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BEL LEA HANDICAP STARTER Calumet Farm Star Heads Field of Ten at Narragansett Mucho Gusto Expected to Provide Formida ¬ ble Contention Wise Prince Also Strong Contender PAWTUCKET R I Oct 21 Calumet CalumetFarms Farms Bull Lea a threeyearold who proved provedhis his merit to New England race fans when whenhe inI he ran a smashing second to Stagehand in I the 25000 Narragansett Special returns to tojthe jthe turf wars here tomorrow in the 5000 added Autumn Handicap mile and a six ¬ teenth feature of the weekend program at the course besides the Scekonk River Bull Lea heads a field of ten that have accepted overnight for the stake He will be top weight of the pack under 119 pounds and looms as a certain favorite despite the fact that Roguish Girl beat him in his last at Jamaica JamaicaPrevious Previous to his second in the Special here Bull Lea whipped Stagehand in the Thorn ¬ ton Memorial and New Englanders have great respect for1 him Trainer Frank Kearns KearnsI says he is at the peak that marked his racing I here at the last meeting and if he is noth ing in tomorrows contest should whip him Sunport which ran an extremely fast race yesterday and appears one of the best handi ¬ cap horses on the grounds was not named for the Autumn Handicap HandicapDANGEROUS DANGEROUS RIVAL RIVALPrincipal Principal opposition for Bull Lea tomor ¬ row Is expected to come from Felix Spa tolas Wise Prince which will carry a pound less than the threeyearold in actual weight taking up 118 This lad found 126 too much I in the Worcester Handicap last Saturday but prior to that event he had shown con ¬ sistently good form on New England tracks The mile and a sixteenth of tomorrows con ¬ test will be more to his liking than the six furlongs of the Worcester WorcesterMucho Mucho Gusto a campaigner familiar to New Englanders and now carrying the silks of Ramsey Coppage would prove a dan ¬ gerous factor tomorrow if he duplicates the excellent form he exhibited in the Chicago sector this summer He has been working in a fashion that indicates he is fit for to ¬ morrows battle Palamede qualified for the race when he ran second to Sunport I yesterday Although he was well beaten the winner went within a fifth of a second of I the mile and a sixteenth track record He is one of the more formidable dark horses un ¬ der the postage stamp of 104 104PICKS PICKS UP WEIGHT WEIGHTBow Bow and Arrow was beaten by Palamede in yesterdays contest and must pick up a pound more than the first named tomorrow Trouper though lightly weighted at 106 ap ¬ pears far from the form that distinguished his racing earlier in the year Galadore might have an outside chance under a mere 100 pounds but is ambitiously placed Bomber Grey Count and Gray Jack are the others named namedAlthough Although rain fell last night the track was fast for the opening of todays sport and the sun was shining If such conditions prevail tomorrow the largest crowd of the meeting to date should turn out for Bull Lea alone Is a great attraction in these parts
