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j I i i HEAVY RAIN AT CLEVELAND Cloudy Skies and Excessive Humidity HumidityPrevail Prevail After Showers Huntington Valley Purse for Juveniles Head ¬ lines MidWeek Card True Star Early Public Choice CLEVELAND Ohio July 26 A heavy rain fell at Thistle Down this morning but luckily large fields met in most of the eight races and the withdrawals had no effect on the card After the hard showers from which the downtown sector of the city escaped cloudy skies and excessive humidity prevailed all during the day with drizzles of rain falling intermittently The skies were heavily overcast for an hour before the first race and a good shower fell shortly before post time and this was responsible for hold ¬ ing the attendance down to a minimum For the first time during the current meet ¬ ing the track was in an adverse condition conditionFeaturing Featuring the program was the Hunting ton Valley Purse for juveniles and this brought out a pair of eligibles for Saturdays renewal of the 2000 added Forest City Handicap True Star the property of M J Schmitt and a double winner here picked up the top burden of 118 pounds and was the early favorite despite Darby Dallas brilliant record A recent arrival from Arlington Park Darby Dallas toted 110 pounds and while Aranmore Pines Thought Lady James and Little Davey the other entrants are not eligible for Saturdays feature they fur ¬ nished good opposition for the two Forest City candidates candidatesTrue True Star and Darby Dallas will find stif fer competition in the Forest City for the list of nominations released this morning reveals that several of the leading juveniles of midwestern racing will strive for Satur ¬ days prize prizeOTHER OTHER CANDIDATES CANDIDATESErnie Ernie Doumanis Dream Boat double win ¬ ner at Detroit one of which was a stake Miss Ethel winner of the North Randall Juvenile Handicap and Darby Dienst are among the fourteen other stakes candidates candidatesOthers Others nominated for the dash over the Thistle Down Course are Bamboo Broom Big Brands Son Frost JFlower Mint Sand Sir Minton Beauzar Anabels Girl Joe W Jobelle Baby Therese and Good Reception ReceptionWeights Weights for the Forest City will be re ¬ leased tomorrow and present indications point to a field of twelve being under colors colorsBeauzar Beauzar was graduated from the maiden ranks at Detroit and his only effort here was a good one Anabels Girl won at her last asking and Darby Dienst has three vic ¬ tories to his credit Over a muddy track this morning Darby Dienst ran fiveeighths in 104 and trainer Howard Long said he probably will send both he and Darby Dallas postward postwardSupporting Supporting todays feature was a run of a mile for better grade platers Coil Spring out for his second victory in a row was the early favorite with the consistent Alwintour despite his top burden of 118 pounds next in demand Opposing this pair were Jubilee C Grey Doll World War and Gay Jay JayJ J E Welch who maintains a small racing stable campaigning here in addition to a breeding establishment at Bloomfield Hills Mich was an arrival from Detroit Pompeys Rose which races for Gorse G Waugh Culpepper Va turf patron j bucked her shins in her race here yesterday
