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Grey Lag Jamaica Big RaceThis Week WeekMidafternoon Midafternoon First Served To Go Saturday Rosedale Feature on Midweek Card CardJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 4 The 50 000 Grey Lag Handicap at a mile and one furlong and the 15000 Rosedale Stakes for junior misses at five furlongs head next weeks thoroughbred sport at Jamaica Mrs E E Robbins Midafternoon winner of the Excelsior Cap here is expected to head Saturdays Grey Lag weights for which are due on Monday The probable opposition is expected to come from J J Crowleys First Served C T Chenerys Third Brother Mrs Wallace Gilroys Oh Johnny Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Paper Tiger King Ranchs Beam Rider R O J Streubers Pylades and possibly Calumet Farms Bardstown or Fabius Edward Seinfelds Admiral Vee and Ernest H Woods Mighty Chief ChiefFirst First Served won the Royal Palm Handi ¬ cap at Hialeah last winter and scored an upset here over such good ones as Third Brother and Paper Tiger at a mile and onesixteenth Oh Johnny one of the most consistent of last years sophomores dem ¬ onstrated his versatility by winning a six furlong dash here yesterday with a bril ¬ liant stretch run Beam Rider finished a good second to Midafternoon in the Ex ¬ celsior with Pylades only a neck farther back backMighty Mighty Chief Has Improved ImprovedThe The Calumet pair are both at Garden State Park where Fabius is running today and either or both could come up for Sat ¬ urdays lucrative event Mighty Chief who was a 5yearold maiden early this winter has improved so vastly that he could start in almost anything without risking dis ¬ grace Admiral Vee has already demon ¬ strated that he can get a mile and a fur ¬ long in top company though his last outing was in the sixfurlong Paumonok Handi ¬ cap here hereWednesdays Wednesdays Rosedale has 56 nominees and a forecast of the probable field is almost pure conjecture However the eli gibles include such promising hostages to fortune as Brae Burn Farms Roman Song Brookmeade Stables Unleashed Circle M Farms Meant Well Elmeiidorfs Oil Rich Kroeses Hannibal Girl Edward M P H B Frelinghuysens Burst o Song J S Kroeses Hannibals Girl Edward M OBriens Spar Maid Reginald N Websters Abientot and Mrs S G Zauderers Poly Hi all of whom showed consider able speed in recent weeks weeksThis This will be the fourteenth running of the Grey Lag which was last year won by the mighty Nashua with Ted Atkinson in the saddle Nashua has now retired to stud while Atkinson will probably be aboard Greentree Stables Maharajah in the Dixie Handicap at Pimlico Saturday afternoon The Rosedale will be having its 48th run ¬ ning and last year went to Websters Prophets Bell with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle Webster trainer Lucien Laurin and jockey Arcaro could repeat this year with Abientot AbientotThe The week opens with a paid of 4500 features both allowance races at six fur ¬ longs The sixth event on Monday is the Rock Hill in which Greentree Stables Co hoes is slated to make his seasonal bow against five threeyearold rivals of no great distinction In with only 113 pounds he should either win or go back to the farm The seventh race is styled the Fair Harbor and has attracted nine fillies and mares including Greentrees Pillow Fight and such speedy misses as Adormidera RipperDo Huspah and Countess Tina
