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COLUMBIA DOWNS INAUGURAL INAUGURALGood Good Field Named for Inaugural Feature on Program of New Washington Course VANCOUVER Wash May 14 While not overflowing with quality as the Inaugural Handicaps of Santa Anita Park Tanforan or Bay Meadows race tracks the Columbia Downs Inaugural Handicap tomorrow after ¬ noon will contain plenty of class as well as quantity quantityThe The five and onehalf furlongs sprint that opens the twentyeight day session of thor ¬ oughbred racing under the auspices of the Riverton Sportsdrome Inc drew some thirty horses to its list of nominations nominationsBecause Because of its width some sixtyfive feet the Columbia Downs track canot safely accomodate more than ten horses in a single field But if a limit field is drawn in the overnight entries then it IB likely that rac ¬ ing secretary Russell Sanders will divide the field into two sections with possible puraei of equal values The Inaugural Handicap carries a value of 700
