view raw text
SECOND WEEK AT CLEVELAND Professor Paul Starts in Northfield Handicap Days Headliner Juvenile Eligibles for Forest City Handicap HandicapHave Have Preliminary Test in Chagrin ChagrinFalls Falls Purse CLEVELAND Ohio July 24 Thistle Down opened its second full week of a long summer meeting this afternoon with a very attractive Monday program A change in the wind brought welcome relief from the torrid weather of Sunday and the track was at its best bestAttempting Attempting the herculean test of making it two handicap victories in three days Mrs J L Chesneys Professor Paul carried the top impost of 114 pounds for the Northfield Handicap and fifth event His original assignment was 111 pounds but after his triumph in the Bedford Handicap Saturday the son of Justice F had to carry an addi ¬ tional three pounds Opposing him over the mile run were OBantam Seneschal Distract Autograph and Miss Bonnie Autograph under 110 pounds was the high weight by the scale and she was early second choice to the Chesney star starSUPPORTING SUPPORTING FEATURE FEATURESupporting Supporting the handicap was the Loraine Purse for threeyearolds and Lady Alpha like Professor Paul went out after her third victory of the meeting However she met new competition in Franks Boy a recent arrival from Latonia and the latter enjoyed early favoritism over her Wage Earner Star Lina Jay D Bane and Matchup were the other contestants contestantsSeveral Several juveniles expected to be under colors in Saturdays renewal of the Forest City Handicap ran over the Thistle Down course in the Chagrin Falls Purse and fourth race Joe W double winner at Detroit was the prepost favorite with Baby Therese next in demand Joe W Had the services of Porter Roberts and the Kentucky boy handled Autograph and Matchup in the handicap and secondary number numberTopnotch Topnotch sprinting platers ran six fur ¬ longs in the seventh race with Faust and Miscreant showing early favoritism Khar Fair Seed and Rosselli completed the small field The eighth race also furnished a wellmatched field with Billys Folly and Wacky Jack early cofavorites and Cristate next in demand demandAlthough Although a featureless program is ar ¬ ranged for tomorrow limit fields meet in all but the fourth and eighth races The former attracted six wellmatched sprinting platers with Someone Else and Runmilton slated to carry the top impost of 118 pounds each Opposing this pair will be Roguish Peggy Oddesa Maid Delius and Fumble To take care of the daily guaranteed dis ¬ tribution the purses were raised on the first second third fifth sixth seventh and eighth races The minimum purse Tuesday will be 600
