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Massachusetts Handicap Nominations Close Today TodayDeadline Deadline Also for Mayflower And Hannah Dustin Handicap HandicapBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 14 Emissaries of Suffolk Downs are touring the countrys leading race tracks to receive nominations for the 50000 Massachusetts Handicap the 15000 Mayflower Stakes and the 10 000 Hannah Dustin Handicap all closing at midnight Tuesday Nearly every top performer of the land is expected to be listed with racing secretary Charles J Mc ¬ Lennan by that deadline hour hourInterest Interest remains centered upon the 50 000 Massachusetts richest race of the New England season and won last year by Whirlaway in setting his new money win ¬ ning record The recent running of the Suburban Handicap at New York with 22 overnight entries and 17 actual starters re ¬ vealed an abundance of running talent along the Atlantic seaboard and there is little doubt that their presence will be re ¬ flected in a large and classy nominating lineup A year ago no fewer than 67 hope ¬ fuls were named for the race but at that time entries closed more than two months ahead of the running date This season entries close less than three weeks before the July 5th renewal and it is obvious that those named will have nothing but run on their minds The 10000 Hannah Dustin Handicap appeals to fillies and mares the richest of the Suffolk Downs season for their sex The past two years found Loveday its heroine the only horse in Suffolk history to repeat a stakes victory Loveday is tempo ¬ rarily on the sidelines and her spot will now be filled by another high ranking mare mareThe The 15000 Mayflower Stakes is attrac ¬ tive to twoyearolds exclusively The race is coming more and more into favor its past three winners all ranking high in the list of contemporary thoroughbreds In 1340 Blue Pair was returned the winner followed in 1941 by Alsab and in 1942 by Through Bound
