Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24

Ends CaIunlet's
Delaware Jinx
Favored PorIo Lost
In Distoff Stokes;
Searching Second
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
star Racing Editor

Calumet Farms famed devils
red silks finally reached the
winners circle in a Delaware
Park stakes event when Miz
Clementine. part of a three ply
entry. captured the $37.300 New
Castle Stakes here this steaming
afternoon by outrunning IL
formidable fillies and mares be-
fore 22,647 perspiring fans.
Bounding into the lead at the
start, the powerful 5-year-old
mare by Bull Lea won by 2l2
lengths over Mrs. Ethel D.
Jacobs stretch running filly,
Searching. Another length and
"a half back was Maine Chance
Farms Myrtle's Jet.
Calumet Jinx Recalled
Obviously fed up with backing
Calumet horses at short prices
on two successive week ends, only
to see them beaten, today's
large gathering permitted Mrs.
Gene Markey's entry to get
away at nearly to /. Thus, the
winner paid $11.80, $3.50 and
1920 across the board. Search
ing returned $3.50 and $3.50 and
Myrtle's Jet was worth $5.4O to
show.
The downtrodden favorite play
Iers, who didn't catch a winner
until the eighth race, turned to
Foxcatcher Farms Parlo, who
turned in an incredibly bad race,
finishing last after being backed
down to nearly 2 to /. Although
she was in close quarters at the
turn for home Parlo had little
excuse and her Jockey, Eric
IGuerin. said "she did not run at
all and labored all the way"
The combination of Parlo's
miserable performance and Miz
Clementine's impressive triumph
probably will make the Calumet
mare the favorite for next Satur-
days $l50,000 Delaware Handi-
cap, the grand climax of Della
ware Parks DiStaff Big Three.
Weights Due Tomorrow
There will be some marked
weight shifts for the Delaware.
however. Miz Clementine car
Iried only 116 pounds today, un-
der the conditions of the New
Castle. as compared with the 100
toted by Searching, Parlo and
Manotick. who ran a fine fourth
after overcoming early crowding.
Racing Secretary Gil Haus will
issue the weights for the Della
ware Handicap Monday and
probably will take note of the
fact that Miz Clementine won
easily while being ridden out by
the 38-year-old Jack Westrope
Her time for the mile and one
sixteenth was a fast 1:44 over
a good" track.
Miz Clementine took the lead
almost at once and her only Sc
rious early opposition came from
Mrs. Whitney Stones Sometime
Thing, who fought it out gamely
for more than hree-quarters of
a mile. then suddenly collapsed
and faded to eleventh.
Searching Always Close
Searching. ridden by Conn
McCrearya was never far out of
it. Although responding we'll in
the last quarter-mile, she was
not catching the Calumet mare
in the stretch. McCreary had no
excuses, saying I'VE were out
rum"
The order of finish behind the
fourth-place Manotick was Rico
Reto, Infusion, Miss Arlette,
part of the Calumet entry; Open
Sesame. Amoret, another Calu-
met: Blue Banner, Sometime
Thing and Parlo.
There was no explanation for
Parlo's race. Last summer she
captured the Delaware Handi-
cap, worth nearly 100000, but
she must improve sharply in a
week to get any part of the
money in next Saturdays IA
mile event, richest ever run for
fillies and mares.
1t was Miz Clementine's first
stakes victory this year. She fin
ished first in the Santa Anita
Maturity but was disqualified in
favor Of Determine. Dee Brooks.
stable agent, saddle the entry
today. Jimmy Jones being in
Chicago with the main division
of the Calumet Stable.