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► ♦- High Voltage Due At Delaware Today To Compete in Saturdays 5,000 Oaks; Smart Devil, Hen Party, Hi hernia to Go - DELAWARE PARK. Stanton, Del., June 13. — Wheatley Stables High Voltage, last years two-year old filly queen and current leader among the " aspirants for this years crown among the sophomore ladies, will arrive Tuesday morning to receive final conditioning for her week-end engagement in the 5,000 added Delaware . Oaks. In the seventeenth running of this mile and a furlong feature, High Voltage will endeavor again to earn the opportunity of meeting older rivals in the forthcming New Castle and Delaware handicaps, final events in the "Distaff Big Three." When W. Arnld Hangers Rico Reto won so impressively here on Saturday, there arose a possibility that trainer Max Hirsch will have a trio of starters in Saturdays Oaks. Rico Reto was a five-length winner over Louis Lee Haggin, TJ.s Smart Devil and Hen Party while turning a mile and a sixteenth in 1:47 Ms over a sloppy strip. Hirschs other hopefuls are Rico Romance, also owned by Hanger, and Mrs. Edward Laskers Loquacious. Both Rico Romance and Loquacious were returned winners in their most recent local endeavors. Kramer Says Both to Start Even though Smart Devil and Hen Party were distinct disappointments on Saturday, trainer Joe Kramer has indicated that both will parade postward in the Oaks. The same can be said of Walter M. Jeffords Hibernia, fourth in the overnight event on the past week end. Beyond the first four finishers in that race, it is hard to imagine that any of the others will be starters in the Oaks. Another leading prospect for the Oaks is Cain Hoy Stables Lalun, who gained stature through her impressive triumph in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Operating over a slow track this morning, the bay daughter of Djeddah — Be Faithful trained impressively, covering a mile in 1:45%, the first six furlongs in 1:17%. The aforementioned Rico Romance also trained well over the week end, being caught eight furlongs in 1:45% Sunday morning while the track was in a sloppy condition. Mrs. Ada L. Rices Nimble Doll, who is no more than a possibility for-the Oaks, in that practically the entire stable is being shipped to Chicago, was timed five furlongs this morning in 1:04%, breezing. Other Oaks prospects at this time include Barclay Stables Reddy Ro; Maine Chance Farms Myrtles Jet; Pin Oak Farms Bless Pat, and Rokeby Stables Blue Banner.
