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Distaffers in Garden State Spotlight Rancocas, Betsy y Ross This Week Poly Hi, Dandy Blitzen and Melody Mine to Seek Former; I Offbeat in Saturday Race GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 11. — Twin features highlight the weeks racing at Garden State Park with distaff preformers dominating the stakes schedule. On Wednesday, the first midweek feature of the spring meeting will be contested. It is the 5,000 added Rancocas , Stakes, a five-furlong test for two-year-old fillies. The 5,000 added Betsy Ross Stakes J follows on Saturday. This six-furlong dash is the only fixture on the current agenda j exclusively for three-year-old fillies. The , Rancocas was lavishly patronized with 104 . nominees. The big name in the Rancocas roster is , Mrs. S. George Zauderers Poly Hi. winner ■ of the recent Rosedale. This was the first stakes victory for the chestnut daughter of Polynesian and her fourth score in six starts. Elmendorfs Oil Rich and P. H. B. j a Frelinghuysens Burst O Song which fin-ished directly behind Poly Hi in the Rose- i dale also are Rancocas eligibles. Of the £ Rancocas eligibles on the grounds, two J have won here. One is B. A. Darios Dandy £ Blitzen and the other is F. A. Shermans Daunissa who officially opened the pres- , ent season with a 10 payoff in the first race on opening day. , Big Rush 3,000 Purchase j William Hal Bishops Melody Mine is a double victress and was but a neck back of Dandy Blitzen in her winning race. Mrs. j Ella K. Brysons Searching Wind and Short Brook Farms Craftiness also turned j in creditable performances in that race. J Another interesting Rancocas candidate is , C. V. Whitneys high-priced Big Rush. Whitney paid 3,000 for the Nasrullah filly at the dispersal sales of the Belair Stud yearlings. ; Among the other topflight juvenile tal- ■ ent are Mrs. Eugenia E. Bankheads Have j and Hold, Courtney Burtons Romeer, P. * H. Faulconers Royal Ripple, Arch L. Gra- J hams Candy Jar, Hill-N-Dale Farms [ Scintillation, Llangollen Farms Mostest J Hostess, Harold H. Polks Mayan Princess J and Wheatley Stables picnicking. The Betsy Ross has always been closely ■ contested and this years renewal should c be no exception. Among the probable start- x ers are Brookfield Farms I Offbeat, Berna- • dotte Stables Kapichan, A. F. Walls La 2 Verite, Darby Dan Farms Evening Time, William G. Helis, Jr.s Light n Lovely, Mrs. r Joseph T. Murtaghs Hearts Desire, John l St. Phipps Farullah, Harold H. Polks Mile. l Dianne and George T. Weymouths Bel- » chise. All are on the grounds and in train- J ing for the filly fixture which last year was won by Lycka. !5
