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FILLIES AND MARES IN HOLLYWOOD FOaURE FOaUREFourteen Fourteen Eligible to Sequoia Handicap to Be Run on Coast Saturday Augury Top Weight WeightINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif June 11 Fourteen of the best fillies and mares threeyearolds and older quartered at the track get their first chance of the meeting to contest against each other for a purse as large as 10000 with the running Saturday at Holly ¬ wood Park of the Sequoia Handicap Since nominations which closed Saturday were made so close to the running of the race it is reasonable that all except perhaps one or two of them will actually line up for it itIn In the light of her excellent victory in the Pytho Handicap here on Saturday Neil S McCarthys Augury appears to be the princi ¬ pal member of the field although it also includes such other able misses as Mrs Vera S Braggs Cute Trick Louis B Mayors Appeasement and Painted Veil R A Cow ¬ ards UBoat the Vegas Stock Farms Ome ¬ let J D Weils Flying Streak Northway Studs Sweet Nancy and the Binglin Stock Farms Maicena MaicenaIf If Augury looms as the choice for the Se ¬ quoia which is being offered this summer for the first time her principal rival seems to be Cute Trick which has been racing here in splendid fashion The Bragg filly winner of the Santa Susan Stakes at Santa Anita last winter won the mile Dorimond Handicap here last Friday and in her pre ¬ vious engagement she accounted for the six furlong Community Chest Handicap In this latter event she turned back a field of her own sex including Louis B Mayers Torch Betty and R C Ellsworths Heather Time which also have been named for Saturdays feature Her Dorimond victory saw her whip a field of masculine rivals rivalsOMELET OMELET KATES HIGH HIGHAnother Another filly from which much is expected in the Sequoia is Omelet which distin ¬ guished herself last winter by capturing the 10000 Santa Margareta Stakes Augury was second in that event eventJust Just where Maicena a South American importation fits in the handicap division here may be determined by her showing in the Sequoia This Binglin importation made her North American debut in the Pytho Handicap last Saturday and finished well back after racing more or less prominently to the stretch She had worked exception ¬ ally well for the race and it may have been that she needed the education that test gave her High hopes have been held for her and it may be that in Saturdays event shft will display the quality expected pf her herThe The Sequoia is the first of two important stakes for fillies and mares to be run at Hollywood Park this summer The otlfer is the 10000 Vanity Handicap which will be run at a mile and a sixteenth on June 28 These races represent the Hollywood Turf Clubs response to the plea of breeders for more added money events for fillies and mares It is mainly through such events that the value of feminine thoroughbreds as prospective brood mares is increased increasedAside Aside from the interest the race will hold for breeders it also should appeal to fins for those named for the 10000 feature are well matched ind should offer another in ¬ teresting spectacle for Hollywood racegoers racegoersUnder Under the weights announced for the Se ¬ quoia Augury must shoulder tops of 124 pounds with Cute Trick rated next with 115 Omelet and Maicena have 114 each and Flying Streak is given 112 112The The nominations and weights for the stake follow Horse Augury Cute Trick Maicena Omelet Flying Streak Challomine Painted Veil Horse Wt WtAppeasement Appeasement 105 105Perfect Perfect Rhyme 103 103Sweet Sweet Nancy 103 103UBoat UBoat 102 102Torch Torch Betty 101 101Mad Mad Sue 101 101Heather Heather Time 100
