Puritan Handicap Top Suffolk Event of Week: Arrival of Many Horses Augurs Well for More Interesting Sport, Daily Racing Form, 1943-05-24

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Puritan Handicap Top Suffolk Event of Week WeekArrival Arrival of Many Horses Augurs Well for More Interesting Sport SportBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 22 All that is needed is a break from the weatherman to have the third week of the Suffolk Downs meejing the best of the season to date The piece de resistance of the week is the 5000 added Puritan Handicap one mile and a furlong feature to be decided on Saturday This test which closed today has attracted a representative lot lotThroughout Throughout the week there is a sparkling of attractive features and while todays muddy strip forced the use of an extra event in the place of the featured Backbay Purse a return to a fast track will see the remaining headline attractions of the new week run off on schedule scheduleProbably Probably the most important event sec ¬ ond only to the Puritan Handicap is the midweek feature the Suffolk Handicap at one mile which will close Monday The Suffolk carries a purse of 1800 and will serve as a prep for many of the Puritan candidates candidatesThoroughbreds Thoroughbreds have been arriving daily at the East Boston course and there should be no shortage of newcomers listed


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