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BLUE PAIR AND LITTLE BEANS TO CLASH IN COMMONWEALTH COMMONWEALTHBoth Both Colts Have Come Home on Top in All Their Suffolk Races RacesBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 10 A pair of three yearold colts never headed over the Suffolk Downs running strip are among those that will fight it out in next Saturdays 5000 Commonwealth Handicap first of a trio of Eastern Racing Association stakes fash ¬ ioned exclusively for threeyearolds They are Mrs Vera S Braggs Blue Pair and Mrs Louise Palladirios Little Beans two of the most popular tl roughbreds in the recent history of the New England turf turfA A year ago Blue Pair then owned by C C Van Meter swept everything in front of him at Suffolk Downs capturing six races in a row and climaxing his thrilling per ¬ formances with victory in the Mayflower Stakes At the same track was another colt named Little Beans winner of his maiden start by a wide margin The youngster was disqualified out of the winners portion be ¬ cause of a bumping duel at the head of the stretch but he went on to show his victory was no fluke by later taking the measure of Level Best and other top ones of the year in the 10000 Eastern Shore Handicap at Havre de Grace GraceMaking Making his first start since the Kentucky Derby Little Beans was entered in an over ¬ night allowance race Monday at Suffolk Downs as a prep for Saturdays stake task Blue Pair also was a recent arrival from Chicago and is out to make it seven straight over the Boston course this time in the silka of Mrs Bragg who purchased the colt so as to know the thrill of owning a Kentucky Derby starter starterThe The colts have much in common Bred on the wrong side of the tracks they had the ability to raise themselves above the ordinary run of campaigner and make aA indelible impression on the modern day turf Both have brilliant speed from the gate al ¬ though capable too of coming from behind Both are gifted with courage and that in ¬ definable quality known as class classOne One or the other or in an upset both may taste defeat Saturday Afternoon in the Com monwealth
