Milford chronicle., 1957-07-26
MILFORD CHRONICLE MILFORD DELAWARE FRIDAY JULY
Racing Meet At Ocean
DOUns rs Scheduled To
Open July 20
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two most important posts at the
track, general manager and racing
secretary.
lnaugurating an enlarged racing
program for this years meet, the
nlntn that the Downs has staged,
the fans will be II Ieated to some
thing they have not had before at
the track, a stake feature each rae
ing night throughout the entire
meet.
This has been made possible by
combining the tracks four great
colt classics, the Ocean Downs
RaceWay Stakes No. s 3 and 4, which
will bring to the track the very
cream of the nations bjue-blooded
youngsters.
These four stakes will be usher
ed in by what is already the most
anticipated 2-year-old colt battle
the Eastern Shore, or any Mary
land track for that matter, has ever
had This is the $500 prize on
opening night, that will bring to-
getner in the big field, three of
tie most talked-abOut colts of the
day.
These are Gay Yankee 2:06, cur
rently the seasons fastest juvenile
trOtter. owned by former Yankee
Star, Charlie (King Kong) Keller,
of Frederick. The filly has turned
out to be a real sensation, knocking
off five straight sake victories in
row, before meeting defeat just
the past week at Vernon Downs.
The other pair are Anna Dares
and Great Lullwater. Both are
from two CT the greatest Grand Cir
cult stables of all time, Johnny
Simpson and Del Miller. Simpson
drove Anna to a hard-earned vic
tory in the $500 Reynolds stake
at Buffalo Raceway last week, and
Del Miller reined Great Lullwater
home to win the richest colt stake
so far this year, the $11 800 BOstick
at the Saratoga Grand Circnit meet.
So the opening night Downs fea-
ture rates as one of the top races
Of the season.
Tuesday night brings up the rich
est event of the meet, the $4,000
Juvenile pace, which will bring a.
bout so many starters that racing
secretary Keller anticipates hav-
ing to race it in two divisions. 1t
will bring postward a host OF
Maryland and Delaware owned
youngsters.
Wednesday night the fans will
see a good number of candidates
for this years 100000 Hamble-
tOnian Stake in action, in the
$500 3-year-old trot. To many
this will be one of the top nights
Of the meet. Thursday, the fourth
night will see the fast 3-year-Old
pacing cracks going in the $500
stake. In this race the track mark
set last year by Bachelor Hanover,
at 2:01, could be wiped off the
books.
The tracks program of late
closing features was strongly sup
ported by the hOrsemen, with one
event Turing in over 40 nomina-
tiOns, a new track record.
Fans who take in the Monday
night opening and the meet, will
find many new innovations greeting
them. For one thing, there will be
a new and earlier starting post
time. This year it will be 8:20, in
stead of $3.50, and track officials
have set up a faster post time be-
tween races to do completely away
with those long thirty-minute waits
between races of former years.
The parking lot has been ex-
panded and black-topped apprOa-
ches added. The fans for the first
time will be offered valet parking
service which many have asked for
in former years. The ever popular
daily double will again be on the
first and second races with the
double windows to close at $40.
Full sized fields will go to the
starting post in just about every
race of the meet giving the fans
what promises to be the best rae
ing meet in the tracks nine-year
history and one of the top meetings
of the year. Box seat reservations
also will be available in advance
for the fans by just calling the
track Office.
Yes it is race time once more on
the Eastern Shore and for the "a
nights starting July 29 Ocean
Downs will be making headline
harness racing news.