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i . ; . t Armed Pegged at 134 For Massachusetts Held Eight Pounds Over Stymie For Suffolks July 4 Feature SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., June 24. Calumet Farms Armed, that establishments successor to Whirlaway as its hope in the handicap division, has been asked to carry top weight of 134 pounds in the weight assignments of the 66 nominated for the 12th running of the 0,000 Massachusetts Handicap, feature event of the Fourth of July card, released today by racing secretary John P. Turner. Mrs. Ethel Jacobs Stymie, with 126 pounds, is the closest to the Calumet representative in the actual weight assignments, but there are others of equal interest. For instance, Mrs. Ed Mulrenans First Fiddle, winner of the mile and a furlong Suffolk Downs feature in 1944 and 1945, gets in with 123 pounds. Mrs. Ada L. Rices Sirde is next, with 121 pounds. The King Ranchs Assault, seventh winner of the American "Triple Crown," was assigned 120 pounds, as was Walter M. Jeffords Pavot. William L. Branns Gal-lorette, winner of Saturdays running of the Brooklyn Handicap, gets in with 119 pounds. Of the horses already on the grounds training for the feature event of the current Suffolk Downs meeting, A. F. Plocks Ellis gets in with 114 pounds; Mrs. C. P. Amodies Dinner Party and Metcalf and Ber-Mar Farms Spangled game, with 113 pounds each; W. E. Schlusemeyers Gabe Paul is asked to carry 110 and Longchamps Farms Apropiado, winner of the Bunker Hill Handicap, will carry 109 pounds. Following are the weight assignments for the Massachusetts: Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Armed 134 Inedito 109 Stymie 126 Richmond Jac 109 First Fiddle 123 Alexis 108 Sirde 121 Boy Soldier 108 Assault 120 Detection 108 Pavot 120 West Fleet 108 Gallorette 119 Adonis 107 Snow Boots 119 Helioptic 107 Biscailuz 118 Megogo 107 British Buddy 118 Plebiscite 107 Pujante 118 Valdina Lamar 107 Burg-El-Arab 116 ElmoT. 106 Concordian 115 Float Me 106 Rounders 115 Pericles 106 Ellis - 114 Perfect Bahram 106 Lord Boswell 114. Toolmaker 106 Olympic Zenith 114 Beldine 105 Dinner: Party 113 Pindus 105 Spangled Game 113 Allpulch 104 Best Effort 111 Billy Hardey 104 Docstader 111 Isology 104 Hillyer Court 111 Ricks Raft 104 KingDorsett 111 St. Jock 104 Knockdown 111 Yukon 104 ManOGlory 111 Easy Chance 103 Trymenow 111 Hammer-Lock 103 Gabe Paul 110 LinwoodJim 103 Apropiado 109 Patriotism 103 Coincidence 109 Fox Master 102 Colony Boy 109 Navy 102 Turnplate 102 Old Union 101 Valdina Craft 102 Pay Me 100 Hippodrome 101 Restless 10C No penalties.
