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j ! I : I j 1 V | , [ ■ : 1 Marriage Topweighted For Tropical Handicap Must Concede Four Freedoms Six Pounds Under Assignment of 126 CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 4.— Marriage, by virtue of his lengthy string of stake victories, combined with the fact that his recent Coral Gables Handicap triumph demonstrated he was at peak form, heads | ! the list of six nominees in the mile and a I , furlong Tropical Handicap with 126 pounds | as his portion. This 0,000 added stake j J is the main attraction yearly at Tropical Park and the big event of the charity week | 1 program, as well as for the Florida seasons I flm] day of horse racing. j Half a dozen pounds below the Coward I : and Du Puy veteran is the Greentree Stables I I Four Freedoms, recent surprise winner of the Widener Handicap. Another six pounds ! away is W. W. Crenshaws Grasshopper II., leader in last Saturdays mile and a six- I teenth Ponce de Leon Handicap. He tops Argonne Woods, runner-up in that stake, I by still another six-pound margin. Then , comes Sweep Swinger with 105 and Equi- | nox with 103 pounds. Marriages weight is six more than he toted to victory in the Coral Gables Handi- j cap, where he bested Mar-Kell and others. It also is half a dozen pounds higher than his impost in the Widener, where he finished fifth to Four Freedoms. The latter packed 109 12 in that mile and a quarter against this Saturdays 120. Grasshopper II. has six off his Ponce de Leon and Argonne Woods is dropping seven.
