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Charade Purse Attracts AttractsSixteen Sixteen Sophomores On Flight Jet Action Sugar Dad Among Field at Belmont BelmontBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 3 Several minor candidates for Sat ¬ urdays 25000 Withers Mile are included in the 16 threeyearolds named for Tues ¬ days Charade Purse sevenfurlong fea ¬ ture here at Belmont The Withers eligi bles in this extended dash which carries a 4000 purse are Mrs R J Maloney Jrs On Flight Maine Chance Farms Jet Ac ¬ tion C V Whitneys Sugar Dad Brae Burn Farms Striking Hour Saxon Stables Taxpayer and Foxcatcher Farms Cheva tion None of these sophomores have any ¬ thing very recent to recommend them though Jet Action a son of the brilliant Busher by Jet Pilot has been training very well for his seasonal debut Jet Ac ¬ tion started only twice last year finishing fourth behind Porterhouse in the National Stallion Stakes in his second outing outingOn On Flight finished fairly well to be fourth behind Full Flight Diving Board and Buttevant while neglected at more than 22tol as a member of the mutuel field on April 27 and had won a maiden race in his previous outing at Jamaica Eddie Arcaro will ride the fashionably bred son of Bull Lea War Fan FanGreentree Greentree Stables Dream of Glory who graduated in his first start of the year on April 26 here may be the favorite in the Charade The Shut Out Nasca colt was a costly yearling who has always been held in rather high esteem by his connections Incidentally jockey Ted Atkinson has be ¬ come something of a specialist at charades in recent winters while Hedley Woodhouse who will ride Sugar Dad also spends many of his Saturday nights in Miami engaged in that pantomimic pastime v here for Stephen Messanas filly Old Baas ket who just failed to catch Gay Greeting in a sixfurlong dash here on Saturday while racing very wide in the final phases phasesArnold Arnold Hangers Rico Plata as well as Chevation and Taxpayer will be making his 1954 bow All three won maiden races in the course of light campaigns last year while Chevation has some pedigree behind him being by Alibhai sire of Determine from the brilliant Fairy Chant ChantOf Of the others in this bulky field Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Dan Giddings was a handy winner of a 12500 claimer recently while A L Astes Duke Hi finished second to Perman here while carrying an 8000 tag Comets Glow and Prefer Dan are alsor eligibles can only start in the event of scratches
