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Phone Me and Six Others In Northeastern Purse PursePaper Paper Mill May Furnish Chief Contention in Suffolk Offering OfferingSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 10 The Northeastern Purse an over ¬ night allowance dash at six furlongs heads an offday card presented tomorrow at Suffolk Downs Seven have been entered headed by Mrs M R Lewis Phone Me Others include Mt Desert Stables Halo mer P Strazzullas Liberty Andy A Cataldos Paper Mill Reynolds Brothers Gunnison Little Rhody Farms Bel Beau and Gilded Trump owned jointly by La moureaux Peat With the exception of Gilded Trump all have started at the current meeting none of whom have been successful successfulPhone Phone Me received preliminary training in Maryland earlier this spring before being transferred to Suffolk Downs On each occasion the PeteeWrack gelding dis ¬ played speed while competing with better than he is meeting here The fiveyearold gelding made use of his speed to force the pace in the recent running of the Gover ¬ nors Handicap but the mile distance was too much forcing him to wilt under the stiff pace set by Flag Drill and winding up fifth Prior to that Phone Me finished third in a sixfurlong sprint won by Mrs W Adams Oidenasai beaten less than a length after suffering interference in the stretch A repetition of that effort should be all that is heeded to earn his initial brackets for 1948 1948Chief Chief contention may come from Paper Mill who figures to show improvement over his only outing of this year after a long winter rest The Heather Broom Lady Supreme horse has been partial to all distances in previous seasons and is gifted witr keen early foot The sixyearold has been carefully brought along and it is the hope of his connections to have him at peak form for an engagement in the Toma sello Memorial Handicap to be run the last day of this month monthHalomer Halomer has been pitted against the top sprinters here in his two local appearances Last fall at Rockingham Park the Haltal colt defeated better than he is meeting to ¬ morrow and any semblance of a return to that form would make him dangerous in this test testLiberty Liberty Andy showed decided improver ment in his most recent race running in the first flight of sprinters that are con ¬ sidered superior to this band Former jockey George Seabo conditioner of Lib ¬ erty Andy has his charge in peak form and may provide an upset here hereGunnison Gunnison has three seconds to his credit in as many starts but the caliber of oppo ¬ sition was not as stiff as he will be meeting tomorrow
