Dallas Day Next Saturday: Program at Shreveport for Half-Holiday to Honor Texas City--Handicap Heads Card., Daily Racing Form, 1938-11-04

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DALLAS DAY NEXT SATURDAY Program at Shreveport for Half Holiday to Honor Texas City Handicap Heads Card SHREVEPORT La Nov 3 It will be Dallas Day at the State Jockey Clubs track here Saturday afternoon with one of the most elaborate programs of the current autumn meeting in prospect which is ex ¬ pected to attract a large delegation of dev ¬ otees of the thoroughbred thoroughbredIn In addition to the Dallas Handicap which will be offered as the principal attraction on the program and staged as the fifth race the neighboring city of Fort Worth is to be honored with a race named for it which will be the supporting feature of the half holiday program programMerry Merry Freda Guy Schultz consistent brown mare victor in the Inaugural Handi ¬ cap in easy fashion is expected to make a bid for a second triumph in the Dallas Hand ¬ icap and should rule the choice of a major ¬ ity of those whasaw the daughter of J Fred A Mary A trounce seven others win ¬ ning by the comfortable margin of four lengths lengthsCONDITIONS CONDITIONS OF BACK BACKThe The Dallas is for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward over a distance of a mile and seventy yards and is attracting the best grade of routers quartered at the Caddo Parrish course Indian Salute a twotime winner from the Texasowned stable of J W Tiller of Carthage is likely to furnish the chief competition for the Inaugural winner with a possibility of eight others rounding out the field fieldIn In the race immediately following the Dal ¬ las Handicap a contest designed for three yearolds and upward at a mile and seventy yards is the Fort Worth Purse and figures to bring together a wellbalanced field for the event eventAll All in all Dallas Day looms as one of the biggest of the season thus far and prep ¬ arations have been made for handling the largest attendance of the meeting with the fans from Dallas Fort Worth and other towns and hamlets in closer proximity to Shreveport Several sport scriveners from Dallas paid a midweek visit to the state fair grounds and were much impressed with the caliber of sport at the course


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