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j | I i Eleven Better Grade Sprinters Match Strides in Bristol Handicap Offering I | ! i I I I i 1 j i i | " I j I I I 1 ! 1 • 1 j Fire Warden, First of All, t ► Valdina Punch Big Trio In Six-Furlong Headliner PAWTUCKET, R. I., April 28.— The | ,000 Bristol Handicap, six-furlong sprint j for three-year-olds and upward, is the I headline attraction on the well-balanced program which racing secretary and handi- I capper Mathias "Ty" Shea has arranged for j j I presentation at Narragansett Park tomor- row morning. Of the 23 original nomina- j j tions for the dash. 11 of the better grade : performers were named through the over- j night entry box to accept the issue in the 1 ; week-end feature. Mrs. Jacob Freedmans Fire Warden has i been assigned the post of honor for the j Bristol and is asked to shoulder 120 pounds. The erratic gelded son of Burning Blaze — j Smacker won a division of the Taunton [ Purse on April 20, but was soundly beaten in his next local start, bowing to Mrs. H. P. ! ! Bonners First of All, H. H. Polks Dream Parade and other speedy sprinters, in an overnight allowance race. Won Overseas Purse First of All, who will take up 115 pounds j j in the Bristol, gave a game performance to | attain major honors in the Overseas Purse, | I and he is expected to cause his rivals con- j siderable difficulty tomorrow. The Bonner l star, who Is a Dixiana-bred son of Sweep j All, won several important engagements I during his 1942 and 1943 campaigns, and trainer J. R. "Doc Upton has him back to the races in top condition. , W. I. Lunt s Valdina Punch, who is generally rated as one of the best four-year- olds in training, will go to the post in the j Bristol under 118 pounds, and his impressive I victory in the Concord Purse last week I t ► | j I I j j I j j : j 1 ; i j stamps him as one of the stouter contenders. • Valdina Punch is to have the saddle services of apprentice Harry Pratt, contract rider for the Lunt establishment and presently . leading the national riding standings. . ! I Merry-Ho Stables Scotch Abbot, who was narrowly beaten by Loveday in the , Roger Williams Handicap, will race coupled with Lyle Phillips hard-hitting Tetra Rock. . B. F. Listers locally owned Eternity, who gave a clever account of himself to gain a 1 • dead heat with W. I. Lunts Merry Sun-j shine in the Patriot Purse on April 25. is J to start in the Bristol and has been asked to pick up 102 pounds. Rounding out the field for the feature are Mrs. Wallace Renards Mixer. H. H. Polks Drea I Parade. Clyde Ruffs Mint-I lock, H. H. Haags Amazed and Miss Anita l Kings Son of War.
