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f e h 5j of D* a* at it n in ™ at at in ln IS ■J llt Jk a" se H. H- in a" t. 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 8 17 14 Acorn Stakes Dominated I By Delaware Candidates ? I High Voltage, Sometime Thing, Hen Party in Distaff Features STANTON, el., May 10.— The result of ,f j ! j the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park revealed d : a select group of three-year-old filly eligi- _ bles for Delaware Parks "Distaff Big g : Three." a series of three races for fillies .s and mares with a gross value of a quarter - _ I million dollars. The 14 starters in the e Acorn, initial major extended test in the j j East for fillies this spring, included 12 j eligibles for one or more events of the e! j "Distaff Big Three," headed by Wheatley ; Stables High Voltage. The Ambiorix filly, a candidate for the e ! Delaware Oaks in addition to the afore- J mentioned events of the "Distaff Big g i I Three" turned back a smart field in the ie I Acorn when she came from off the pace ■e i to overhaul Alfred G. Vanderbilts Some- i. I time Thing. I Sometime Thing, a candidate for the ie New Castle and Delaware Handicap, was ls far from disgraced by her showing in the ie mile test. The winner of the Prioress was is beaten less than a length while "ducking ig in" through the late part of the stretch. Louis Lee Haggin lis Hen Party and Al- 1- berta Ranches, Ltd.s In Reserve, third and id fourth, respectively, in the Acorn, came ie from far back to earn shares of the purse. ie. Hen Party, who accounted for her one ie other start this year was named for the ie entire series. In Reserve, a daughter of of Noor and Abeyance, came from next to last st in the Acorn to finish full of run. The ie winner of this years Santa Ynez Stakes at at ig 1- id ie ie. one ie the ie of of last st ie at at Santa Anita should relish the mile and a a sixteenth of the New Castle and the mile Ie and a quarter of the Delaware, Other Acorn starters named for events ts in the "Distaff Big Three" are Claiborne Farms Courtesy, Howell E. Jacksons Villa, a, Cain Hoy Stables Java Belle, W. Arnold Id Hangers Rico Reto, George D. Wideners rs Tout a LHeure, C. V. Whitneys Minnie lie Moocher, R. N. Websters Sorceress and id Foxcatchers Fanrord.
