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AUGURYMUSTSHOULDER TOP WEIGHT IN VANITY VANITYFleet Fleet McCarthy Miss Assigned 122 Pounds for 10000 Added Weekbnd Stake at Hollywood HollywoodINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif June 26 If Neil S McCarthys Augury speedy fouryearold daughter of Happy Argo takes part in the 10000 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park she will be obliged to do so under top weight of 122 pounds Under that assignment Augury will concede four pounds to the Vegas Stock Farms Omelet six to the Bing lin Stock Farms Barrancosa eight to Mrs Vera S Braggs Cute Trick and from nine to eighteen pounds to the others in the list of eleven fillies and mares named for the mile and a sixteenth stake Augury thus far has shown little disposition to travel at top speed as far as the distance of Sat ¬ urdays race hut she is possessed of a high order of speed and her connections still have hopes of seeing her compete success ¬ fully at distances greater than a mile mileThe The McCarthy miss has not been tested at a route since she finished second to Omelet beaten only a neck in the Santa Margarita Handicap at a mile and a six ¬ teenth at Santa Anita last winter In that race she made all of the pace and battled on gamely to the end only to be beaten in the last few strides Then she was con ¬ ceding four pounds to the winner winnerSince Since then Augury has been cpnfined to the sprints which are much more suited to her running qualities Here at Hollywood Park she has turned in two excellent sprint efforts She finished second to Painted Veil in the 10000 Sequoia Handicap conced ¬ ing fourteen pounds to the Louis B Mayer filly and before that won the Pytho Handi ¬ cap beating among others the Premiere Handicap winner Hysterical HystericalAugury Augury has trained well for Saturdays distance event and is sure to have a large following for the stake It is generally conceded that if she doesnt win the race she will make it interesting for the filly or mare that does doesPAINTED PAINTED VEIL AND OMELET ON EDGE EDGEAugurys Augurys stoutest opposition is expected to come from Painted Veil and Omelet Painted Veils winning performance in the Sequoia left little doubt as to her present fitness while Omelet also displayed a notable effort in running third Both came from behind and while Painted Veil was able to pass the McCarthy filly Omelet which came from a good deal farther back was only a length behind Augury at the wire Both the Mayer and Vegas Stock Farm runners should be quite at home over the distance of Satur ¬ days feature featureAlso Also likely to prove worthy contenders are Barrancosa and the two representatives of Mrs Bragg Cute Trick and Transient TransientThe The latter two have been racing well since the Hollywood season began while Barran cosa has been training in a manner to sug ¬ gest her formidability The Binglin repre ¬ sentative will be making her first start since her splendid effort in the San Juan Capi strano Handicap at Santa Anita last March when she finished third to Mioland and Genl Manager ManagerAn An interesting entry in the Vanity is George Rafts recently acquired KayDiane the rapidly improving daughter of Bistouri She will be making her first start in stakes company and her effort will be watched with keen interest interestThe The weights for the Vanity Handicap follow Horse Augury Omelet Barrancosa Cute Trick Painted Veil KayDiane Horse Wt WtAfrican African Queen 109 109Transient Transient 108 108Perfect Perfect Rhyme 105 105Torch Torch Betty 105 105Rackatack Rackatack 104
