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MRS stronghand ETHEL D JACOBS Holds strong hand in the Grey Lag Handicap today todaywith with Promised Land and Paper Tiger entered Promised Land King maker Top Crack Field of 15 in Grey Lag Third Brother Admiral Vee And Find AmongStarsNamed For Jamaica Meeting Finqle FinqleBy By DON FAIR JAMAICA L I N Y May 9 The 60 000 Grey Lag Handicap which drew a crack field of 15 entrants will have its 14th renewal Saturday at this popular Ja ¬ maica course and rings down the curtain on its spring meeting Providing that the entire band named for the 9 furlongs clos ¬ ing day headliner go postward the winner will earn a net purse of 38400 Due to the fact that each of the potential starters holds a royal chance at the Grey Lag weights it is a sure prediction that the victor will know hes been to the races racesPromised Promised Land Shoulders 125 125The The six highweights for the Grey Lag each a Jamaica Stakes winner are ex ¬ pected to answer Boots and Saddles for the rich race Ethel D Jacobs Promised Land J25 and his stable companion Paper Tiger 115 pounds make up a strong duo which may be a lukewarm posttime choice choiceOther Other than Promised Land the reniain Continued on Page Eight Promised Land Kingmaker Top Crack Field of 15 in Grey Lag Third Brother Admiral Vee And Find AmongStars Named For Jamaica Meeting Finale FinaleContinued Continued from Page One Oneing ing five topseeded Grey Lag hopefuls are Happy Hill Farms Kingmaker 123 Chris ¬ topher T Chenerys Third Brother 120 Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Find 119 Mrs Wallace Gilroys hardhitting Oh Johnny 119 and Edward Seinfelds Admiral Vee 118 118Included Included in the field for this years edi ¬ tion of the Grey Lag are such quick per ¬ formers as Brookmeade Stables Oligarchy 117 Mrs John R H Thourons English bred turf course star Ben Lomond 115 and Cain Hoy Stables OneEyed King 115 Also Jack W Schiffers General Arthur 110 King Ranchs Beam Rider favorably unposted at 108 Maine Chance Farms Busher Fantasy and Jan Burkes Field of Honor each 107 and Robert O J Streubers Pylades 106 106Jockey Jockey Ismael Valenzuela Jamaicas leading reinsman and successful last Sat ¬ urday aboard Calumet Farms Tim Tarn in the Kentucky Derby is to handle Promised Land in the Grey Lag while Tony DeSpirito will be in the irons astride Paper Tiger Promised Lands entry mate Angel Valen zuela rides Third Brother diminutive Conn McCreary is named on OneEyed King and Bill Boland will pilot Oh Johnny JohnnyShould Should Busher Fantasy go to the post in the weekend stakes he will be ridden by clever Manuel Ycaza but if the Maine Chance stallion passes the engagement Ycaza has a call on Kingmaker Eddie Arcaro is engaged for Find Sammy Boul metis rides Oligarchy Paul Bailey will be astride Field of Honor and Teddy Atkinson is to guide General Arthur whose recent trials earned him a Grey Lag starting assignment assignmentKingmaker Kingmaker Coming Off Excelsior Score ScorePromised Promised Land a fouryearold home jbred son of Palestinian and Mahmoudess will be on his home course for the first time since he raced on four successive Sat ¬ urdays last fall annexing three major stakes He has since won the San Juan Capistrano and John B Campbell Memo ¬ rial both 100000 fixtures Promised Lands stable companion Paper Tiger is a useful performer at the Grey Lag dis ¬ tance and is noted for his ability to pick up fields with belated but powerful rushes Kingmaker comes up to the Grey Lag after a welldeserved triumph in the Ex ¬ celsior Handicap He drops two pounds from his Excelsior burden and the manner in which he scored in the April 29 feature indicated that he is razor sharp f6rran other fine effort effortThe The Happy Hill Farm gelding trimmed trimmedThird Third Brother by slightly more than a alength length in the Excelsior but the Chenery stalwart gave a good performance and may take some beating in the Grey Lag Third Brother will be in quest of his first major success since last June when he upset Cal ¬ umet Farms Bardstown in the Camden Handicap HandicapBeam Beam Rider a strong third in the Ex ¬ celsior has trained impressively for his Saturday outing The King Ranch stallion a homebred son of Poised and Join the Fleet posted a foursixtwo record dur ¬ ing his 1957 campaign and the presence of youthful but efficient William Peake in the saddle certainly will afford him good handling handlingOh Oh Johnny won the Gotham during the current meeting and finished fourth in the Lincoln Special while Admiral Vee cap ¬ tured the Paumonok but failed to stay in the Excelsior and was soundlytrounced Oligarchy has drawn an unfavorable Grey Lag post position number thirteen but he has the speed to draw clear and it must be remembered that he annexed the 100000 Widener and the 25000 Laurel earlier in the season seasonKingmaker Kingmaker of course captured the Grey Lag last year and Find was the victor in 1953 beating a crack field The Vanderbilt star also was but a head back of Nashua in the 1956 renewal and he currently is ninth oh the list o alltime money winners He has won four stakes over the local oval but his rider jockey Arcaro is still looking for his first Grey Lag winning trip tripSeveral Several good supporting races are listed for decision on the Saturday closingday program and Jamaica officials prepared today to entertain a nearrecord crowd crowdThe The New York racing scene will of course shift to beautiful Belmont on Mon ¬ day and the 1958 renewal of the important Withers Stakes is to headline an attractive 1 inaugural day card
