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NEW ATTENDANCE AND HANDLE AT SUFFOLK SUFFOLKIncrease Increase Over Corresponding Period Last Year Run Puritan Handicap Saturday Afternoon AfternoonBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 2 Suffolk Downs entered the fourth week of a tenweek sum ¬ mer meeting this afternoon with another handicap headlining the six days of sport The 5000 added Puritan Handicap at one mile and an eighth will have its seventh renewal next Saturday and thirtytwo long ¬ distance handicap runners have been nomi ¬ nated for the event eventThe The first three weeks of the session have set new highs in attendance and mutuel play the latter showing a twenty per cent increase over 1940 which was also higher than the preceding year It was climaxed by an outpouring of 50000 people on Decora ¬ tion Day with a mutuel play that set new records for Massachusetts just failing to touch the milliondollar mark The Puritan Handicap on Saturday should again attract a capacity crowd to the spacious and beau ¬ tiful East Boston course courseTop Top flight thoroughbreds have proven their mettle in the Puritan in all renewals Time Supply became the initial winner and later showed his preference for the local running strip by annexing the 1936 Massa ¬ chusetts Handicap Accolade an oldrtime faithful of the back stretch colony was the 1936 laurelholder followed by Blackbirder Teufel Xavier and Upstream UpstreamVARIOUS VARIOUS CANDIDATES CANDIDATESAmong Among stars eligible for the Puritan Handicap are such as the Belair Studs Fen elon E R Brudleys Bold and Bad Cold stream Studs Curious Coin Glen Felkners Advocator J U Grattons Liberty Franc Le Mar Stock Farms Many Stings Mills dale Stables Andy K Mrs Sam Orrs Star Boarder Gustav Rings Ringle Tallyho Sta ¬ bles Topee and many other fleet runners runnersAs As usual day by day features for the elite of the thoroughbred ranks are provided in racing secretary Charles McLennans condi ¬ tion book during the coming fourth week of the tenweek session The Somerville Purse at one mile will attract threeyearolds on Monday afternoon fillies and mares will travel six furlongs in Tuesdays Point Shirley Purse the Town Line Handicap for grade C threeyearolds and upward is at one mile and a furlong on Wednesday while Thursdays Point of Pines Purse a six fur ¬ longs sprint will be Thursdays featured event The Roslindale Purse a mile race for threeyearolds is down for decision Fri ¬ day to be followed on Saturday by the Puritan HandicapWith Handicap With the approaching close of Belmont Park in New York several large stables are expected from the Metropolitan tracks swell ¬ ing the number of horses in local training and adding considerable class to the daily entries The newcomers are attracted by the richer stakes at Suffolk Downs led by the 251000 Yankee Handicap on July 4 and the July 16 running of the 50000 Massa ¬ chusetts Handicap
