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Roger Williams Handicap Will Bring Out Thirteen Loveday Likely to Rule Choice In Narragansett Route Feature PAWTUCKET, R. I.. April 21.— The I ninth running of the Roger Williams Handicap will headline the attractive program m arranged by racing secretary and j handicapper Mathias Shea for presentation at Narragansett Park tomorrow. The j stake will be contested by three-year-olds J and upward at one mile and a sixteenth and carries added money valuation of ,000. A breeders award of 50 is also an added inducement for the test and. of f the 23 original nominations made one » week ago, the names of 13 horses passed [ i through the overnight entry box here I I today. Of this number it is thought that j j some nine or ten will answer the bugle ? I I for the feature. I Strong public support will probably send I William Flemmings hard-hitting mare, , j i Loveday, to the post as favorite. She is, . reasonably weighted with 108 pounds and I George McMullen will be in the saddle. . The chestnut daughter of Petee-Wrack demonstrated her partiality for the local 1 course on opening day when she flashed I | good speed and finishing power to over- - j j whelm Mixer and Legation in the mile and I a sixteenth Inaugural Purse. Keenest opposition to Loveday probably will come from Mrs. Wallace Renards fast ; campaigner. Mixer, 108 pounds. After running second to Loveday on April 12, , he was beaten only two heads and a nose ! by Defense, Tetra Rock and Valdina i Punch in the Bristol Handicap on the 15th, again on the 19th he came back to decisively whip Victory Drive, Total Eclipse, , Reztips and others in an allowance affair. Tomorrow, Mixer will enjoy a 10 ft pounds advantage in weights over Loveday from i the opening day feature, a switch that ; might be sufficient to reverse the tables. .
