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Nineteen Fast Sophomores in Kent War of Roses Tops Delaware Line-up for 5,800 Stake I Geegee, Ring King Boast Fine Records While Vying With Rich Jersey Winner DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 4. The 17th and richest running of Delaware Parks 5,000 added Kent Stakes features tomorrows week-end program, with the presence of 19 three-year-olds in the "overnight line-up swelling the gross purse to 5,800, of which 6,650 will go to the owner of the winner. The Kent, which has been won by such sophomore stalwarts as Natchez, Wine List, Your Host and Hall of Fame, will again be contested over the mile and one-sixteenth distance. Under the allowance conditions of the Kent, Mrs. J. R. H. Thourons War of Roses, through, his smashing victory in the recent Jersey Stakes, must pick up topweight of 123 pounds, as compared to 120 pounds apiece for Brookfield Farms I Geegee, Mrs. Ada L. Rices Ring King and Cornelius V. Whitneys Catspaw. Foxcatcher Farms Chevation is the lightweight of the bulky field under 108 pounds, while the others carry 111 pounds, with the exception of William Ziegler, Jr.s, First -Watch, who operates under a 114-pound burden. Following are the Kent aspirants who get in the race with a package of 111 pounds: John Barry Ryans Buttevant, Greentree Stables Palm Tree, Wheatley Stables Full Flight, William G. Helis, Jr.s, Helioscope, Llangollen Farms Ordained, Christiana Stables Menemsha, Claiborne Farms Limelight, Mrs. James V. Stewarts Rustic Billy, Mrs. Henry A. Parr, m.s, Staffordshire. Miss Ann TJhlars Tiercel, Alfred Roberts Thither, George R. Galbreaths Roman Mirage and Joseph Kaplowitz Brass Ring. Raced Only Twice as Juvenile War of Roses raced only twice as a two-year-old, both starts being over the local track and both resulting in second place finishes, one of them in stakes competition. He graduated "from the maiden ranks during the winter at Hialeah Park and was a New York winner prior to taking the rich Jersey Slakes over a field which included Robert Lytles Correlation. He will, of course, be ridden by Jack Westrope. I Geegee comes up to the race undefeated in three engagements this year, his most important success being in a division of Garden States Delaware Valley Stakes. Prior to that he won at a mile and 70 yards and was timed in a rapid 1:42 over a slow racing strip. The Brookfield Qn the Double colt will be handled by George Glassner. Ring King boasts victories this season in Laurels Cherry Blossom and Chesapeake Stakes, the latter being his third successive triumph during that meeting. He later raced in the Preakness Prep, where he tired to finished third, then was unimpressive when sixth in the Preakness. He has Continued on Page Forty-Seren i Nineteen Sophomores j Entered in Kent Stakes War of Roses Tops.Delaware Line-Up for 5,800 Stake Continued from Page Five since trained satisfactorily here and should be in peak condition. He will be ridden by Willie Hartack, leading rider of the current meeting and one of the nations top reinsmen at this time. Catspaws lone stakes victory was registered last year, when he took Belmont Parks Juvenile Stakes. His 1954 record has been none too impressive, but he must be given consideration at the distance. His. rider" will be Jack Skelly. Full Flight boasts a pair of scores this" year in, New York, while Limelight and Helioscope have each accounted for four races this season, the former having won earlier in the current meeting. Rustic Billy is in the midst of a victory skein, while Staffordshire accounted for three purses earlier in the season prior to a dull effort in the Preakness Prep. Buttevant, Palm Tree and Ordained have raced well in New York, the ,first-named having finished second behind Jet Action in the Withers. Palm Tree will be seeking a Kent triple for the Greentree Stable, that establishment having been represented by Wine List in 1949 and by Hall of Fame in 1951. Tiercel was a winner during the meeting but, along with Menemsha, First Watch, Brass Ring, Roman Mirage, Thither and Chevation, must be accorded no more than an outside chance.
