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Sun Herod Colosal Top Downs Respective Handicap Features Dinner Hour Running Mate Of Former in Luke McLuke Argentinian Faces Tre Vit VitCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 7 The Luke McLuke Handicap one mile and onesixteenth test for threeyear olds and upward and the Equipoise Handi ¬ cap six f urlbngs for horses from the same age division are twin features on tomor ¬ rows half holiday program at this Central Avenue course Other than the two top at ¬ tractions racing secretary Lawrence C Bogenschutz has arranged some excellent supporting events The one mile and one sixteenth Discovery Purse and the seven furlongs Vito Purse also are sure to bring out fast and well balanced fields fieldsSun Sun Herod from the Grissom Sher ¬ man Stable is the top weight for the Luke McLuke and he will should 119 pounds Sun Herod will race coupled with Dinner Hour in the middle distance test and the latter entrant will answer the bugle under 116 pounds a burden that he is quite ca ¬ pable of handling Sun Herod finished second to Southern Pride at Keeneland and was narrowly beaten by Star Reward and Jack S L in the Clark Handicap but pre ¬ vious to his transfer to Kentucky won sev ¬ eral important Florida engagements engagementsFrere Frere Jacques Imposted at 114 Jacob Shers Frefe Jacques who has not raced to expectations here since his ship ¬ ment from Tropical Park trained rather well for the Luke McLuke and he is dan ¬ gerous under his 114 pounds impost Frere Jacques won three straight races at the theContinued Continued on Page Three Sun Herod Colosal n Downs Features FeaturesDinner Dinner Hour Running Mate Of Former in Luke McLuke Argentinian Faces Tre Vit VitContinued Continued from Page One southern track and during his 1947 cam ¬ paign amassed earnings of 19850 19850Completing Completing the field for the cofeatured route event are M E Reizens Ekard 102 O F Woodwards Sir Sprite 109 R E Cudahys Over Night 116 Mrs Emil Den emarks Matruh 105 and R A Browns Tennessee Kid 114 pounds Ekard raced well in New Orleans Sir Sprite was one of the outstanding performers last season at the Detroit Fair Grounds Over Night is a consistent sort and Tennessee Kid has been showing decided improvement in recent starts Matruh and Over Night will run coupled and that pair is to be saddled for the Luke McLuke by the veteran turfman Robert McGarvey McGarveyFred Fred W Hoopers Colosal the Argentine bred importation heads a field of five quick performers Assigned weights for the Equi ¬ poise Handicap Colosal victor in both sec ¬ tions of Tropical Parks Double Event and narrowly beaten by Calumet Farms Fer ¬ vent in the Ben Ali Handicap at Keeneland is to take up 118 pounds in the sprint of ¬ fering Colosal trained by Ivan H Parke is partial to firm footing and weather con ditions today suggest that the South Amer ican star will get his track for the Satur day test testCudahy Cudahy Stables Tre Vit is to shoulder 110 pounds in the Equipoise Shady Brook Farms Gotham gets in under 100 pounds Mrs Jake Lowensteins Trixie has been as signed 103 pounds and Mrs Reid Lugin buels Sugar Beet will go postward under 102 pounds Tre Vit accounted for the seven furlongs Whirlaway Purse on Derby Day Sugar Beet raced splendidly since ar rival in Kentucky Gotham was a topnotch sprinter last year while Trixie who was lightly campaigned and won two races dur ing 1947 is scheduled to make her seasonal debut in the Equipoise Song Sparrow in Discovery Purse PurseWhile toi While the two handicaps are expected to i i Purse will bring out a crack band and J A Goodwins Song Sparrow is the probable favorite for this distance affair Song horseman John Milton Goode has been the Henry Forresttrained entry R C Austins Bellbrook and Forrest Stables First Degree are expected to go well in the field of seven starters startersFrederick Frederick Wyses Air Rate who so con ¬ vincingly defeated seven rivals in the six furlong Fancy Farm Purse last week will have to be at his best to take the Vito Purse which will be decided at seven eighths mile Named to oppose the Texas owned star are such shifty thoroughbreds as Bernard JBax King Bay a 1947 stakes winner Henry Tikulskis hardhitting Bolus I J Collins Jobstown Louis J Hollenbachs Roi Rouge M J B Stables improved Jacopades E R Morns Conat Graham and Byrums Night Crawler N Elrods Hot and High and John McShane s useful Gay Secret
