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NINE MAY GO TO POST IN COMMONWEALTH HANDICAP HANDICAPLittle Little Beans and Blue Pair in Race Cuts Down Size of Field FieldBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 11 It is likely that a field of nine threeyearolds will face starter R B Frend in the seventh running of the Commonwealth Handicap Saturdays feature will be decided at six furlongs and carries a value of 5000 added addedThe The presence of Little Beans and Blue Pair probably will be the chief reason that a larger field from the thirtysix nomina ¬ tions will not accept the issue issueIt It was learned definitely from New York that trainer J P Smith will keep the top weighted Omission on the Metropolitan cir ¬ cuit This will assign the post of honor to Mrs L Palladinos Little Beans under his burden of 122 pounds Mrs Vera S Braggs Blue Pair will be next to the high weight with 118 pounds poundsBOTH BOTH BEAT WHIRLAWAY WHIRLAWAYBoth Both boast the reputation of having de ¬ feated Whirlaway the triple crown winner this season Little Beans led home the Calu ¬ met champion in an overnight condition race at Tropical Park in March and Blue Pair administered defeat to Whirlaway in the one mile of the Derby Trial at Keene land The Pairbypair colt turned in a smashing effort going in 136 136A A doubtful starter is John R Macombers Red Vulcan a winner of four of his five starts The Pompey dolt if he accepts the issue may possibly topple both his rivals under 117 pounds poundsThe The others are G C Greers Cape Cod Marshall Fields Boiled Shirt B F Listers Bull Brier Groan Brooks Blue Lily and Hal Price Headleys Highanlow Blue Lily sped fiveeighths of a mile in 59 as a final prep for the Commonwealth a surge that repeated on Saturday might send her into a long early lead
