Pontiac Handicap Heads Todays Fairmount Card: Clarksville and Miss Ethel Equal Top Weights in Route Attraction, Daily Racing Form, 1943-06-05

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Pontiac Handicap Heads Todays Fairmount Card CardClarksville Clarksville and Miss Ethel Equal Top Weights in Route Attraction AttractionCOLIUNSVILLE COLIUNSVILLE 111 June 4 By far the most attractive program of the meeting will be presented at Fairmount Park to ¬ morrow Occupying the sixth and feature spot is the Pontiac Handicap but the Springfield a run of one mile and seventy yards under allowance conditions and the fourth race likewise an allowance affair also are outstanding numbers numbersTen Ten speedsters were named for the Pon ¬ tiac with John Greeners Clarksville who finished second to Sales Talk in the In ¬ augural Handicap and Miss Ethel assigned top weight of 110 pounds each Miss Ethel was away from racing last year but prior to that she was one of the best sprinters to engage in local racing racingBring Bring Me Home an E R Bradley cast off and double winner at Sportsmans Park will carry 109 pounds and then follows Franks Boy a local favorite under 108 pounds Maxiekin Little Red Fox Gold Mike Doubtful and Water Tower complete the field Doubtful also is named for the fifth race and Water Tower for the fourth fourthOnly Only six will contest the Springfield and Ballyarnett who made the Memorial Day Handicap quite interesting for Valdina Groom will shoulder top burden of 112 pounds Sun Pharos comes next under 109 and Khaygramjim Pat and Doubtful will carry 103 pounds each Onette who rounds out the field will have a feather of 98 pounds aboard aboardRoy Roy Jones Seeks Honors HonorsIn In the fourth race J C Bentleys Roy Jones is the highest weighted under 117 pounds A superior mudder he might find a track to his liking However should good weather continue the racing strip will be at its best Water Tower a stablemate of Roy Jones gets in under 114 pounds and Be Calm a winner here will tote 109 Alca Eve carrying 106 pounds King Epi ¬ thet with 104 Carbonate under 103 and Safe Bid and Miss Advice complete the field fieldAs As several of the numbers have small fields a substitute is carded Four of the eight races will be run over one mile and seventy yards and one of these the sev ¬ enth contest will bring together 10 evenly matched platers This also is the fact with the opening event a dash of six furlongs Float Away who returned to winning form here last Saturday is pitted against C C Curtiss Narghileh Music Teacher Grand Lady Treemontier Half Time Bamboo Broom and Yankee Notions NotionsThe The second number is the only one to have filled to overflowing proportions Eighteen horses were carded and 22 were excluded excludedPost Post time for the first race will be 3 oclock There will be no racing on Mon ¬ day and when the sport is resumed Tues ¬ day starting time probably will revert back to 2 oclock


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