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HEAD PLAY GETS TOP WEIGHT Mason Star Asked to Concede Azu Azucar car Santa Anita Conqueror ConquerorTwo Two Pounds Thursday DETROIT Mich June 11 Head Play yhich invaded Detroit Monday after a great eastern campaign which included a Su ¬ burban Handicap victory was assigned the top weight of 126 pounds for the Derby Week Special Handicap The son of My Play which was well beaten by Azucar in the Santa Anita Handicap will be called upon to concede two pounds to the Fred M Alger star which succumbed to E F Sea ¬ grams Stand Pat in the Col Alger Memorial Handicap here Stand Pat was allotted 118 pounds poundsLadfield Ladfield triple handicap winner here Which included the Wolverine and Belle Isle stakes gets in at 112 pounds Next in line of weights is Alf J Abels Marmion with 105 pounds Bahamas and Noahs Pride were assigned 100 pounds each Paradisical Kentucky Oaks winner under the colors of I J Collins is the low weight of the field With 95 pounds Only eight are eligible for the nine fur ¬ longs journey that carries 5000 in added money and which will serve as the feature of Thursdays program programBarring Barring unforeseen developments Head Play Azucar and Stand Pat are certain Starters while with such liberal assignments of weights several others are expected to go postwards postwardsIt It will be the first opportunity Detroit fans will have of seeing Head Play under Colors In their previous meeting here Stand Pat was an easy winner over Azucar but that was at one mile and a sixteenth and the Alger star is expected to be at his best at the longer distance distanceAs As final preparation for their engage ¬ ments Azucar Marmion and Bahamas were seen in useful trials over the fast track this morning Azucar accompanied by Sun Arena went threequarters in 116 breez ¬ ing Bahamas went fiveeights in 101 handily and Marmion went the same dis ¬ tance breezingThe in 106 breezing The weights as assigned by the board of handicappers follow Head play 126 Azucar 124 Stand Pat 118 Ladfield 112 Marmion 105 Noahs Pride 100 Bahamas 100 Para ¬ disical 95
