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Little Pache Tops Bed of Roses Field Meets Six of Sex In Jamaica Event EventEllis Ellis Farm Filly Opposed By Manotick Myrtles Jet In Mile and Sixteenth Cap CapBy By BOB HOEWOOD HOEWOODJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 3 Elli Farms Little Pache who is thought b some keen observers to be the best of he sex in training heads a field of seven i Saturdays inaugural running of the Be o Roses Handicap at a mile and onesix teenth here at Jamaica This local run fo the roses is named of course for Alfrei G Vanderbilts champion filly of just a f e years ago If all seven go postward tbmor rows stakes wilf gross 27950 and carry i gross prize for the winner of 19200 o which 300 is the nominating and startini fees feesLittle Little Pache first flashed on the liorizpi last December 1 when scoring a surpris triumph over such stars as Blue Banne and Searching in the Gallorette Stakes a Pimlico but failed to confirm this lorm ii Florida Since returning to Jamaica how ¬ ever the light brown daughter of Apach merely galloped in an overnight handicap then won the Correction Cap at six fur ¬ longs with the same ease She is asked t pick up an additional five pounds tomor ¬ row to carry 121 and travel a longer route but neither factor is expected to detei Frank Cundalls charge Conn McCrearj will again be in the saddle Incidentally Little Pache wore blinkers and carried Mc Creary in her two recent triumphs and there is some question which if either bit of equipment helped the most mostNamed Named to Oppose Favorite FavoriteThe The six named to oppose the probable oddson choice tomorrow in order of the weights are C T Chenerys Manotick 118 Maine Chance Farms Myrtles Jet 117 Mort Freedmans Gay Life 112 D H Stables Pardala 108 Brookmeade Stables Planchette 105 and Mrs M T Jones Korestes also 105 pounds poundsGay Gay Life Manotick and Korestes all ap ¬ peared in a race at the Bed o Roses dis ¬ tance here a week ago with Gay Life gal ¬ loping home six lengths in the van with Manotick more than 10 lengths behind her in third place and Korestes finishing last Ted Atkinson is slated to ride Gay Life who only picks up one pound since that victory and looms the chief danger to Little Pache PacheManotick Manotick who has been training well could be formidable on her best form but is anything but reliable Bill Boland is slated to ride the gray daughter of Double Jay Myrtles Jet will be ridden by Bobby Ussery and has the speed to take the lead here and possibly require considerable catching Though she doesnt hold her form too well the Jet Pilot mare is always dangerous when fresh as she showed when winning her 1956 debut at Hialeah She finished fifth in a swiftly run sprint after that and has since been again freshened freshenedPardala Pardala closed strongly to finish second to Olympias Ace at a mile and onesix ¬ teenth at Gulfstream Park on April 13 then was a late withdrawal from the Su wannee River Handicap at that track A re ¬ cent arrival here Pardala blew out a quar ¬ ter mile in 27 this morning which is hardly enough to blow out a match No rider has been assigned as yet yetPlanchette Planchette showed considerable promise last year but has shown almost nothing this season while training creditably Pres ¬ ton Burchs charge will be ridden by Raul Sterling SterlingBed Bed o Roses a daughter of Rosemont stands sixth on the list of alltime money winning mares with earnings of 383925 3Ut died of an intestinal ailment before aeing able to pass her speed on to the next generation of thoroughbreds
