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Grey Lag Handicap 15000 Three ThreeYearOlds YearOlds and Upward One and andOneEighth OneEighth Miles PP Horse Jockey Wt WtJ 1 Boysy J Cavens 114 2 Our Boots T Atkinson 110 110No 3 Bally Boy No Boy 102 102S 4 Riverland S Brooks 127 127E 5 Marriage E Guerin 119 119C 6 Anticlimax C Bierman 114 114No 7 Ahamo No Boy 105 105W 8 ToIaRose W Mehrtens 112 112S 9 MineeMo S Murphy 108 10 Robert Morris TAtkinson 108 11 Attention J Gilbert 126 126A A J Sackett and M Hirsch entry Tola Rose and Attention Eleven Stars Meet In Grey Lag Today TodayTtiverland Ttiverland and Attention Do Battle Again in Jamaicas 75000 Final Attraction JAMAICA L L N Y May 7 The cur ¬ tain will roll down tomorrow at Jamaica on the most successful spring meeting in the history of the Metropolitan Jockey Club and as a glorious climax the getaway pro ¬ gram will be headlined by the third run ¬ ning of the 15000 Grey Lag Handicap which drew 11 of the leading older stars to do battle at one mile and a furlong furlongThe The classy field named overnight is topped by Louisiana Farms Riygrland and Max Hirschs Attention both of whom will make liberal weight concessions to the others Riverland at 127 pounds actually is the high weight while Attention is asked to carry 126 This will mark a return en ¬ gagement for in Pimlicos Dixie last week ¬ end Riverland set a new track record of 156 for one mile and threesixteenths in beating Attention a short lengtlfin a rous ¬ ing finish finishRace Race May Gross 19350 19350If If all 11 answer the call of action the Grey Lag named for the famous horse of the golden 20s will gross 19350 and net the winner 14150 It is the richest spring stake of the meeting for threeyearolds and upward and it likewise will be the richest running in its short span It dates back to 1941 when Dit prevailed Last years renewal was won by Marriage who will attempt to repeat that triumph tomor ¬ row under 119 pounds poundsIn In addition tb the other entrants are T H Heard Jrs 100 storybook horse horseContinued Continued on Page Four RIVERLAND Probably will rule favorite in todays renewal of the Grey Lag Handicap Jamaicas closing feature Eleven Handicap Stars Match Strides In Grey Lag on Final Jamaica Program Riverland Attention Rivalry Enlivens Interest in Third Running of 75000 Fixture FixtureContinued Continued from Page One OneBoysy Boysy Woodvale Farms Our Boots winner of the 1940 Belmont Futurity Hal Price Headleys Anticlimax a bangup third in the Dixie last Saturday and winner of the Clark John B Partridges MineeMo run ¬ nerup to Riverland in the Excelsior Hand ¬ icap two weeks back J F Byers Robert Morris The Barrington Stables Ahamo C A ONeil Jrs Bally Boy and A J Sacketts Tola Rose stablemate of Atten ¬ tion who finished fourth in the Dixie DixieAdvance Advance calculations are inclined to single out Riverland as a slight early choice over Attention but the experts while hold ¬ ing these two perhaps superior in quality to the others expect the race to result in any ¬ thing but a duel Rather they feel that at the weights anything can win winIf If nothing else however the Grey Lag will settle the moot question of superiority between the favored pair since the Atten ¬ tion followers are not yet convinced that Riverland was the better horse in the Dixie On this they base their alibi on the fact that Attention was blocked by Tola Rosfe at the crucial moment but for which they claim the Equipoise offspring might have garnered the rich spoils in that ancient Baltimore classic classicThat That the Grey Lag should be packed with thrills is taken for granted There is not a weak candidate entered although Bally Boy who won an overnight race early in the meeting Robert Morris and Ahamo may appear outmatched somewhat Still Bally Boy will tote only 102 pounds Robert Mor ¬ ris 108 and Ahamo 106 Weighted that way they could make trouble troubleMeet Meet at Equal Wetghts WetghtsRiverland Riverland and Attention met in the Dixie at equal weights 123 pounds each thus the Hirsch horse will be favored by a pound switch tomorrow In place of George Woolf who is to ride W L Branns Vincentiye in the Preakness at Pimlico Attention will be handled by Johnny Gilbert leading hooter of the Jamaica meeting who is in rare form this spring Riverland as usual will be piloted by the equally accomplished saddle smith Steve Brooks BrooksRiverland Riverland erstwhile selling plater who whipped both Whirlaway and Alsab within four days last fall seems destined to a more brilliant campaign of conquests this sea ¬ son than that which stamped him one of the king pins of the division in 42 For the Grey Lag he is girded for his best race He was never better Since returning from Pimlico he was given one smashing speed trial six furlongs in 111 at Belmont Thursday ThursdayAttention Attention seems to have returned to the races this spring as soundly and as formi ¬ dable as ever judging by his two Pimlico efforts Prior to the Dixie he had taken the Gittings Handicap there It will be re ¬ called he whipped Whirlaway in the Classic of 1941 and last year his most notable feat was accounting for the historic Metropoli ¬ tan Handicap In his preparatory trials for the Grey Lag the Hirsch ace galloped out a mile and a furlong in 159 and then came back with six furlongs in 113 113Anticlimax Anticlimax is expected to cut a wide swath in tomorrows farewell feature Weighted at 114 pounds and with Carroll Bierman astride the Headley horse figures to be in the thick of contention throughput He was beaten only a nose for the place by Attention in the Dixie and here he will be favored by a weight shift shiftMarriage Marriage is so unpredictable one can never rely on him He has beaten needless to say the best of them when in the run ¬ ning mood In two previous races at the meeting he placed fourth to Doublrab in the High Quest Handicap a sprint and third to Riverland in the Excelsior Handicap beaten off seven and a half lengths He is in here at 119 pounds poundsBoysy Boysy who was sixth in the Excelsior and third in a section of the Paumonok is to carry 114 pounds On some races he must 1 be respected Our Boots has not yet been seen under silks this morning but he has been working smoothly for some time at Belmonfr with the Grey Lag in view He seems nicely weighted at 110 pounds Tola Rose under 112 probably will go out to make the pace for Attention just as he did in the Dixie MineeMo vastly improved won a race following his fine showingTn the Excelsior For the Grey Lag he will shoulder 108 pounds poundsWith With a continuance of good weather a crowd of 30000 may jam Jamaica for the finale Beginning Monday at 130 p m the racing scene shifts tobeautiful Belmont Park ParkSupporting Supporting the Grey Lag will be six over ¬ night races including the 2500 added Hil dreth Handicap the 2000 Mokatam and the 2000 Silver Fox named in honor of the late trainer and two other thorough ¬ breds he had trained Hildreth also trained Grey Lag
