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Amoret Looms Delaware Topweight Peg Calumet Filly At 125 Saturday PrincessTuria, New Castle Winner, to Tote 119 Pounds; Levee, 122; Tana Linda, 120 By PALMER HEAGERTY DELAWARE PARK, Stanton; Del., June 24. — Calumets Amoret today loomed the starting topweight under 125 pounds in Saturdays 50,000 Delaware Handicap, richest filly-and-mare race in the world and concluding classic of Delawares quarter-million-dollar Distaff Big Three series. Racing secretary J. Gilbert Haus released his weights today for the mile and a quarter event. Actually, he placed Claiborne Farms Doubledogdare at -the head of his list at 128 pounds, two over the weight-- for-age scale, but last years champion of the three-year-old fillies has recently retired. Amoret, winner of the Columbiana and Black Helen handicaps at Hialeah last winter, drops one pound from the impost she carried Saturday in the mile and a sixteenth New Castle Stakes, second of the Big Three races in which she ran ninth . after running into trouble midway of the stretch while rallying. Amorets stablemate, Princess Turia, was the winner under 116 pounds. She must carry 119 in the Delaware. Mrs. Vernon G. Cardys Levee, generally rated second to Doubledogdare in voting on laskyears sophomore fillies, gets in at 122 pounds, or two more than the Argentine star, Tana Linda. Grouped with Princess Turia at 119 are Little Pache and Rare Treat — eighth and sixth, respectively, in • the New Castle — .each dropping one pound. ManoHck Second Last Year Manotick, fourth in the New Castle under 116, is weighted at 118 for the Delaware, in which she ran second last year. Five are bracketed at 117 — the 1956 winner, Flower Bowl, now retired; Otomana, Eugenia n., Pucker Up and Kings Mistake. The last named was tenth in the New Castle under 120 and stumbled at the head of the stretch. Nasrina, third in the New Castle under 116, gets the same impost in the Delaware, the same assigned Venomous, Ficha, Beau-tillion, Aysha and Solid Rae. Listed at 115 are Floral Park, full sister- to Flower Bowl; Dotted Line, 1956 Delaware Oaks heroine; Attica, beaten a nose by Princess Turia under three pounds less; Tournure, fifth in the New Castle with a pound more; Our Betters and Partiquina. Txiple Jay follows at 114, one above Myr- Continued on Page Fgrty~Five [See Amoret Del. Starting Topweight Calumet Filly to Tote 125 Pounds Saturday; Princess Turia, 119 and Levee, 122 Continued on Page Eight ties Jet. At 112 are Romanita, the French Lagides, Gay Life and Lady Swords. Haus puts Romanita at the top. of the three-year-olds nominated. The one currently holding the best claim to the title in that division — Claiborne Farms Bayou, winner of the Delaware Oaks and Acorn and a close second in the Coaching Club American Oaks on Saturday, is weighted at 111, along with Estacion, Happy Princess and Palace Dancer. Weights for the Delaware Handicap follow : Horse. Wt. . Horse. Wt. Doubledogdare 128 Fanciful Miss 107 Amoret 125 I Say No 107 Levee 122 Snow White 107 Tana Linda 120 Marullah 106 Princess Turia 119 Prophets Bell 106 Little Pache 119 Navira 106 Rare Treat 119 Isle of Shine J06 Manotick 118 Light n Lovely 106 Flower Bowl 117 Blue Goddess 106 Otomana 117 Planchette 105 Eugenia H. 117 Jets Charm 105 Kings Mistake 117 Hearts Desire 105 Pucker Up 117 Lucille M.. 105 Venomous - 116 Fleet Flight 104 Ficha 116 Copy Book , 104 Beautillion 116 Nile Lily 104 Aysha 116 Summer Song 104 Solid Rae 116 Jerilynn 104 Nasrina lie Inquisitive 104 Partiquina 115 Royal Respect 104 Our Betters 115 Jane Gess 103 Tournure 115 Spring Violets 103 Attica 115 Home to Mama 103 Dotted Line 115 Belchise 103 Floral Park 115 Reawake 103-Triple Jay 114 Mandalay Miss 103 Myrtles Jet 113 Farullah 102 Lady Swords 4 13 Albama Charm 102 Romanita 112 Gold Finery 102 Lagides - 112 Slipperoo ifll Gay Life 112 Nina Girl 100 Bayou 111 Nayantara 100 Estacion 111 . Lancaster Rose 100 Happy Princess 111 Silent Flyer 98 Palace Dancer 111 Memo- 98 Leallah 110 Het 98 White Orchid HO Endine 98 Huspah 110 Double Jo 98 Lori-El 109 Frank8 Flower 98 _ Lovely Wave 109 Double Royal 98 Capelet 109 Donna Dora 98 Magic Forest 109 Thrifty Cross 96 Flying Trapeze 109 Comet Wine * 96 I Offbeat 109 Corsage 96 Intrusa 108 CelesPet 95 Splendored 108 Slide Apart 95 Precious Lady 108 Keep Time 95 Gun Fly • 108 Royal Pearl 95 Pamper Me 108 Number Please 95 JotaJota 108 Magic Singing 95 Pardala 108 Jetadbra 95 Smoke Veil 108 I Dot 95 Great Pride 108 Guessingame 95 LisRoyale 108 GayBusher 95 Evening Time 107 Fairest Lady 95 LaVerite 107 Belle Helene 95 Stolen Hour 107 Angel Fluff 95 Aiming High 107 Declared: Alpenrose, Blue Sparkler, Searching. x This race run subject to the conditions governing Delaware Park stakes, and especially the following conditions: "The Delaware Steeplechase and »Race Association reserves the right to divide this race, and its added monies, including nominator-breeder awards; and all nominating and starting fees, in the event there is a greater number of starters than the track can accommodate.
