Her trainers estimate of her therefore is based on what she has shown him in trials This young miss cost her present owners 3100 at the Keeneland yearling auctions last year yearAs As a buyer at that sale Mr Blumberg plainly revealed his admiration for the young sire Revoked because in addition to Lady Dekover both Resplendent who cost 5200 and Lady Elliott a 3800 pur ¬ chase are by Revoked and were obtained in the same yearling vendue Resplendent is out of Ever After by Dark Hero while Lady Elliotts dam is Fakes Gal by Chance Shot ShotLady Lady Elliott was the first to win She made her first start here at Hawthorne on May 26 in the Evergreen Farm Purse in which she beat Mary A Kleins Miss Amer ¬ ica candidate Subliner by one length It was also the first start for Subliner SublinerResplendent Resplendent won the Greenyiew Farm Purse here on June 4 She got up in the last few strides to beat H C Fruehaufs Free Agent with another first starter G A Cavanaughs Blue Violin third and Subliner fourth Blue Violin likewise is a nominee for the Miss America AmericaAmong Among other subscribers to the Miss America who made more than one nomin ¬ ation Mrs Elizabeth Brisbine of Winnetka 111 is expected to start both of her good fillies the stakes winning Golly and the winner Inflationary while Sam E Wilson of Corpus Christi Texas may also start both Swinging Fox and Arabian Queen


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