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IDUN Champion juvenile filly of 1957 and voted tops of both sexes in the poll of Daily Racing FormThe Morning Tele ¬ graph makes her seasonal debut today at Garden State Park Betsy Ross Trial Attracts cun JO in Delaware Valley Stakes Unbeaten Juvenile Filly Star Of 57 Has Four Foes Pion Backbone Top 29000 Event EventBy By WILLIAM C PHILLIPS PHILLIPSGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 9 Mrs C Ulrick Bays Idun the undefeated filly champion of America is to make her threeyearold debut at Gar ¬ den State Park Saturday in a sixfurlong allowance race entitled the Betsy Ross Trial in which she will be opposed by four other nominees to the filly stake that will be renewed here on Saturday May 17 Trainer Sherrill Ward entered the recordbreaking daughter of Royal Charger Tige O My heart by Bull Lea in the filly race in pref ¬ erence to the 29050 Delaware Valley Stakes that is the nominal feature with a field of 10 all colts or geldings including some outside possibilities for the Preakness at Pimlico next Saturday SaturdayThe The Betsy Ross Trial which assumes its importance because of the presence of Idun will have a purse value ofc 10000 Opposing Idun will be Reverie Knoll Farms Delnita Harriett Robinsons Fall Wind King Ranchs Say So and Ronald Stables Percussion PercussionIt It was not immediately announced what pools would be open for wagering but it is almost certain that show wagering will be eliminated and perhaps the place pool due to the overwhelming stature of Idun Because of this fact the New Jersey Rac ¬ ing Commission authorized the running of nine events on Saturday instead of the usual eight eightFour Four Stakes Winners in Field FieldThe The Delaware Valley is expected to be a wideopen betting race with four of the contestants already stakes winners this year and almost every one of the 10 hav ¬ ing adequate recommendations to emerge the victor The sixth running of the stake will be worth 1888250 to the winner if all start less 325 of his own nomination and starter fees feesThe The track is extremely slow arid holding as this is written Friday afternoon and due to the thorough saturation caused by the recent seige of rain it is doubtful that it will be any better than good for Satur ¬ day and may still be slow Weather pre ¬ dictions are more heartening however and a crowd exceeding 40000 would not be surprising surprisingIdun Idun won all of her eight races last year including the rich Gardenia at this track to pass the earnings of Top Flight and es ¬ tablish a new moneywinning mark for a juvenile filly with earnings of 220955 Her other stake triumphs were the Matron Stakes at Belmont Park and the Frizette Stakes at Jamaica JamaicaIdun Idun was not only considered an out ¬ standing filly last year but was voted the top twoyearold of either sex in the poll of DAILY RACING FoRMThe Morning Tele ¬ graph although she has never engaged male rivals In spite of her remarkable record she will be required to run fast and game on Saturday if she retains her un ¬ sullied escutcheon escutcheonFall Fall Wind a daughter of Grand Admiral Windfall was an exceptionally fine per ¬ former this winter in Florida She finished second to Stay Smoochie over a muddy track in the Jasmine at Hialeah after leading in the stretch Following that were two triumphs the last in which she ran 6 furlongs in a sizzling 110M to defeat such accomplished colts as Levelation and Sir Ruler She will carry 118 pounds and be ridden by Gordon Glisson GlissonDelnita Delnita wintered at the Reverie Knoll KnollContinued Continued on Page Sixteen Idun Returns to Action In Betsy Ross Trial Triali i Meets Four Garden State Rivals Delaware Valley Attracts Ten Continued from Page Three ThreeFarm Farm in Danville Ky The clever daughter of Requested Flyamanita will be making her 1958 debut under 118 pounds with Walter Blum as her rider Last year she finished second to Poly Hi in the Arlington Lassie and was third to Hasty Doll in the Princess Pat as her two stakes engage ¬ ments Say So and Percussion both appear outsiders in this company but have shown some good efforts on occasion occasionIn In the Delaware Valley a decision will be forthcoming whether to send Backbone and Plion pn to the Preakness and a simi ¬ lar judgment may be made by owners of other eligibles in the race Backbone by the Englishbred Worden and Shooting High gained prominence at Laurel with a triumph over Nala in the Chesapeake Trainer Lloyd Murray has been training him especially with the Dela ¬ ware Valley in view as the first objective with thoughts of the Preakness set aside for the present He will be ridden tomor ¬ row by Walter Blum BlumTom Tom Jolley trainer of Plion has voiced similar sentiments regarding his colt a son of Greek Ship Tree Fly Last year the colt won the Sapling Stakesat Monmouth Park and hp recently regained prestige with a triumph in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland KeenelandIve Ive Got Rhythm although seeking his initial stakes triumph will be awarded considerable support by the public The son of War Relic Imacomin did not start as a twoyearold and has won three of his four starts as a threeyearold His only defeat was over a sloppy track in the Ja ¬ maica Handicap then he returned over a wet strip the opening day of this meeting and was a romping winner over his field which included Deack Duncan the James H Connors Memorial winner The Brook field Farm colt will be ridden by Howard Grant GrantHubcap Hubcap was a stakes winner last year and he displayed a continuation of his form and class with a triumph recently in the Swift Stakes at Jamaica He has been training sharply and will vie for the fa ¬ voritism No rider was named on him overnight
