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Riverland and Attention Feud Raging Grey Lag to Decide Superiority Issue IssueHirsch Hirsch Campaigner Will Be In Receipt of Pound From Rival in Saturdays Stake StakeJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 5 Whether or not River lands victory over Attention in the Dixie at Pimlico last Saturday was made possible qnly because Attention en ¬ countered a measure of ill racing luck will be answered when the two stalwarts of the handicap division clash in a return meeting in the 15000 added Grey Lag closing fea ¬ ture of Jamaicas successful meeting Satur ¬ day dayWhile While it is true Attention was blocked by his running mate Tola Rose during the running of the Dixie Riverland neverthe ¬ less covered himself with glory in that ancient Baltimore fixture as he went on to prevail by a short length in the new track record time of 156 for the mile and threesixteenths threesixteenthsSo So much interest is being shown in their return engagement however that indica ¬ tions are that it will lure a crowd of record proportions to the popular Locust Manor course Succinctly this return meeting is a turf natural naturalRiverlanfl Riverlanfl will carry top weight of 127 pounds in the Grey Lag a test of one mile and a furlong Attention is in with 126 In the Dixie each carried 123 pounds so Attention will be favored by a onepound weight shift on the weekend weekendOther Other Dixie Money Horses to Compete CompeteHal Hal Price Headleys Anticlimax and Tola Rose owned by A J Sackett who finished third and fourth respectively in the Dixie are also expected to run back in the Grey Lag Anticlimax was beaten only a nose by Attention last Saturday while Tola Rose wound up four lengths back of the Ken tuckian Each will pick up a pound extra in Jamaicas getawayday special with Anticlimax rigged at 114 and Tola Rose at 112 112In In addition racing secretary Jonn B Campbell expects the other probables will be comprised of Belair Studs Apache 119 R A Cowards Marriage 119 Louis B Mayers Thumbs Up 116 C S Howards Mioland 116 he finished last in the Dixie T H Heard Jrs Boysy 114 Greentree Stables Devil Diver 114 John B Part ¬ ridges MineeMo 108 Isadore Biebers Bright Gallant 107 J M Roeblings Loch invar 107 The Barrington Stables Scot ¬ land Light 106 and WL Ranchs Paper ¬ boy 100 The stake closed with 54 nomi ¬ nations nationsShould Should a dozen start and that seems a conservative estimate this would mark the richest running of the Grey Lag in its short history grossing 19550 and netting the winner 14350 It is Jamaicas richest stake of the spring meeting for older horses horsesWhen When Dit won the inaugural running in 1941 he netted 8075 while Marriage in capturing the Grey Lag last season gleaned 13600Riverlands 13600 Riverlands Accomplishments AccomplishmentsAdmittedly Admittedly the Grey Lag appears on paper a battle between Riverland and At ¬ tention but at the weights the race pro ¬ vides an opportunity for any of the lesser regarded candidates to topple the favored pair pairNew New Yorkers have already been tnrilled by the prowess of Riverland They saw Louisiana Farms big gelding in three races here prior to his conquest of the Dixie He was beaten a head by Apache in a sec ¬ tion of the Paumonok deadheated with Apache in the Wantagh run in 110 ty ¬ ing the sixfurlong track mark and then he romped to a decisive triumph in the Excelsior Handicap HandicapAttention Attention a son of Equipoise has had only two races this spring both at Pmlico In his race prior to the Dxie the Max Hirsch ace won the Gittings Handicap by three lengths Since his return from Pim ¬ lico Attention worked an easy mile in 144 pulled up a mile and a furlong in 159 Tola Rose was sent a mile in 147 and one mile and a furlong in 201 201Riverland Riverland has not been out on the track at Belmont since he got back from Pimlico He needs no training of course Trainer Moody Jolley says he came out of the Dixie in perfect fettle
