Talon Assigned 128 For Dixie Handicap: Stymie Held Pound Lower for Pimlicos Week-End Feature, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-05

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Tqlon Assigned 128 For Dixie Handicap HandicapStymie Stymie Held Pound Lower for Pimlicos WeekEnd Feature FeaturePIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 4 Weight assignments for the 25000 Dixie Handicap to be run at a mile and three sixteenths this coming Saturday were re ¬ leased here this morning by racing secre ¬ tary Charles J McLennan McLennanThe The dubious honor of carrying top im ¬ post was given to Richard N Ryans Talon the Santa Anita Handicap winner having been given a burden of 128 pounds poundsSecond Second in the opinion of McLennan and considered a certain starter is the worlds leading moneywinning thoroughbred Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Stymie under 127 pounds Calumet Farms Armed follows with 126 pounds but he still must be considered a very doubtful starter starterAnother Another topweight aspirtant for Dixie honors under 124 pounds is Ridgewood Stables Double Jay winner of the recent Trenton Handicap at Garden State Park and already on the grounds for the en ¬ gagement Double Jay is an especially sharp horse at present and a meeting be ¬ tween he and Stymie would serve as an excellent attraction for Pimlico to present presentOther Other thoroughbreds in the upper bracket are Calumet Farms Fervent and Cornelius V Whitneys Phalanxs with 121 and 120 pounds respectively Fervent currently is in Kentucky and Phalanx has yet to make his seasonal bow so both are considered doubtful starters startersAmong Among the 35 nominations Faultless 117 Turbine 115 and Contest 110 pounds appear the most probable starters Contest and Faultless finished first and second re ¬ spectively in Saturdays Edward Burke Burke Handicap at Havre de Grace while Turbine was second to Rippey in the Princeton Handicap at Garden State StateWeights Weights for the Dixie follow Talon TalonStymie Stymie StymieArmed Armed ArmedDouble Double Jay JayFervent Fervent FerventPhalanx Phalanx PhalanxEndeavour Endeavour II IIElpis Elpis ElpisEl El Mono MonoFaultless Faultless FaultlessBut But Why Not NotColosal ColosalDonor Colosal Donor DonorTurbine Turbine TurbineKnockdown Knockdown KnockdownLord Lord Boswell BoswellCoincidence Coincidence Colony Boy 111 Royal Governor 111 111Contest Contest 110 110Alexis Alexis 110 110Air Air Hero 110 110Basileus Basileus TJ 110 110Butler Butler 110 110Tidp Tidp Rips 110 110Flash Flash Burn 109 109Service Service Pilot 109 109Hyblaze Hyblaze 108 108Incline Incline 107 107Dog Dog OSullivan 106 106Halconer Halconer 105 105Blue Blue Border 104 104Toronto Toronto 100 100Cable Cable 100


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