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Blackstone Valley High Impost to Spiral Pass PassAssigned Assigned 120 Pounds for Final Feature of Gansett Meeting MeetingPAWTUCKET PAWTUCKET R I May 6 Mt Desert Stables Spiral Pass one of the outstand ¬ ing campaigners of last season in New England has been assigned top weight of 120 pounds for the Blackstone Valley Handicap 2500 feature at six furlongs which headlines the final day of Narra ¬ gansett Parks spring meeting on Saturday The filly has not started since her cam ¬ paign in Hot Springs last winter and trainer John McDowell had not decided today whether he would send her forth in the weekend event eventSecond Second in the weights are C P Miles Argonne Woods and the Pine Tree Farms Valdina Alpha both in at 116 Neither has started at the meeting Argonne Woods one of the most improved horses in train ¬ ing was a star in Florida competition last winter He won his last start at Tropical Park and has been training well here Val ¬ dina Alpha purchased by Pine Tree from Valdina Farm during the Suffolk Downs meeting last summer showed up excep ¬ tionally well against the best stakes per ¬ formers in this section during 1942 1942Robby Robby Robertsons K Dorko winner of the sixfurlong Bristol Handicap two weeks back will go into the race under 112 a pound more than has been given Mrs Wal ¬ lace Renards Red Vulcan VulcanK K Dorko and Red Vulcan came to the end of the Bristol journey heads apart On that occasion however the winner was receiving two pounds from the runner up There is a threepound shift against K Dorko in Saturdays contest contestThe The New Englandowned campaigner Hicomb and Gala Fly go into the Black stone Valley under 110 each Blenweed which has shown high speed in sprints here has 108 108Others Others of the 13 assigned weights by racing secretary Robert S Shelley are Fair Call 107 Mixer Charitable and Itabo all at 104 and the lightweight Samhar 110
