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Fascinator Among Eleven in Acorn Fair Pilot Gains Churchill Decision Recently Annexed Kentucky Oaks OaksCoupling Coupling of Dangerous Dame And Break o Morn Sure to Give War Jeep Miss Battle BattleBy By BOB HORWOOD HORWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 4 Maine Chance Farms Fascinator and Cain Hoy Stables Dangerous Dame and Break o Morn loom almost equal fav ¬ orites tomorrow in the 24th running of the 20000 Acorn Stakes This test for three yearold fillies is at a flat mile and the 11 candidates will all carry 121 pounds poundsFascinator Fascinator won the classic Kentucky Oaks at a mile and a sixteenth as recent ¬ ly as last Friday beating the classy and consistent Queen Hopeful by a length after forcing the pace to the stretch The daughter of War Jeep who started her career in a claimer here at Belmont Park almost exactly a year ago returned from Kentucky apparently none the worse for her successful journey west Eddie Arcaro will ride Fascinator for the first time to ¬ morrow morrowDangerous Dangerous Dame and Break of Morn both come from big races here at Bel ¬ mont Park Dangerous Dame was beaten something like one inch by the 1953 cham ¬ pion Evening Out in the sixfurlong Polonaise Purse in which both fillies were making their seasonal bow last Wednesday While Dangerous Dame was getting 14 pounds from her celebrated rival she man ¬ aged to get six furlongs in 111 at the first asking and has the frame to carry the added weight Evening Out unfortunately will be an absentee tomorrow having cut her hind legs kicking holes in the screen door of her stall stallBreak Break o Morn Won Same Afternoon AfternoonBreak Break o Morn won her first sophomore start the same afternoon getting up in the final stride to beat Mrs Walter M Jeffords Zahra by a neck That race was run in 112 Js No riders have been named for either of Capt Harry F Guggenheims fil ¬ lies but Hank Moreno will doubtless be on one of them themZahra Zahra will be back running as an entry with Mr Jeffords Open Sesame who has slightly better credentials The Mahmoud filly followed an obscure race at Laurel on April 3 by finishing second in the Prioress Stakes at Jamaica beaten a length by Tri song with Incidentally a stablemate of Fascinator behind her Open Sesame who will be ridden by Ted Atkinson breezed a half in 51 on a sloppy track this morn mornContinucd Continucd on Page FortySeven Fascinator Clashes With Ten in Acorn AcornEntry Entry of Dangerous Dame Break o Morn on Edge for Winner of Kentucky Oaks OaksContinued Continued from Page One Oneing ing No jockey has been named as yet for Zahra ZahraAnother Another recent winner in the Acorn is Mrs John D Hertz Happy Mood who got up in the final strides of a sixfurlong dash Jart Saturday to score in a moderate 1 12 She will again be ridden by Pete Moreno MorenoMrs Mrs Louis Lazares Sotto Voce and King Ranchs Riverina finished far behind Even ¬ ing Out and Dangerous Dame last week but benefit by a fivepound weight shift in relation to the Cain Hoy miss Sotto Voce had won her previous start at Jamaica beating a field that included Trisong while Riverina was making her 1954 debut and trailed all the way Last year she occa ¬ sionally showed signs of considerable class classThe The Acorn field is completed by C T Chenerys Talora Mrs E P Taylors Ques ¬ tion Time and Philip Godfreys OAlison Talora has had many chances this spring and has finished well in all of her races at shorter distances Jim Nichols will ride the imported miss who may run over most of her rivals in the stretch stretchQuestion Question Time is a bay daughter of Polynesian who won one of her six starts last year and finished behind Happy Mood and Talora in her only start this spring but has been training exceptionally well OAlison last year was the astonishing win ¬ ner of the Demoiselle Stakes a victory she has never come close to confirming confirmingSecret Secret Meeting Upset Winner in 1953 1953Last Last years Acorn provided a surprise when James Cox Bradys Secret Meeting beat 11 rivals That filly has never found her way back to the winners circle In earlier years the Acorn has been won by such brilliant fillies or producers as Baba Kenney who took the 1931 inaugural for the late Col E R Bradley C V Whitneys Top Plight winner of the first renewal A G Vanderbilts Good Gamble Star mount Stables Damaged Goods Calumet Farms Twilight Tear W L Branhs Gal lorette and King Ranchs But Why Not and Dawn Play Top Fligh Dawn Play Damaged Goods and Twilight Tear went on to win the longer and richer Coaching Club American Oaks which will be re ¬ newed on May 29 at a mile and three furlongs All but Question Time Sotto Voce and Happy Mood of tomorrows Acorn are eligible to this years Oaks in which they may have the doubtful pleasure of meeting Evening Out
