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HomeMade Vies With Sunshine Nell Among NineHorse Bed o Roses Field FieldKaplan Kaplan Mare Shoulders 126 Giving Vanderbilt Miss Four Pounds in 15000 Feature FeatureBEUMONT BEUMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 5 The 15000 Bed o Roses Handi ¬ cap an overnight event at a mile and a sixteenth named for Alfred G Vanderbilts filly champion of a few years back is the feature attraction at Belmont Thursday Vanderbilt has a candidate in this test for fillies and mares in the person of Home Made winner of the National Stallion and Astoria Stakes at two and the Vagrancy and Comely handicaps last year and also winner of the High Fleet Purse at a mile here last week weekHome Home Made who gets in the Bed o Roses with 118 pounds including Eric Guerin will be opposed by eight capable rivals including Meyer J Kaplans con ¬ sistent and courageous Sunshine Nell who is topweight with 126 pounds poundsHedley Hedley Woodhouse will ride Sunshine Nell who is generally regarded as a sprin ¬ ter but won the Barbara Frietchie Handi ¬ cap at Thursdays distance at Bowie last fall The daughter of Sun Again Nellie Flag captured the Trance Handicap at six furlongs under the same impost of 126 pounds in her only start this spring tak ¬ ing command at the head of the stretch and drawing clear J B Ryans Slippy who finished two and a half lengths away in that dash gets in with 105 pounds a shift of five in her favor While improving her position in the Trance Slippy lost ground to Sunshine Nell in the final six ¬ teenth Bob Stovall will ride rideValadium Valadium Favored by Weight Shift ShiftHarry Harry LaMontagnes Valadium 112 and Stephen Messanas Hadassah 109 pounds finished third and fourth behind Home Made in their last outing Valadium has a fivepound weight shift for not quite three lengths and lost considerable ground at the head of the stretch Jack Westrope will ride the Lovely Night mare who has won many races on the Belmont strip and has also turned in some very bad ones here Hadassah who has a sevenpound shift for slightly more than three lengths in rela ¬ tion to HomeMade tired at the end of the Trance after forcing the pace but would be dangerous on her best form No rider has been assigned as yet yetMrs Mrs Charles Silvers Lavender Hill who gets in here with If 3 pounds and will have the services of Eddie Arcaro is sure of considerable support After finishing second in a series of major stakes in Flor ¬ ida each time closing with a belated rush the Flushing II mare won her first start at Jamaica at Thursdays distance getting up in the final strides to beat Hadassah a half length lengthThe The Bed o Roses field is completed by Shawmut Stables Gainsboro Girl surprise winner of the Black Helen Handicap at Hialeah 114 Isidor Biebers Nothird chance 112 and R S Howards Mabs Choice 107 Gainsboro Girl won the Black Helen on a heavy track and will get a fast strip tomorrow Nothirdchance has had many chances this spring but showed little Mabs Choice on the other hand followed a series of races at Santa Anita in which she was unplaced by finishing second to Smart Apple in a trackrecord seven furlongs at Keeneland Charley Whittinghams charge may be the dark lady of this feature Bill Boland will be in the saddle saddleSmart Smart Apple incidentally is in Thurs ¬ days fifth race a six furlong sprint in which he will be opposed by such capable speedsters as Plus Fours Very Special Trick Pilot and Game Chance among others A repetition of his Keeneland race however would be enough to win here
