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LARGE FIELD LIKELY FOR PREMIERE HANDICAP CRACK SPEEDSTERS IN HOLLYWOOD HEADLINER HEADLINERAs As Many as Fifteen May Line Up for Fridays 10000 Inaugural Event Specify Listed as Starter StarterINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif May 19 That speed will be the theme of the opening day pro ¬ gram at Hollywood Park next Friday was seen when nominations were announced for the inaugural feature the 10000 added Hol ¬ lywood Premiere Handicap This sixfurlong race annually presented as the openingday headliner is fashioned for threeyearolds and upward and named for it are some of the most accomplished sprinters in the West WestThere There were twentythree nominations and since most of these horses are actually on the grounds and in training prospects are for a large field perhaps as many as fif ¬ teen or eighteen starters startersThe The Premiere Handicap has only a brief history but it indeed is a colorful one It was first run in 1938 the year the track was opened and was won by William E Boeings Air Chute which ran the three quarters in 111 a notable performance in that the track was a new one and then not nearly as fast as it is today The race was worth only 2500 that day for Hollywood Park then was more or less an experimental venture and operators of the course were not yet sure the sport would expand to its present proportions proportionsThe The 1939 running of the stake was to see the creation of a new track record of 110 a mark which the Binglin Stock Farms Don Mike an Argentine importation set in charg ¬ ing to victory The Hollywood Turf Club in ¬ creased the value of the stake to 7500 for this running and the following year last summer again increased it this time to 10000 the sum for which it will be run on Friday CAPT CAL WINNER LAST YEAR YEARLast Last years renewal was won by A M Koewlers Capt Cal which beat out Son of War and Lassator in as thrilling a finish as Hollywood patrons have ever seen here Capt Cal equalled Don Mikes record recordThe The track record for the six furlongs how ¬ ever was lowered to 110 later by Neil S McCarthys Big Ben in winning the special 10000 Red Cross Handicap on July 1 1Not Not one of the previous winners of the Premiere is back for another try in the stake but Big Ben is among the nominees and is training in excellent fashion for an ¬ other assault on the record which he holds He was named as part of an entry with Augury another fleet sprinter sprinterSome Some the other leading performers named for Fridays inaugural attraction are Circle M Ranchs Get Off and Battle Colors A A Baronis Specify William L Branns Pictor Louis B Mayers Two Ton Toney and Sir Jeffrey Circle S Stables Hysterical William B Simpsons Genl Manager Robinson Philpots Woof Woof and No Competition R A Cowards UBoat and Exemplify and Miss Anita Kings Son of War WarWith With such an imposing array of prospec ¬ tive contestants the Premiere is certain of a splendid renewal renewalSpecifys Specifys effort will be watched with par ¬ ticular interest for this fellow is coming back to the races after a long layoff more than a year and his owner has high hopes that he will be at the peak of his form by the time the 75000 Hollywood Gold Cup comes up for decision decisionThe The complete list of nominations follows torse Specify Runaway Boy Don Juaifll Maicena Transient Verse Pictor Get Off Battle Colors Hysterical Exemplify UBoat Horse Son of War Two Ton Toney Sir Jeffrey Big Ben Augury Lassator Wilton WiltonNo No Competition Woof Woof Genl Manager He Said
