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Six Speedsters Go In Havre Feature FeatureBrookfield Brookfield Black Gang New Moon Director J E Compete in Omaha Purse PurseHAVRE HAVRE DE GRACE Md May 18 The second spring meeting at this point will move into its final full week Monday Two traditional features remain on the associa ¬ tions stakes agenda the first of which is the 20000 added Havre de Grace Handi ¬ cap which will have its thirtyfifth run ¬ ning on Saturday The other major attrac ¬ tion is the 5000 added Eastern Shore Handicap for twoyearolds which will cli ¬ max the closing day program on Monday May 27 27Brookfield Brookfield Farms good sprinter Brook field who finished tenth in the recent Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park has been returned to this point and heads a field of six threeyearolds and upward who will meet over the six furlongs route in Mondays featured 5000 Omaha Purse Brookfield found the Metropolitan mile a little too far and tired after racing for wardly during the early stages Six fur ¬ longs is more within his range of capabil ¬ ities and the colt will be one of the choices in the wellmatched Omaha field fieldBlack Black Gang the clever Cedar Farm sprinter has won his last two starts trouncing both Director J E and New Moon in his most recent sortie over a fast track There is a slight weight shift in New Moons favor Monday and the Straus color bearer must be accorded considerable con ¬ sideration Both Prepossessing and Giboir appear to be ambitiously placed Giboir has been idle since 1944 and ran for as little as 800 during that season Prepos ¬ sessing is another who has been out of action for some time timeArmed Armed Among Probables ProbablesThere There are 47 eligibles for the Havre De Grace Handicap and weights for the mile and a furlong event are due late today from racing secretary Charles McLennan Among those considered possibilities for the week ¬ end special are Calumet Farms Armed Christiana Stables Alexis and Megogo Walter M Jeffords Trymenow Miss Ruth McClenaghans Harford Mrs Edward Mul renans First Fiddle K A OConnors Statesman and A F Plocks Ellis EllisArmed Armed who shattered the onemile and a sixteenth record when he captured the Philadelphia Handicap during the first meeting here will be shooting at another mark if he goes postward in the Havre De Grace This is Osculators mark of 149 which stands as the stakes time record since 1933 1933At At least a halfdozen of the better juv ¬ eniles in Maryland have been pointing for the five furlongs Eastern Shore and the event may provide one of the finest two yearold clashes of the spring season Al ¬ most certain to compete in the race are Ella K Brysons Bullow Christiana Stables Papete S W Labrot Jrs Manchac McCas kill and Jones Hop On Gustave Rings Chally Mally and Jouett Shouses Mesl The latter a bay daughter of Head Play Arden Lass was a smart winner of the Bowie Kindergarten Stakes top juvenile event at that meeting
