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I, mi "" frM Delaware . By Charles Hatton High Voltages Class Won Delaware Oaks Blue Hen Prospect for Rich Delaware Would Oblige Swaps in Open Competition DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 20. -The Delaware Oaks was a keen horse race, as all the riders who participated were agreed, and in this observers oft I, humbled humbled opinion opinion the the best best mare mare humbled humbled opinion opinion the the best best mare mare won when" High Voltage eked out a narrow decision over Louis Lee Haggins stretch runner Hen Party. Many had expected the l-to-2 favorite would win off in a detached, leisurely manner, but Mr. Fitz reminds, "She was trying to give that other filly nine pounds." Running solely on her heart the last part of it, she survived a neat one-two delivered by Hen Hen Party Party and and her her stablemate. stablemate, mi "" frM Hen Hen Party Party and and her her stablemate. stablemate, the pacemaking Smart Devil, still had the fortitude to respond to Arcaros frenzied drive the last 70 yards. Trainer Fitzsimmons now has the photogenic "Blue Hen" back at Aqueduct, and she does not appear the least depleted by her hard race here. If she continues to do satisfactorily for the veteran, she will carry " Wheatleys famed yellow and purple sleeves in the mile and a sixteenth of the 5,000 added Gazelle at Aque-dust on Monday, June 27. Following that event, she is to appear for the mile and a quarter of the Delaware Handicap, of an estimated 50,000 here on Saturday, July 2, if the weights are acceptable. The races are fairly close, but she is as tough as fillies come and could conceivably fill both engagements. Indeed, Mr. Fitz is not sure that High Voltage isnt the stoutest of her sex he has ever trained in a career of more than half a century. He says, "I do not know how one could compare High Voltage with Vagrancy, for instance, but certainly High Voltage was the better two-year-old, and she has been coming along nicely again this season." She now has won the Black-Eyed Susan, Acorn, Coaching Club Oaks and Delaware Oaks. Discussing Nashua, the veteran said that the Preakness and Belmont winner is doing all asked of him for the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct. And he added, "If Swaps or Swoops or whatever he is called comes east in the autumn and they chance to be eligible for the same race, we shall be glad to meet- him; He is a good colt." Atkinson May Sub for Arcaro Again Jockey Eddie Arcaro said here oh the week end that he is scheduled to ride Nashua in the Dwyer at Aqueduct, on July 2. The Queens County stake conflicts directly with the decision of the Delaware Handicap of an estimated 50,000, which suggests that probably Ted Atkinson will have the mount on High Voltage if she fills her engagement in the local mile and a quarter. The Greentree rider had the leg up when she won the Coaching Club American Oaks. Arcaro has a call for the season to ride the daughter of Ambiorix and will be in the stirrups whenever her engagements do not concur with those of the Belmont winner. During his visit here, Philadelphia sports writers presented Arcaro an ornate plaque, which they voted him as the outstanding jockey of the last half-century at their 50th anniversary dinner. It is one of the most sweeping tributes ever paid the Covington saddlesmith. Arcaro will return here this Wednesday to have the mount on Johnny McShains unbeaten Pollys Jet in the 0,000 added Christiana Stakes of five furlongs for two-year-old colts and geldings. The Barclay youngster, a very serious and professional performer for one of his comparative inexperience, comes up to the mid-week stake the winner of five starts. It would be supererogation to say he will be a staunch favorite. Even though he may be opposed by Reneged, recent New York record-breaker, the Chicago invader. First Lap and others of promise such as Mr. Treasurer George Humphreys namesake . Ricci Tavi, Go Thrill Us and Nahodah. This last named colt is an upstanding son of Nasrullah who races for Montpelier and he has been a creditable second in each ol his two starts at the Stanton meeting. Mr. Treasurer, an Air Hero gelding who races for Mrs. J. F. McGavock, won his latest essay in authoritative fashion. But Pollys Jet has compiled the most impressive record of his generation to date of the season, and indeed there are some whose critical taste we respect who fancy he may prove the champion of the division. He has been training significantly since coming to Delaware Park. Humphrey Among Week-End Visitors Turf ana: Mention of George Humphrey reminds he and Mrs. Humphrey were in the Delaware Oaks attendance . . . Gone to the midlands, but not forgotten is Willie Hartack, expected to return to ride Cerise Reine in the "new" New Castle and the Delaware Handicap . . . Films of the Tom Roby will be shown the hospitalized chase rider the race honors . . . Delawares meet is going along swimmingly, with a possibility it still will exceed 54 statistics . . . Mrs. Elizabeth Graham was a recent visitor. . . . Don Ross continues to emphasize the project of housing grooms in bunkhouses, and not allowing them to sleep in stalls, minimizing the fire hazards. The stables here are situated much farthur apart than at most tracks, which at once tends to prevent the spread of any fires and provides excellent grazing . . . Arcaro had to render a couple of pounds to do 119 for the Oaks . . . The Hyperion filly Hyperia, who raced for Mrs. Graham with some attendant success in England, is a candidate for the New Castle . . . Eugene Mori was a week-end visitor . . . Ditto Louis Lee Haggin II. . . . Children are welcomed to Delaware Park. . . . High Voltage descends from the former good race mare Erin I 4 1 C
