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Eleven to Oppose Turbine in Gittings Mahout, Trymenow Form Strong Entry George Case to Seek Repeat Triumph in Pimlico Fixture Under Impost of 1 16 Pounds PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 2.— Distance horses are offered their first opportunity of the Maryland Jockey Clubs 12-day meeting when Pimlico features its week-end program with the 0,000 Git-tings Handicap, mile and one-sixteenth event for three-year-olds and upward. Headed by Turbine, who will race for the estate of Mrs. H. Lebowitz, the Gittings field will include: King Ranchs Flash Burn, Walter Jeffords Trymenow, Mrs. Jeffords Mahout, Kenneth OConnors Statesman, Art-Dale Stables Gorget, Arnold Hangers Pujante, Christiana Stables Alexis, Cedar Farms George Case, Paradise Farms Dog OSullivan, J. H. Hammonds Butler, and Alfred G. Vanderbilts Detection. Top weight in the field under 124 pounds is Turbine, the son of Burning Star, who first gained national recognition by winning the Trenton Handicap last year over a field of stellar performers. Regarded as a very versatile performer. Turbine was never in better condition than he is at present. Since arriving from Florida, trainer P. Da Lee Watts has sent his charge postward only twice. In his northern debut, Turbine turned in a cracker-jack performance while placing second behind Natchez in the Ed. Burke Handicap. It was in that race that Natchez turned in the swiftest mile and a sixteenth ever run in Maryland. Turbine came off that effort to be a galloping five-length winner of an overnight allowance race. He picks up only two pounds off that effort and, with Mike Basile again in the pilothouse, figures to carry the wagers of the form followers. Roguish Son of Mahmoud Just one pound below Turbine in the opinion of racing secretary Chas. McLennan is Mahout, the four-year-old son of Mahmoud, who proved somewhat of a rogue in his late 1946 races. During his sophomore season, Mahout won the Peter Pan, Jersey and Jerome Handicaps, garnering 9,350. He has been postward only once this year and, while he failed to distinguish himself, he can be expected to show to better advantage tomorrow. In that single outing, Mahout was fourth, eight and one-half lengths behind Turbine, in an overnight affair at Havre de Grace. Mahout is due to have a very capable running mate in Trymenow, who gets in the race under the steadying impost of 120 pounds. Like Mahout, Trymenow has been postward only once this season, finishing third to George Case in an overnight sprint race. His true ability can not be determined off that race, for he has never been regarded as a sprinter. Like Turbine and Mahout, King Ranchs Flash Burn has the Dixie Handicap as his principal engagement, and past races indicate he will come up to that fixture in razor-sharp condition. In his first Maryland start, Flash Burn finished second behind Sollure at three-quarters of a mile. That race evidently did him a world of good, for he came back to race cleverly while winding up third behind Natchez and Turbine in the Burke. Under 116 pounds, Flash Burn picks up three pounds over his Burke assignment. George Case will be seeking a double in the Gittings, having won the race last year over a rather mediocre field. Tomorrows effort will mark his first appearance of the year over a distance of ground and he has been asked to tote 116 pounds. However, he comes up to the race with an impressive sprint record, having won two overnight races and finished third in the Harford in his three starts.
