Evening star., 1958-07-12
Two TopFi||ies
Hold Interest
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BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
star Racing Editor

STANTON, Del, July a.
Jockeys Bill Hartack and Ismael
Valenzuela, riding Idun and
A Glitter respectively, were in
a position to shake hands and
come out fighting from tho
starting gate today in their
eagerly awaited clash in the
$3.50 Delaware Oaks.
It was doubtful that Har-
tack, the deposed Calumet
rider, and Valenzuela, his sue
cesSor, would shake hands as
they lined up in adjoining
stalls in the gate, but a battle
was a certainty with the two
boys holding the reins Of the
Nations two leading 3-year-
old fillies in a field Of 8.
(The Delaware Oaks is the
CHS nationally televised race
of the day and will be seen
in Washington over WTOP-
TV, Channel Q, starting at
4:30 p.m.)
Mrs. C. Ulrick Bays Idun,
beaten only once in a 12-race
career, was due to open as q,
6-5 choice on the morning line,
only a point over Calumet
Farms A Glitter at 7-5. A
Glitter, who handed Idun her
only defeat, was seeking her
sixth straight triumph in a
string which included the
Coaching Club Oaks.
Mud Won't Hurt
Thunderstorms were predicted
for this afternoon, but despite
the chance of rain. a crowd of
$4,000 was anticipated here for
the first round of Delaware
Parks Distaff Big Three series
of races for fillies and mares,
which hits a climax here two
weeks from today in the $780,
900 Delaware Handicap.
Mud was not expected to de-
ter either Idun or A Glitter nor
help particularly any of their
nine rival 3-year-old f1llies in
the mile and an eighth classic.
The shortest priced filly, at
10-1, with the exception Of
Idun and A Glitter, was Moor
ing Stables Tempted. who
equaled the track record for a
mile here In her last race.
Idun, last years 2-year-old
filly champion, unbeaten in
eight starts in 1857, was seek
ing revenge against A Glitter
for the only blot on her record,
administered at Belmont Park
on May 81. Repeatedly Idun
was ailing a bit at the time and
this explained her fourth in the
6-furlong allowance dash.
Won Three of Four
The daughter Of Royal
Charger and Tige O'Myheart
has made four starts this year
and captured three Of them,
including the mile and a-six-
teenth Mother Goose Stakes at
Belmont last Saturday.
Her rider, Hartack, was not
only anxious to beat Calumet
and Valenzuela in their first
major stakes meeting today,
but he had the added incentive
of starting another sweep Of
the diStaff Big Three. Last
summer he won the three
events. taking the Oaks with
Claiborne's Bayou and the
New Castle and Delaware
Handicap with Princess Turia.
Others in Field
The only other 1illies being
given chance against the top
two, in addition to Tempted,
were Brookmeade Stables Big
Effort, carrying 1l9. the same
weight as Idun, A Glitter and
Tempted, and Foxcatcher
Farms Lopar, 116.
The reSt-James Cox Brady's
Foreword, 11S; Paul Shawan's
Carrie Louise, ITO: A. T. Tay-
lor's Miss Orestes, 113, and
Mrs. Carrie c. Hillock's My
Carrie, 113, were in the cate
CORY Of moonShooters.
Jockey Pete Anderson was
making his third straight week
end appearance at Delaware
Park. aboard Big Effort, and
was after his third stakes VIC
tory. Two weeks ago he won
the Leonard Richards with
Cavan, and last Saturday the
Sussex Turf Handicap with
Hindu Festival.