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Southern Pride Is Downs Topweight TopweightDant Dant Campaigner Totes 119 In Gallant Knight While Facing Master Bid et AI AICHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 11 Michael JDants Southern Pride stakeswinning son of Knights Caprice and Hidden Dust heads a field of nine top class sprinters that will answer the bugle here tomorrow in the sixfurlong Gallant Knight Handicap Southern Pride who won the Runnymede Purse during the re ¬ cent Keeneland meeting and finished sec ¬ ond in the Cudgel Handicap at the local course is to carry top weight of 119 pounds in the midweek feature The Dant star defeated Bullish in the Lexington race but bowed to the Denemark stalwart in their return engagement at the Downs DownsSouthern Southern Prides best season was in 1945 when the locally owned horse turned in several sharp efforts during his juvenile campaign His record shows victories over such outstanding thoroughbreds as Fight ¬ ing Frank Pellicle Assault champion threeyearold of 1946 Misleader and other topnotch racers A training mishap held him back for the past two seasons but he seems to have recovered a big share of his old form and he is presently rated one of the fastest horses on the grounds groundsWhile While Southern Pride is highly regarded in the Gallant Knight probable starting band he will meet some clever rivals Grissom Shermans Master Bid is as ¬ signed 118 pounds and he raced impres ¬ sively in Florida before shipment to Ken ¬ tucky tuckyRecent Recent Trials Good GoodMeeting Meeting speedy company during his 1947 campaign Master Bid picked up earnings of over 11000 and his recent trials have been fast fastJohn John A Kinard Jr will be represented in the headliner by Johns Pride 106 pounds Shady Brook Farm will start Gotham 105 Ralph Shaw will send out Shaws Pride 116 and John McShanes starter is to be the aged but speedy Navy Cross whose burden is 109 pounds Mrs Jake Lowensteins colors will be carried in the Gallant Knight by Trixie 108 pounds and with Lowensteins Silvery Moon 11 pounds will race as an entry while Gra ¬ ham Byrums Marltown 110 pounds completes the field fieldChief Chief supporting event on the program is the Chilhowee Purse at six furlongs for threeyearolds An even dozen from the age division are entered in the secondary attraction and Calumet Farm will depend on Yesme and Whirl Top T C Melrose also is to start an entry comprising Mel Hash and Scipio both quick sprinters The Kinard Stables Montes Ace and Snifter a daughter of Bull Dog and Sun Celtic who carries the Mrs E E Dale Shaffer colors are other topclass threeyearolds in the Chilhowee band bandFouryearolds Fouryearolds and upward will meet in the first and second sixfurlong races threeyearolds and upward will clash in the sevenfurlong third event and the Rocket Purse at six furlongs for three yearolds matches a capacity field The seventh and the eighth races are for four yearolds and upward to meet at one mile and a furlong and one mile and onesix ¬ teenth respectively
