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FLEET SPRINTERS CLASH IN 5000 TOMASELLO TOMASELLOLiberty Liberty Flight Shoulders Top Weight in Suffolk Headliner Harris Brown Enters Four FourBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 29 A field of twelve representing eight separate interests have been named for Fridays Tomasello Memorial Handicap third on a spring and summer schedule of fourteen stakes and one of a pair of handicaps to be decided over the holiday weekend Of the dozen accepting racing secretary Charles J McLennans weights for the six furlongs run out of twentynine early nominations Liberty Flight is topweight under a burden of 121 pounds Ruperto Donoso one of the coun ¬ trys best riders is on his way from New York to pilot the W F Mannagh star who finished second in the Plymouth Rock Han ¬ dicap dicapSweet Sweet Willow R W Collins homebred daughter of Lee O Cotner is well fancied under 119 pounds an impost not too severe over a fast track With muddy going loom ¬ ing as a possibility her chances to down the field are minimized although she scampered over an off track at Narragansett Park to win the Blackstone Valley Handicap from Liberty Flight and a capable band bandSNYDEB SNYDEB ON LIBERTY FRANC FRANCLiberty Liberty Franc is apparently the mainstay of the GrattonChristopher quartet of entries of which only two are expected to start Warren E Snyder has been assigned the mount on Liberty Franc and the winner of the Plymouth Rock Handicap at Suffolk Downs rates a frvorite role in the Memorial Day feature Other members of the entry include Speed to Spare Doubt Not and Don ¬ na Leona with Speed to Spare apparently billed to share honors with Liberty Franc at post time timeFridays Fridays running of the Tomasello third on Suffolk Downs fourteenstake schedule will be its fourth It is named in honor of Joseph Tomasello builder of the East Bos ¬ ton course who lived to see his handiwork blossom to one of the nations outstanding race tracks Previous winners of the event include Deliberator Battle Jack and Mor carine Deliberator won the top money rec ¬ ord by taking down the 4750 in its inaugural 1938 running and also stepped the six fur ¬ longs stakeWith in 111 time mark for the stake With a minimum of eight starters Fri ¬ days award will net 4510 4510The The complete field of starters in the Tomasello Memorial Handicap follows PP Horse Jockey 1 Liberty Flight R Donoso 2 Wise Bee G McMullen 3 Sweet Willow R Howell 4 Doubt Not No Boy 5 Speed to Spare E Smith 6 Donna Leona No Boy 7 Liberty Franc W E Snyder 8 Air Brigade C Bierman 9 Sassy Lady S Young 10 Ramases W L Taylor 11 Night Editor E Robart 12 Sundodger T Atkinson W F Mannagh entry Liberty Flight Wise Bee Mrs T Christopher and J U Grat ton entry Speed to Spare Donna Leona Liberty Franc Doubt Not
