Bounding Home Facing Acid Test In Shevlin Renewal on Saturday: To Encounter By Jimminy, Who Goes There, Stir Up In Fixture at Aqueduct, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-15

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Bounding Home Facing Acid Test In Shevlln Renewal on Saturday To Encounter By Jimminy Who Goes There Stir Up In Fixture at Aqueduct AqueductAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L L N Y June 14 Rac ¬ ing at Aqueduct tomorrow is tailored for the 2 bettor Following todays Tremont Stakes and its attractive supporting fea ¬ tures and proceeding Saturdays intriguing Shevlin Stakes this program is dis ¬ tinguished by its mediocrity Which is not to say that the eightrace program doesnt provide plenty of action for the fans The feature races are the Gowanus and New Dorp Purses Both of these 2500 dashes are at six furlongs and contain plenty of horses 15 being named for the Gowanus and 20 for New Dorp There is also a juvenile race on the program for maidens and carrying the same 2500 purse which may have more interest if only because nothing bad is known about several of the 20 entrants entrantsAmong Among the promising candidates for this five and onehalf furlong sprint which is not dignified with a name are such as Great Power Top Valley Fighting Don Wildlife both of whom were scratched from todays Tremont Stakes Army Rest and Conjuror There may be a real good juvenile in this band which should make the race worth watching if not worth betting bettingFiftyFive FiftyFive Nominees NomineesMeanwhile Meanwhile the field for Saturdays re ¬ newal of the 10000 added Shevlin Stakes is taking shape Most probable of the 55 nominees are G D Wideners Who Goes There A A Baronis Autocrat A W Wentzels Freezout John Bromleys George Case Joe W Browns Fox Brownie and Ravenela G Z Carranzas Seeing Eye R A Cowards Appleknocker Erlanger Stables Shut Up Philip Godfreys Come now M B Goffs Skytracer Greentree Stables Stir Up and Tambo Mrs E D Jacobs Stymie Harry LaMontagnes Rod ¬ ney Stone A P Parkers By Jimminy Wheatley Stables Free Lance Col C V Whitneys Hoodoo and William Ziegler Jrs Bounding Home HomeThe The last named winner of the 50000 Belmont Stakes may not find this mile and onesixteenth route long enough but will undoubtedly be passing tired horses in the stretch Among those he will have to catch are Who Goes There who might have been closer in the Belmont had Arcaro made more use of his natural speed Stir Up who will be making his first start sinpe running third in the Preakness and will like this medium route the nimble Rodney Stone and By Jimminy both recent win ¬ ners nersOn On the other hand Shut Up Skytracer Free Lance and Appleknocker may be ex ¬ pected to do their running in the final furlong All of which speculation suggests an interesting contest if even half of these probables go postward postwardIn In the Gowanus Purse Bud Grey will doubtless take the track at the start under his 110 pounds and the rest will be trying to catch him Those who appear most likely to be charging at this fastbreaking and faststopping colt are Michigan Smart Seal Rock Spheric Tambo and Okapi Lancer with the latter a possible favorite favoriteThe The New Dorp is headed by Water Pearl who is asked to assume the sizeable pack ¬ age of 124 pounds Jules Wesslers con ¬ sistent charge is required to concede considerable chunks of weight to such nim ¬ ble speedsters as Cousin Nan who strolled out of the gate in her last start Skin Deep others It promises to be a mad scramble Volitant Blue Pom Dove Shoot Pompagle Rackatack Sicyon and Regimental among


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