Ligaroti Now The Mystery: Takes Seabiscuits Place on West Coast--May Make Appearance in Burlingame Handicap., Daily Racing Form, 1938-11-02

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LIGAROTI NOW THE MYSTERY Takes Seabiscuits Place on West WestCoast Coast May Make Appearance Appearancein in Burlingame Handicap SAN MATEO Calif Nov 1 LigaroU which put up such a stirring battle against Seabiscult in the Del Mar Special will prob ¬ ably make his first appearance of the Bay Meadows meeting in the Burlingame Handi ¬ cap to be run Saturday afternoon Nominar tions for the Burlingame close at midnight Monday and Ligaroti is certain to be named namedNow Now that Seablscuit is in the East Liga ¬ roti has become the No 1 mystery horse of the Western turf Secret workouts stable attaches conversing in hushed tones etc have caused the South American steed to be rated as the head puzzle horse of the Pacific slope slopeLigaroti Ligaroti worked out over the Tanforan track Sunday and was reported to have shown marked ability in the mud mudOpposed Opposed to Ligaroti in the Burlingame Handicap will be Masker Roy T Susi Qv Brown Jade Today Dogaway Sky Lanty and others The South American horse should have little trouble with a field of that caliber despite the fact that the race is at six fur ¬ longs Ligaroti was originally a sprinter and will be capable of keeping up the pace And if it is mud and he is as good in the gooras our friend writes that he is wow wowFUTURITY FUTURITY WINNER WINNERBang Bang a twoyearold that was originally purchased for 2100 at the Saratoga Sales paid dividends when he won the Bay Mead ¬ ows Futurity Saturday afternoon Bang de ¬ feated Ace Call and Prince Saxon by inches and earned over 12000 The field in the race did not come up to expectations and it is doubtful if an open Futurity will be held at Bay Meadows again John Marchbank re ¬ cently canceled the Futurity he had sched ¬ uled for this year and returned the nomina tion and other fees Bill Kyne will probably do likewise Futurities in the future will likely be for homebreds only onlyBang Bang Ace Call and Prince Saxon staged a thrilling finish and the result was in doubt until the official numbers had been posted Shorty Adams rode Bang and increased his number of successes for the session to seventeen Ted Horning by saddling Bang went to the front of the trainers with fifty six wins E Wyatt has fiftyfive and Earl Beezley fiftyfour Saturdays parimutuel handle was 219993


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