Next Four Programs at Pimlicos Combined Meeting for War Relief: Baltimore Spring Handicap Offered Today and Renewal Of 0,000 Dixie Saturday, Daily Racing Form, 1944-05-01

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Next Four Programs at Pimlicos Combined Meeting for War Relief Baltimore Spring Handicap Offered Today and Renewal Of 30000 Dixie Saturday SaturdayBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md April 29 Four days for War Relief and presentation of a stakeaday during the sixday period fea ¬ tures next weeks racing at Pimlicos com ¬ bined meeting of Marylands four major tracks tracksIn In a sense the ensuing week or rather the first four days Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday is the most im ¬ portant phase of this season since it af ¬ fords the opportuniey to further increase the sports Wai Fund FundPresident President Harry A Parr III of the Maryland Jockey Club speaking on behalf of Laurel Havre de Grace Bowie and Pim ¬ lico who are participating in the joint meeting at Pimlico announced today that all the net revenues of those days at Pim ¬ lico will be devoted to War Relief agencies Funds will be accepted by the Maryland Jockey Club War Relief Fund Inc a special and properly accredited corporatipn for the receipt and disbursement of war relief funds at the Maryland Jockey Clubs Pimlico race course courseIn In making known the gift of four of the 28 days of the joint meeting to War Relief president Parr stated the funds realized on Wednesday would be specially earmarked for the American Red Cross The balance of the sums raised on the three other days will be disbursed by the new relief corpor ¬ ation in line with similar contributions made by the racing associations in the recent war years No estimate was made by Parr on how much might be realized but he expressed confidence that it would be substantial and given good weather might even exceed previous donations donationsSollure Sollure in Sprint Fixture FixtureThe The first offering of the week Is the 7500 added Baltimore Spring Handicap a sixfurlong test for threeyearolds and older and while other fixtures hold par ¬ ticular attention on their respective oc ¬ casions the main atraction is Saturdays 30000 added Dixie Handicap HandicapThis This mile and threesixteenths grind for threeyearolds and older is Marylands oldest stake race having been contested for the first time in 1870 Many of the greats and near greats of the thorough ¬ bred world are included in its roster of winners Sarazen being there Mars and Mike Hall too and Equipoise and the truly remarkable Whirlaway Incidentally although the Preakness Stakes is the high ¬ light of each Pimlico spring meeting the Dixie has usually been the better race from the standpoint of the spectacular gen ¬ erally proving a slambangdragout fight from start to finish finishMondays Mondays Baltimore Spring brings to ¬ gether seven reputable sprinters with high weight of 122 pounds being assigned H Bedwells Sollure and E C Westwoods Challamore Others in the tilt listed fifth are Charles S Howards Porters Cap 105 pounds S Greer and Sons Cape Cod 112 H L Straus New Moon 108 G T Strothers Abrasion 110 and Mrs Donald Woodwards Piccadilly 110 pounds


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