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I - SATURDAYS HOUSTON CARD Epsom Downs Handicap Features Todays Well Arranged Program at Texas Track. HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 16. The tenth stakes feature of the Texas Breeders and Racing Associations autumn program comes up for decision Saturday afternoon in the running of the Epsom Downs Handicap, ,500 added event for three-year-olds and over, at a. distance of a mile and a furlong. Ten of the fifteen distance performers nominated for the stake accepted the weights assigned by handicappcr Tom J. Brown with Norman "Butsey" Hernandez" entry of Biography and Woodlander getting the top imposts. Biography, winner of the Texas Handicap, over the mile and a sixteenth route, and second to- Mln Ormont, also a candidate for Saturdays number, in the Elks Handicap last Wednesday, will shoulder 118 pounds. The consistent Woodlander Is rated two pounds less in the esteem of handlcapper Brown, while Wise Player, which represents Mrs. J. Freeman, is held next with 110 pounds. The Epsom Downs Handicap occupies fifth place on the program arid is surrounded with an excellently arranged offering of races to complete the eight-race half holiday program. The complete list of likely starters in the Epsom Downs Handicap follows:. Ski, Woodlander, Biography, Combahee, Blue Train, Wise Player, Lunsford, Min Ormont, First Entry and Brilliant Light, In the secondary feature, the Loews Romeo and Juliet Handicap, eight of the best sprinters in this section are scheduled to match strides. Heading the group is Mrs. A. M. Creechs Sound Advice, which has been quite popular with Texas racegoers in the past.
