Evening star., 1955-06-25
Classy Fi|Iies !
In New Castle
Al Delaware
By JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor


Star Racing Editor
STANTON, Del. June 25.-
Sixteen flllies and mares are
ready to line UP at Delaware
Park this afternoon for the
$25, ,000-added New Castle Stakes
the second event of this tracks
newly created Distaff Big Three.
Planned as a rich prep for
next Saturdays $110,000-added
Delaware Handicap. the most
lucrative race ever run for fillies
and mares, the New Castle drew
a surprisingly large and classy
field for the mile-and-one-six-
teenth contest.
The track was drying out rap
idly after heavy rains and the
racing strip should be fast for
the New Castle. which will gross
$4,000.
Under the allowance conditions
of the stake, five of the Is en-
trants will carry 120 pounds and
this group, along with Walter
M. Jefford's Open Sesame, is
likely to draw the bulk of the
pari-mutuel backing.
No Standout Choice
The top-weighted five are
Shawmut Stables Gainsboro
Girl, George D. Widener's Eve
ming Out, Mrs. Ada L. Rice's
Cerise Refine. John s. Phipps'
Spinning Top and Mrs. Charles
Silvers' Lavender Hill.
There is no certain favorite
In the field, which includes nearly
all of the notable fillies and
mares now in training with the
exception Of Foxcatcher Farms
Parlo, who passed up the New
Castle to await next Saturdays
richer event.
Among the lighter-weighted
contestants. Open Sesame, an
impressive winner earlier at this
meeting, is sure to draw a strong
play at the betting windows.
Open Sesame will carry 112
pounds, and Tony DeSpirito will
ride.
Hartack Returns
Willie Hartack came in from
Chicago to handle the reins on
Cerise Refine, a mare that Trainer
Tommy Kelly has brought along
carefully in preparation for to-
days race and next Saturdays
big one. Cerise Refine captured
a sprint race here handily in her
first appearance since the Bowie
meeting last spring.
There is only one entry in the
field. the pair of Spinning Top
and Queens Beeches, both
trained by Max Hirsch. John S.
Phipps' Spinning Top was third
to Parlo in Belmont's Top Flight
Handicap in her most recent
effort. Gainsboro Girl was Sec
ond in that one.
Queens Beeches, owned by
Mrs. John w. Hanes, was win
ner in England but finished last
in her American debut.
Evening Out won the Regret
Handicap at Monmouth last
Saturday, while Blue Violin,
owned by George Cavanaugh,
captured the Honeymoon Stakes
at Balmoral in her last start.
There are no 3-year-olds in
today's New Castle, which will
have its first running under it's
present conditions. Last year,
the New Castle was a $100, 900
event. won by Gainsboro Girl,
but it has been replaced by the
new Delaware Handicap.
Yesterdays betless George
town Steeplechase developed into
a thrilling contest as Mrs. Ogden
Phipps' Ancestor beat Coveted
by a neck.
For the bettors, it was rather
fortunate that the windows were
closed as Montpelier's Shipboard
wound UP third, obviously stopped
by his 162 pounds. One of the
reasons for running the $10,-
000-added Georgetown as a
non-betting, special event was
the presence of Shipboard, who
would have been a lopsided fa-
vorite in the short field.
Jockey Dooley Adams had a
great deal to do with Ancestors
victory as he turned In a neatly
judged ride to win in the final
strides. Adams has been the
country's leading Steeplechase
rider for the mast, siY vears