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Martin Flynn Purse Lures Ten to Post t Jessies Beau Extra Mileage MileageTopweighted Topweighted Mrs Valenti However MayRule Favorite FavoriteSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 5 The program arranged for presentation here tomorrow by racing secretary Horace Wade is graced by two exceptionally in ¬ teresting contests of direct contracts Oc ¬ cupying the featured position as the sixth race is the five furlong Martie Flynn an allowance event which drew 10 overnight entries Placed as the fifth offering is the Semester a one mile and a sixteenth allow ¬ ance affair with a select field of six sixMrs Mrs G T Peters Jessies Beau and Rorick Lanes Extra Mileage are to carry top weights of 120 pound under the condi ¬ tions of the Martie Flynn although the public will undoubtedly place their atten ¬ tion mainly between Valenti Stables Mrs Valenti Al Gaals Catchweista and M H Van Bergs Rose Bed Both of the top burdened racers are representatives of western owners having been campaigned at the Phoenix race meetings last winter Of the two Jessies Beau could well deserve his impost according to the dockers who tabbed him in one of the quickest morning dashes of this spring The Arizona bred Bee Line gelding futilely chased the power ¬ ful sprinter Bubbling Easy in the fivefur ¬ long Berwyn Purse opening day but weak ¬ ened in the drive to finish fourth Extra Mileage although a speedy sort is not ex ¬ pected to be able to challenge seriously the company which he will be required to meet tomorrowRan tomorrow Ran Second to Henny Penny PennyMrs Mrs Valenti turned in one of the best efforts of any of the entrants in the Martie Flynn at this meeting when she raced sec ¬ ond to Henny Penny in the abbreviated Illinois Valley Purse last Saturday Al ¬ though unable to menace the winner Mrs Valenti held safe the remainder of the field with authority authorityCatchweista Catchweista had no opportunity to dis ¬ play her usual speed in her only outing here tumbling badly leaving the starting gate of a sevenfurlong allowance affair Rose Bed makes her seasonal debut tomor ¬ row after being wintered at Van Bergs Farm near Kansas City Mo Last year however Rose Bed was considered one of the most consistent fillies in this area areaThe The fouryearold and upward entrants in the Semester brings together two win ¬ ners at the meeting Gregory Boyens Radio Joe and Orrwood Stables Sugar Lump These two will be opposed by Paul L Kelleys Free As Air Mrs Clyde Troutts Take Wing Mrs L H Thompsons Cloy and Valley View Farms Superwolf Radio Joe revealed that he has lost none of his liking for the local oval in capturing a sevenfurlong sprint last week Tomorrow however he and Sugar Lump will be com ¬ peting against handicap calibre horses namely Take Wing Cloy and Superwolf In their races here none have been able to score but have been meeting the best and should improve from their efforts
