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ius to Head Valley Forge Lineup Open Garden State Meeting Tomorrow TomorrowGray Gray Phantom Besomer and Three or Four Others May Try Calumets Big Gun By WILLIAM C PHILLIPS PHILLIPSGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J JMay May 2 Calumet Farms Fabius fresh fit fitand and ready appears to have scared off most mostof of the name opposition for the 25000 25000added added Valley Forge Handicap that will willlaunch launch the 16th season of racing at Garden GardenState State Park on Saturday However the theappearance appearance of Fabius alone assures interest interestin in the inaugural feature a race as old as asthe the track itself Racing secretary Mathius C Ty Shea was informed by the Sunny Jim Fitzsim mons forces at Aqueduct that they are shipping down Wheatley Stables Gray Phantom who probably will be the closest rival to Fabius in the list of weights Fab ¬ ius stands aloof with an assignment of 124 pounds while Gray Phantom is listed at 115 pounds poundsPost Post time on Saturday and throughout the meeting will be 230 oclock with the sport to be conducted for 25 days through June 1 The Valley Fprge is the first of eight stakes that have an aggregate value of 210000 which will be increased by added monies moniesManagement Management Feel Confident ConfidentGarden Garden State Park launched one of its most successful meetings on the Saturday of April 28 last year and a crowd of 40934 attended in delightful weather President Eugene Mori and vicepresident Walter H Donovan are hopeful for continuation of the present lovely spring weather and they are looking forward to an equally large and enthusiastic turnout for the opening this Saturday SaturdayThe The prospective field as outlined by rac ing secretary Shea this morning listed Calumet Farms Fabius 124 Wheatley Stables Gray Phantom 115 Colin Mac ¬ Leod Jrs Besomer 112 Natalie Lynchs Nans Mink 111 Mrs E E Bankheads Chit Chat 109 and W H Bishop Stables Incs Ambigous 106 106Possible Possible additions to this group are Cedar Farms Cedrus 119 Darby Dan Farms Skipper Bill 115 Elkcam Stables Apollo 109 and one of the three nominees from Harry Isaccs Brookfield Farm They are Impromptu 116 Imagem and Itobe both weighted at 112 112Fabius Fabius was the hero of the Garden State spring meeting last year when he won the Jersey Stakes as a follow up to his vengeful victory over Needles in the Preakness de ¬ feating the colt who had mastered him earlier in the Kentucky Derby Fabius went on to finish third in the Belmont Stakes after having held a seven lengths lead on the final turn turnWinner Winner of Armed Handicap Last winter the fouryearold son of Ci ¬ tation and Shameen took over as the main support to Bardstown the current champ ¬ ion of the handicap performers Fabius started four times in Florida winning the sixfurlong Armed Handicap and finishing a close second to Bardstown under 123 pounds in the mile and a quarter Gulf stream Park Handicap on March 23 Tues ¬ day morning he breezed a half mile in 49 which was preceded by two sharp six furlong moves in 114 indicating all is well and ready readyGray Gray Phantom won the mile and oner sixteenth Robert E Lee Handicap and fin ished second to Bardstown in the Tropical Park Handicap last winter In New York this spring he finished fifth in the six furlong Paumonok and ran a disappointing fourth in a small overnight field at one mile and a sixteenth Since then he has been working well and he passed up last Saturdays Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica to go in the Valley Forge Besomer has missed top money in three tries this year by margins of two noses and a head His last engagement was the Laurel Handicap in which he was beaten by Cedrus
