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i ! I : . j : I j ! . i | j I j I j I ! • - l • I 1 , i I i i • l - t i ! , i ! 1 ■ • ■ i j 1 . 1 1 [ ! ! [ ■ ; | • " ; : 1 j j i ; | ■ j ■ | ■ | . ! [ | BAR FLY HEADS BUNKER HILL Parkwood Stable Colorbearer Asked to Carry 115 Pounds at Boston. ,000 Added Stake Chief Event on Suffolk Downs Saturday Card — Denemarks Name War Minstrel. BOSTON, Mass., June 16.— A dozen horses, including several of the best milers on the grounds, have been named for the ,000 added Bunker Hill Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, which features the weekend sport at Suffolk Downs. Saturday will be a holiday in adjacent Charles Town, where the battle of Bunker Hill was fought and where the famous monument to the heroes of that fray stands. With crowds from this section added to the regular at-! tendance, a large throng should be out for the sport, and the handle, which has dropped off during the past week, due to the opposi-: tion of the Revere dog track, should be aided considerably by tomorrows betting. The starting top weight of the Bunker Hill will be the Parkwood Stables Bar Fly, which has 115 pounds in the saddle. The Bradley-; bred arrived at Suffolk only recently and is reported to be extremely fit. He has been pointed carefully for this race and dockers believe that the horse which beats him will know he has been to the races. Al Schmidl is slated to ride. CLODION ENTERED. Clodion, a consistent fellow in R. A. Moores string and a stake winner in New England, has been assigned a pound less than Bar Fly. He showed his fitness as he won the Pilgrim Handicap here last Satur-i day, going six furlongs in 1:11 flat. He took up 118 pounds on that occasion. Off last Saturdays qualifier and generally good form, he appears strictly the horse to beat. Joe Rosen, who piloted the horse to victory last week, will again be in the saddle. J. W. Y. Martins Slow Motion finished second to the warmly-backed "good thing," Many Stings, last out, but was not disgraced by the defeat, since Many Stings beat some crack horses during coast campaigning. He is in tomorrow under 110 and is a sharp horse at present. The latter is distinctly a factor tomorrow under the light weight of 104. He sped three-quarters in the sizzling time of 1:103 to beat Slow Motion last out, but it remains to be seen whether the mile distance is beyond his powers. War Minstrel, from the formidable stable of Mrs. Emil Denemark, always has been a hard-hitting horse in the New England sec- tor and seems to be rapidly rounding to the form that distinguished his racing here in past seasons. He has 111 to carry and will have an advantage from the services of Ed- die Robart, leading rider of the meeting. BOOTLESS CONTENDER. Bootless, from Col. E. R. Bradleys barn, won first crack out of the box here the other afternoon and by no means seems out- weighted at 109. Freddie Smith, capable contract rider for the Bradley barn, will again ride. Bootless may have been lucky to win the other afternoon, for Blind Eagle was taken back on the turn and still landed a close second. The latter, which will run as a stablemate of War Minstrel under the Dene- mark silks, has the postage stamp of 102. Pagliacci won a stake at Gansett and will -go in tomorrows contest under 108, mostly in the form of Bobby Merritt. Be jabbers was also a stake winner up the line and has plenty of early speed. He will carry 106. Panther Creek, at 102, and Infidox, under 105, complete the field. The Bunker Hill is mainly distinguished on the Suffolk stakes roster because of the fact that its first running four years ago was won by Alfred Vanderbilts grand horse, Dis- covery. Previous to last year the race was .at a mile and an eighth. Following storms of last evening, the sun was shining brightly today and the track drying out. Good weather is predicted for the week-end.
