Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
|Idun Favored
Heavily Today
In Gardenia

CAMDEN, N. j.. Oct. ~ UT.
The two year-old fiily queen
Iof 1857 may be crowned today
lin the third running Of the
0ardenia Stakes at Garden
IState Park.
Fifteen Juvenile fillies are
scheduled to run o mile and
lone sixteenth with indicated
IIdun the 7-to-S choice TO take
down more than 100000 and
the filly crown at one and the
same time.
Actually. II all IS start. the
gross purse viii amount to
SHAFTS. with 3l02.975 to the
winner. Post time for the race
10 Sis pm.
Guiding Idun. Q S63. 900 year.
ling purchase last year ut the
Keeneland summer sale. will be
Willie Hartack, the Nations
top winning jockey. Hartack
lean tie Eddie Adcaro's ali-time
mark Of winning 20 stakes In .
single year II he boots Idun
home Is expected In the Gar
denia.
Idun earned her tavorite role
with six victories In six starts
I-one by Q disqualification.
Chief contender to Idun in her
Ibid for two-year-old honors. Is
sequoia. one Of four supple
lmentary entries made at . cost
lof 5000 each by the respec-
tive owners. Sequoia. to be rid
den by Bobby Ussery, Ii listed
lat 4 70 !.
Others In Field
Other contenders include the
California bred ace, Sally Lee
from the Covert ranch; Walter
In. Jeffords' Locust Time, and
med Brant's Polamby. Pete
Moreno IL slated to be aboard
the IL to l Sally Lee. with Joe
Culmone handling Locust Time.
also IL to !. Polamby. also .
supplementary entry and . 8
| to / shot. viii be ridden by
Peter Anderson.
with the exception Of Guide
Line. . maiden who will carry
illl pounds, including the vet
eran Willie Shoemaker. all have,
llS pounds.
Others in the field with their
jockeys:
Point Pleasant, Walter Blum:
Greatness. also with Walter
Blum listed as the boy; Ruling.
Logan Batcheler; Armorail. p.
j. Bailey; Quig Flame. Carlos
Gonzales, and Kapitor. Harold
Grant. both supplementary en-
tries; Glorious Nymph, Bill
Harmatz: Meant Well. George
Taniguchi. and Miss Melisande.
Bill Cook.
The Gardenia is the first Of
Garden States two big fall
features, the second being the
richest race in the world. the
Garden Stakes. slateG for &C.
tober rs.
Bold Ruler, the Wheatley
Stable whiz who broke the Bel
mont Park 2 furlongs track
record in winning the Voshurgh
Handicap by nine lengths Oc-
tober Q, heads q field Of nine
in the SIS. 000-added Queens
County Handicap ct Jamaica.
Last Spring, Just before the
Kentucky Derby. Bold Ruler
shattered the Jamaica Ia
mile mark in nosing out CAL
liant Man in the Wood Me-
mortal. This will be his first
Jamaica appearance since. and
as usual Eddie Arcaro will be
aboard. Bold Ruler is pack
ing 1873 pounds. tops for his
career.
The Christiana Stables Ricci
Tavi carries l23 pounds. H. E.
Jackson's Tick Took and Mrs.
c. Ulrick Bays Greek Spy both
have ia. Tick Took ran Sec
ond in the Vosburgh and was
second to Louis Lee Higgins
Manteau last Saturday at Gar
den State in the Quaker City
Handicap. Manteau carries
liz this time.
Fred w. Hooper's Alhambra.
big Chicago Stakes winner,
heads q field Of seven 2-year-
olds in the $4,000 : added
Breeders Futurity. z furlongs,
at Keeneland. Round Table
gained prominence by winning
1t last fall.
Hartack Beaten Twice
Only four were entered for
the $4,000 added Frontier
Handicap. mile and one-eighth.
at Detroit. My Night Out. 122,
and Shan Pac, l2o. were high
weighted.
Rock Pilot. winner Of the
opening day feature at Sports
mans Park. has top weight Of
l20 pounds among the is en-
tered for the $4,000 Snare
Handicap. ga furlongs.
Switch On, 12l. Is starting
high weight in the 10000
added Puritan Handicap at
Suffolk Downs. Ten were en-
tered in the one mile event.
Hartack. with $40 winners
to his credit this year. was
beaten in both Of the feature
races ut Garden State yester-
day. He was on the highly
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