Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-25
$4,000 Watching
Classy Field in
Distuff Final
BY JOSEPH b. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

STANTON, Del, July rs -
1t was today or never for the
c. v. Whitney glamour flllies
from California in the $l46,-
000-plus Delaware Handicap,
a mile-and-a quarter fllly and
mare classic that has attracted
IL entries.
A closing-day crowd OF U.s.
600 was expected to give the
celebrated Bug Brush, part Of
an entry with unheralded
Cleaning Star. another chance
to redeem the Whitney stock
in the third and payoff round
OF Delaware Parks famed Dis
taft series of races. The race
will gross nearly $l50.000 with
the winning owner getting
more than $4,000 in this
weight-for-age handicap.
Despite two straight setbacks
for the Whitneys in the Della
ware Oaks and the New Castle,
Bug Brush and Cleaning Star
were likely to go off a slight
choice at 5-to-2 over Brook
meade Stables Big Effort; the
Henry Clark-trained entry of
Tempted and Endine. and ].
Graham Browns Bornastar,
fllly mare champion of 1858.
Surface Termed Fast
Although thundershowers hit
the track late yesterday, the
racing surface was termed fast
for workouts this morning.
Today's Delaware Handicap
lost some of its appeal when
Whitney's 3-year-old Silver
Spoon and King Ranch's
Resaca, also 8, passed up the
race against older fillies and
mares in favor of next weeks
Monmouth Oaks. However, a
rugged battle was promised in
the worlds richest race for
f1llies and mares.
Bug Brush, who won six
stakes on the West Coast be-
fore her trip East, was shar-
ing topWeight of 1874 pounds
with Bornastar. Angel Valen-
zuela again was plotting Bug
Brush and the veteran Ken
Church was aboard Bornastar.
Filly to Catch
Last week, in the mile-and-
one-sixteenth New Castle, Bug
Brush faded to sixth under
1913 pounds, but Bornastar was
second with 1876. Tempted,
from Mrs. Philip F. Dupont's
Mooring Stable, won the New
Castle. She was rated the filly
to catch in today'S marathon.
Tempted was carrying 119,
three more than the New Cas-
tie, and Jockey Eldon Nelson,
who won the Delaware here
last summer with Endine, was
to ride Tempted this year. En-
dine, lit, was being handled
by Paul j. Bailey.
Brookmeade figured to hold
a big vote in the Delaware
with Big Effort, 1913, despite her
last-place finish in the recent
Suburban handicap when she
gave away pounds on the scale.
Big Effort did not run in the
New Castle, but last year won
the Delaware Oaks. Jockey Lo-
gan Bachelor, who captured
the 1856 Delaware Handicap
with Flower Bowl for Brook
meade. was slated to ride.
LOngden Riding
Adding sentimental touch
to this summers Delaware was
the appearance of 52-year-old
John Longden, racingS win
ningeSt rider who was due in
from California to handle Ed
win JanSS, jr.'S Honeys Gem.
ll6. HOneyS Gem was second
in a division of Hollywood
Parks Vanity Handicap, and
before that won the Beverly at
Washington Park, running the
mile in 1874.
A third entry in the lineup
was King Ranch'S ChiStosa, 113,
with Larry Adams up, and
Dotted Line, 116, Eric Guerin.
Last year Dotted Line lost the
Delaware by a nose.
Outsiders were Michael
D'Onofrio'S Cervina, 1903, Ar
thur Chambers and Ned w.
Brent's Polamby, 113.
Jockey Bill Boland was
Handling Cleaning Star, the
lesser part of the Whitney
entry. Cleaning Star arrived
here Wednesday from Cali
fornia and is regarded as a
Y0Id6or