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F, Delaware By Charles Hatton High Voltage Goes in Rich Delaware Cap Nashua Possibility for Laurel Internationa! Battle of the Willies Intriques the Nation DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 28. The sage, Mr. Fitz, who is the doyen of Americas trainers, advises us that Wheatleys High Voltage, narrowly beaten in the Gazelle, will van here this Wednesday to meet her engagement in Saturdays singularly rich Delaware Handicap of an estimated 50,000. "She ran a good race in the Gazelle," he estimated, adding that "she is none the worse for wear today." Under the terms of the Delaware, she will carry 116 pounds and is the second highweight on the scale, getting two pounds from Parte on that somewhat arbitrary basis. In Belmonts coveted Top Flight, Parlo won, while the curvaceous gray three -year-old was trying to concede her two pounds by the scale, and was bogging down on the inside in a yielding surface. Also this morning, we learned from William Woodward, Jr., that his magnificent Nashua, is doing "quite all right" in his training for the week-ends important Dwyer, and that he is to be refreshed a few days after that engagement, then shipped to Arlington Park for the Classic. Following that event the handsome bay, king size son of Nasrullah, goes to Saratoga Springs, where Mr. Fitz will point him for the commemorative Travers. Not long ago Woodward indicated that if a turf course event, such as the Washington, D. C. International, falls naturally into his colts schedule and is compatible with his condition, he would not be adverse to running him. The New York sportsman reiterated this morning. And he is aware that Swaps is a potential acceptance. The Laurel executives naturally, are delighted that this event may conceivably bring together the outstanding performers both in this country and abroad. - John Schapiro returns today from a missionary junket to Europe. . Bavaria Fences Confidently Under 160 Pounds Perhaps the kindest thing would be to refrain from making any comment at all on the Spring Maiden Steeplechase since this sport is rather endemic here, but the quartet engaged in this exhibition did seem to include a fencer of some promise in the successful Bavaria, a five-year-old First Fiddle gelding belonging to Mrs. Dodge Sloane. He required 3:56Vs to negotiate the "about two miles" of the less hazardous hazards on the smaller, of the two courses,- but he carried, 160 pounds and jumped confidently and well, accelerating when Flint Schulhofer pumped on him during the run in with Beau Sir, who finished second. In contrast, the pacemaking Another Hyacinth, ridden by the artistic Pat Smithwick, was beaten as he- tired the second lap and commenced taking off too late, still rather miraculously kept his .feet. "The battle of -the Willies" is one of the current fascinations of racing across the nation, with Willie Hartack apportioning" his talents between here and Arlington Park, and Willie Shoemaker dominating the riders at Hollywood Park. It occurs, however, that before anybody becomes too engrossed in their nip and tuck duel .for the national leadership, it ought to be noted that Hartack annually has concluded his campaign with the end of the Maryland fall season, and that he never has seemed too much concerned about the title. In the past he has much preferred skin fishing in the semi tropics, or tooling his high powered Jaguar about the West Virginia hills by way of vacationing. Conversely, Shoemaker is active in the saddle pretty much the year around. For the sake of candor, Hartack looked about the least likely to succeed of any apprentice we have seen when first he turned up at the Maryland tracks a couple of years ago. But horses certainly run for him and his record speaks for his knowledge of equitation. We note that even though he is a stranger to Chicago, he has been "there or thereabout" with an extraordinary number of outsiders, while still mamtaining his leadership here at Delaware Park. Haye to Sprinkle Track After Rains Turf ana: The drainage on Delaware Parks main course is such that Clark Pardee had to sprinkle it for Mondays sport despite the week-ends pelting rains. . The Ohio Derby winner, Traffic Judge, a half-brother to Hasty Road, was rejected by committes who pass on the qualifications of summer sales yearlings at Keeneland. . . . Handicapper Gil Haus considers High Voltage "the toughest three-year-old filly I have known.". . . Mrs. George Wideners recent Delaware winner, Manihiki, is a half-sister, by Polynesian, to her former champion Evening Out. . . Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jeffords are frequent visitors, as they are each summer. . . . Parlo has gratified Dick Handlen in preparing for the Delaware Handicap. . . . Cub Scout was palpably lame at the gate when ordered withdrawn the other day. . . . Ray Mikkonen, who hails from brave little Finland, is leading the apprentice riders at this meeting. . . . Saratoga has been returned to this point. He will run where Nashua does not. ... A divi-. sion of E. Barry Ryans string is on the grounds. . . . The presence of so many rivals for f illy-and-mare honors gives the local horse colony a tone it lacked in seasons past. . . . Haus goes to Randall Park at the conclusion of this meeting. . . . Delaware Park is drawing heavily on the -well heeled purlieus of Philadelphia. . . . Westrope may ride Parlo Saturday if Guerin has previous commitments in New York.
