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Estacion Estacion Has Has Nine Nine Honeymoon Honeymoon Foes; Foes; Sixteen Sixteen Compete Compete in in Juvenile Juvenile Stakes Stakes Nisht Amool Faces Lil Fella and Nasco Belmonts 6,525 Widener Course Dash Draws Alliance And Air Chief as Invaders By WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS . BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 4. Sixteen of the most fashion-ably-b red and precocious two-year-old colts and geldings of the counti-y will be tested down the spacious Widener course here Wednesday in the 81st running of the Juvenile Stakes. The field represents the most advanced of an original list of 277 nominations to the New York series for two-year-olds, which embraces the Juvenile, the Great -American, Grand Union Hotel Stakes at Saratoga, and the Cowdin here in the fall. Tomorrows renewal of the Juvenile will have a gross value of 6,525. Of this amount the winner, if one of the original nominees, w i 1 1 receive a net profit of 4,250. Three of the contestants were made supplementary entries at an extra cost of 00, and a victory for any of them will net 4,075. They are C. P. Edwards Jr.s, Chicago invader. Alliance, Jaclyn Stables New Jersey development, Lil Fella, and H. L. Koplins Florida-bred Net Ball. All of the money figures are subject to revision if there are any withdrawals. Arcaro Strikes for Seventh Score Master Eddie Arcaro has won the last four renewals of the Juvenile, and he has been engaged to ride A. J. Ostrikers Nisht Amool. The latter son of Stymie and Precipitate captured the Cherry Hill Stakes at Garden State Park last month and is the only stakes winner in the field, but there is no assurance that he will be favored by the wagering public. There are several candidates who will attract support, the most prominent appearing to be Warner Stables Leyelation, Wheatley Stables Nasco, Maine Chance Farms Jewels Reward and the eailier mentioned Lil Fella. j Winners of a sweepstakes, or any two Continued on Page Seven j 4 Sixteen Seeking 6,525 Juvenile Nisht Amool Has Lii Fella, Nasco, Alliance as Rivals On Belmonts Straightaway Continued from Page One races must carry 122 pounds, the remainder 117 pounds. Top-weights include Nisht Amool, Jimmer, Wine, Jr., Uncle Ralph and Alliance. Two couplings are in the field: George D. Wideners pairing of Night Hour and Jester, and the Foxcatcher Farm entry of Etoka and Rose Trellis. Levelation may be post time favorite to win the coveted Juvenile, the third oldest stake for this age group in the country. The son of Occupation and the good mare Upper Level was purchased by Major Albert Warner for 3,500 as a yearling. The boy colt won his last race at Jamaica in excellent style, gaining a host of admirers that afternoon. He broke from the outside post position in the field of eight and came away a poor last. Within a twinkling he was rushing to the lead, and drew off to win easily by five lengths in the zippy time of :59Y5. Levelation was a similarly easy winner of his only other New York start, although he was outrun in his debut at three furlongs last winter in Florida. Bob Ussery will have the mount, and he will be attempting to take his second stakes in a row at this meeting, having won Mondays Acorn astride Bayou. Anybody playing jockeys, however, must string along with Arcaro. In addition to his skein of four straight in the Juvenile, he captured two of the earlier runnings, for a total of six. His mount Nisht Amool, started off a winning campaign last winter in Florida. He easily won his initial New York start, then finished just a little more than a length behind Bolero U. in the Youthful. Arcaro may have rushed the slightly-framed colt that afternoon, and he alo suffered from a loss of ground through racing outside the field. The Ostriker colt, one of the few stymies j to show early development, won by a length in. the Cherry Hill at Garden State Park, reversing -the decision with Bolero U., and also beating three of his other Juvenile opponents. Lil Fella finished a bang-up third, Jewels Reward was fourth, and Jimmer was unplaced, after having set the pace. Cherry Hill Mad Scramble The Cherry Hill was such a mad scramble that a true evaluation of performances is practically impossible. Nisht Amool started off the melee by bolting at the far turn. This, in turn, impeded and forced Lil Fella and Jewels Reward to swing exceedingly wide. Sam Boulmetis, who rode Nisht Amool that afternoon, got his mount back under control first, and slipped him through with a saving of ground at the head of the stretch to put away Jimmer and Bolero U. in the last furlong. A courageous effort. Lil Fella appeared to have been most severely impeded, and again while closing fast at the end, he was carried out a trifle by Bolero U. Jewels Reward, making the first start of his career, lost the most ground and also was closing in fast, while racing greenly the entire trip. Nisht Amool, Lil Fella and Jewels Reward all looked good in the Cherry Hill. Jimmer, although stopping to a walk at the end, showed a superior dash of early speed, and he may be able to hold on better racing down the straightaway. William Hartack tomorrow rides Lil Fella, replacing Robert J. Martin; Raul Sterling supplants Ovie Scurlock on Jewels Reward, and Eugene Rodiguez will have his usual mount on Jimmer. The old sunny man from Sheepshead Bay, Jim Fitzsimmons, will have his usual powerful hand in the proceedings with Nasco. The colt is a full brother to Bold Ruler, who won the Juvenile last season, being a son of Nasrullah and Miss Disco. Nasco, to be ridden by Teddy Atkinson, has not blazed across the scene in the brilliant manner that his elder brother did last season, but he has never been worse than second in his three starts, and he appeared to be coming around nicely when he won his last outing, beating Rose Trellis and a pair of other Juvenile opponents, Jester and Night Hour. Alliance was brought here by trainer J. H. "Slim" Pierce from a good record in the Midwest. He finished second in the Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland and has never been out of the money in a total of seven starts. He is a son of Mr. Busher and Pin Up Girl, and will be ridden by Larney Hansman, who accompanied him here from Chicago. North Down Farms Air Chief adds an international touch, making his invasion from Canada. Theanadiah-owned colt is trained by youthful Bill Ganley, and he will be ridden by his usual pilot, Keith Stuart. He made his last start at the Old Woodbine track in Toronto, finishing second. Another outlander in the field is Wine, Jr., although this New England representative also was here for the Youthful, at Jamaica, in which he faltered after having set the early pace.
