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Eighteen Pass Entry Box for Derby Doubledogdare Tops Field for Oaks Claiborne Miss Has Nine Foes at Downs 30700 Filly Derby Also Tests Princess Turia Beyond i Lady Swords and Royal Lark LarkBy By DON FAIR FAIRCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 3 Claiborne Farms fleet homebred filly Doubledogdare will head a field of 10 fast threeyearold misses scheduled to meet here Friday afternoon in the eighty second running of the 30700 Kentucky Oaks Doubledogdare rated best of her sex and age division in the 1955 DAILY RACING FORM The Morning Telegraph poll will shoulder 121 pounds under the Allowance conditions of the one mile and one sixteenth stakes often referred to as the Filly Derby Doubledogdare campaigned impressively as a juvenile capturing the filly division of the National Stallion Stakes the Colleen the Matron and the Alcibiades She also placed in the Fashion and Spinaway earn ¬ ing more than 127000 last year After taking major honors in an overnight event this spring at Keeneland the Claiborne Farm star defeated a small but select band in the Ashland Stakes then moved to Churchill Downs and scored inaugural day in the Oaks Prep trimming three of her Oaks rivals in that sixfurlong stakes stakesCalumet Calumet Seeking Fifth Success in Race RaceMrs Mrs Gene Markeys Calumet Farm silks are to be carried in this edition of the jOaks by Princess Turia and Beyond each pegged at 116 pounds The famed devil red and blue colors of Calumet were car ¬ ried successfully in four prior Oaks re ¬ newals Nellie Lt 1943 Wistful 1949 Real Delight 1952 and Bubbley 1953 j Princess Turia a Heliopolissired filly won a pair of Keeneland overnight races before finishing a close second to Double ¬ dogdare in the Oaks Prep while Beyond visited the winners ring on three occa ¬ sions during her Florida campaign It must be remembered that Princess Turia suf ¬ fered mild interference in the prep but butContinued Continued on Page ThirtyNine Nine Oaks Rivals 30700 Filly Derby Also Tests Princess Turia Beyond Lady Swords and Royal Lark LarkContinued Continued from Page One Onecame came again when straightened out and lost a threequarters of a length verdict to Doubledogdare Seasoned observers feel that the longer distance of the Oaks will favor the Calumet filly and that she may turn the tables on the Claiborne represen ¬ tative in the Derby Eve fixture fixtureWhile While the aforementioned trio un ¬ doubtedly will come in for the strongest support several others in the Oaks field are rated dangerous Sam E Wilson Jrs Lady Swords 116 Cornelius V Whitneys Aiming High 121 and Maine Chance Farms Royal Lark 121 pounds have ex ¬ cellent records and each trained smartly for their important Downs engagements Others expected to go to the post are Harold G Bockmans Nurse Ginny Re ¬ verie Knoll Farms Smokerette Sidney I Crews Commargo and Mrs John M Bran hams homebred Tournure all pegged at 116 pounds poundsBrooks Brooks to Ride Doubledogdare DoubledogdareJockey Jockey Steve Brooks will be at the reins on Doubledogdare in the Oks Willie Har tack is to pilot Princess Turia and Robert Lee Baird will handle Beyond Walter Blum planed in from New York to ride Royal Lark Darrell Madden is engaged for Tour ¬ nure and Paul Bailey will pilot Aiming High Johnny Heckmann probably will be in the irons on Smokerette but jio reins man had been named at a late hour today for Commargo CommargoChief Chief supporting offering on the Derby eve card is the Viniagrette Purse a four and onehalf furlongs condition race for twoyearolds Eight of the better youngs iters quartered here are engaged for the juvenile dash and early choices are Brandy jwine Stables Bora and I J Collins Our Bolero
