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New England Racing Shifts to Suffolk SixtyDay Meeting At Boston Course CourseSeven Seven Shifty Milers Topped By Argonne Woods to Seek Winthrop Handicap Honors HonorsBOSTONi BOSTONi Mass May 8 Suffolk Downs the seaside oval presents its ninth season of major league horse racing with the opening on Monday afternoon of 60day spring and summer meeting meetingA A splendid inaugural card is on the fire led by the 1500 Winthrop Handicap and while the majority of opening day entries are horses which have performed at Nar ragansett Park there are 19 carloads of thoroughbreds en route from Pimlico Their presence in the daybyday races will provide some of the most thrilling sport in the brief but brilliant history of the course courseThe The approaching session is unusual in more ways than one It is not only the second meeting conducted under hoving war clouds but it is likewise the first in which the parking lot has been closed to automobile traffic The effect of this revolutionary move upon mutuels and at ¬ tendance will be keenly studied by other race tracks of the nation However Suf ¬ folk Downs is fortunately situated with a street car spur running to its very doors in easy accessibility of all parts of the city cityThat That does not too prominently concern race fandom however Their interest lies in horses and jockeys and of this com ¬ modity Suffolk will have more than its quota The spacious barns can accom ¬ modate no fewer than 1200 thoroughbreds and every stall will be occupied by mid ¬ week Of jockeys there will likewise be no dearth In addition to the cream of Nar ragansett most of the Pimlico riders are en route coupled with a smattering of jockeys from California and New York YorkRed Red Vulcan in Headliner HeadlinerSeven Seven horses were named overnight for the 1500 Winthrop Handicap at one mile all of them consistent performers at Narragansett Park Argonne Woods is starting top weight under 117 pounds the Miles star spotting from two to 13 pounds to all other members of the field Chal lomihe Galafly Arthur Murray Red Vul ¬ can Incoming andEric Knight are others in the fine band of milers in the 1500 fray frayVisitors Visitors too will find the course ready The running strip has been groomed to a fine speedy edge the centerfield is an emerald lawn the Victory gardens are staked out and flags are waving Pleasing to the eye and pleasing to the sportsmen will be the manner in which the sport is conducted Charles J McLennan returns as racing secretary Bob Frend will do the starting Herman Conkling Edwin J Brown Jr William Almy Jr and John Bowditch will be in the stewards stand while Eb Pons Sidney Brown and Hart Dernham will call the finishes supported by the Jones Camera eye Post time re ¬ mains at 230 and the Daily Double as usual will be on the first and second races Only two stakes are listed to date the 5000 Governors Handicap on May 15 and the Paul Revere Handicap on May 22 although other and more richly endowed races will be presented during the season A definite announcement as to these stakes will be made early in the meeting
