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Shut Out Works Six Furlongs in 111 35 Greentree Star Is Set for Toboggan TobogganShifty Shifty Field Will Oppose Crack Son of Equipoise in Belmonts Opening Fixture FixtureNEW NEW YORK N Y May 6 Greentree Stables Shut Out fairly sizzled at Belmont Park today as the son of Equipoise blazed six furlongs on the main track in 111 He was unextended and dockers expressed no little wonder at the way he reeled off themove themoveHe He turned the first quarter mile in 22 the halfmile in 46 and the fiveeighths in 58 This impressive speed trial sug ¬ gests that Shut Out the largest money winning thoroughbred of 1942 may launch his long awaited 1943 debut in the 5000 Toboggan Handicap The historic six fur ¬ longs will feature Belmont Parks opening program on Monday MondayShut Shut Out and Louisiana Farms River land were each assigned 130 pounds for the Toboggan but Riverland is scheduled to run tomorrow at Jamaica in the Grey Lag Handicap and so may pass up Bel ¬ monts inaugural headliner thus Shut Out would be the starting high weight con ¬ ceding from four to as much as forty pounds to the others The Toboggan closed with 53 nominations nominationsProbables Probables for Inaugural Headliner HeadlinerThe The Toboggan will provide a stiff test for Mrs Payne Whitneys illustrious color bearer since it is likely he will be opposed by Mrs Tilyou Christophers Doublrab rigged at 125 pounds Josephine Grimes With Regards 118 Louis B Mayers Thumbs Up 116 Calumet Farms Mar Kell 112 Brandywine Stables Pompion 112 Kingfisher stablemate of Doublrab 112 Victor Emanuels Omission 112 Be lair Studs Bossuet 109 Brbokmeade Sta ¬ bles Mettlesome 109 R Sterling darks Colchis 108 C V Whitneys Parasang 108 Foxcatcher Farms Suncap 108 Joe W Browns Brownie 106 Mrs Walter M Jeffords Halberd 105 and others rated essentially speed runners runnersWith With Regards winner of a section of the Paumonok Handicap at Jamaica was clocked in 113 at Belmont Park today ostensibly for the Toboggan TobogganShut Shut Out who won the Blue Grass Stakes Kentucky Derby Belmont Stakes Yankee Handicap Classic Stakes and the Travers Stakes and amassed earnings of 238972 last year has two other engage ¬ ments at the huge Nassau County track the mile Metropolitan on Saturday May 15 and the mile and a quarter Suburban Handicap on Monday May 31 The To ¬ boggan would be his stepping stone to these more important and richer timehon ¬ ored fixtures
