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GOVERNORS HANDICAP DRAWS LARGE FIELD FIELDSeventeen Seventeen Overnight Entries Received for Suffolk Downs Stake Advocator Top Weight WeightBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 23 Seventeen thor ¬ oughbreds an even dozen of which come under the heading of certain starters have been named overnight for Saturdays 5000 added Governors Handicap second stake on a fourtccnstake schedule at Suffolk Downs DownsGov Gov L Everett Saltonstall of the com ¬ monwealth of Massachusetts will be guest of honor of the track during the afternoon and will present the winning owner of the fea ¬ tured handicap with the Governors Plate an annual award Governor Saltonstall Will be accompanied by other state officials join ¬ ing what is expected to be the largest turn out to date of the sixtyday summer meeting meetingSaturdays Saturdays starting field was drawn from fortytwo early nominations Fashioned for twoyearolds in 1937 Donna Leona became the first winner Finance won in 1938 under threeyearolds and upward conditions with the distance extended from six furlongs to a mile Tatterdemalion came down in front in 1939 while Dunade an absentee this year took top honors last season over a mile and onesixteenth The route returns to a mile distance for its Saturday afternoon renewal renewalTHIRD THIRD COVEY SET TO REPORT Ivocator consistent veteran from Glenn Felkners barn is the starting top weight under 117 pounds Liberty Franc winner of last Saturdays Plymouth Rock Handicap is next in line at 115 with Doubt Not his gay running mate under 114 Third Covey who last Monday whipped Advocator by a nose in the fastestrun mile of the meeting has been assigned 113 pounds and many be ¬ lieve the Governors Handicap will be a repetition of Mondays thriller thrillerOther Other overnight starters in the Saturday feature include Sundodger 112 Star Board ¬ er 112 Rough Pass 111 Topee 111 John ¬ nie J 110 Patrol Scout 110 Air Brigade 109 Votum 109 Master Henry 108 Wise JBee 108 Maechance 107 Halcyon Boy 105 and Oversight 103 Doubtful starters among the ranks are Topee Wise Bee Maechance Halcyon Boy and Oversight although the lure of a 5000 added stake may attract sev ¬ eral or all of this company With a mini ¬ mum of twelve starters the net value to the winner will be 5170 substantially above the 4415 taken down by Dunade last year
