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ThirtySeven Nominations Made To Rich Massachusetts Handicap All Top Horses in Division Eligible to Suffolk Downs 50000 Stake on July 79 79EAST EAST BOSTON Mass June 7 A total of 37 nominees including virtually every handicap horse in training have been nom ¬ inated for the tenth running of the 50000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs on July 19 19Racing Racing secretary and handicapper Charles J McLennan will likely find diffi ¬ culty finding a top weight in the galaxy of thoroughbred talent available for the 1944 renewal He must choose from among the Greentree Stables Devil Diver and Stir Up Boone Hall Stables Princequillo L B Mayers Thumbs Up William Helis Round ¬ ers Havahome Stables Eurasian A C Ernsts Aletern Calumet Farms Sun Again W E Boeings Slide Rule and others othersThe The Massachusetts Handicap has during its short history become an institution at Suffolk Downs with the enviable honor of having never been won by any other than a topranking thoroughbred From a 25 000 inauguration in 1935 when Top Row was returned winner and in 1936 when Time Supply captured highest honors the race grew to its present 50000 proportions proportionsNetted Netted Seabiscuit 51780 51780Seabiscuit Seabiscuit was the first to annex the coveted prize after it was increased to its present value and proved a stepping stone to alltime moneywinning honors the net value of 51780 a heavy boost along the road to that distinction He was followed in sequence by Menow Fighting Fox Eight Thirty War Relic Whirlaway and Market Wise Whirlaway s speed chore in 1942 was worth 43850 as 45000 fans cheered him to a money gleaning mark of his own sur ¬ passing the Seabiscuit figure with some ¬ thing to spare spareNominees Nominees for this years running of New Englands richest turf classic are as fol ¬ lows Aletern AleternAlex Alex Earth EarthAlquest AlquestAlsab Alquest Alsab AlsabApache Apache ApacheBarbara Barbara Childs ChildsBossuet Bossuet BossuetBourmont Bourmont BourmontCastleman Castleman CastlemanChallamore Challamore ChallamoreChicago Chicago Dr DrChop Chop Chop ChopCoronal CoronalDefense Coronal Defense DefenseDense Dense Path PathDevil Devil Diver DiverDinner Dinner Party PartyDirector Director J E EEurasian Eurasian Famous Victory First Fiddle Four Freedoms Goober Lad Great Rush Incoming Jimmie Kings Abbey Princequillo Ramillies Rounders Slide Rule Some Chance Stir Up Sun Again Thumbs Up Tola Rose Valdina Lamar
