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Churchill Honors Alsab Shot Put PutTwelve Twelve Sprinters Meet In Former While Latter Will Test Seven Route Runners RunnersCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 12 The Alsab Purse at six furlongs for fouryearolds and upward attracted a field of 12 sprinters and it will serve as the main attraction on the wellbalanced program to be presented here tomorrow While the Alsab appears the best offering on the card the one mile and one furlong Shot Put Purse also for fouryearolds and upward drew an evenlymatched band of seven middledistance performers and it should serve as a highly satisfactory sec ¬ ondary number numberThe The Alsab spotted as the sixth event on the program will bring out Raymond Ankenbauers homebred High Ego and Frank Spellmans Chance Bea High Ego and Chance Bea are useful sprinters and they have worked well enough to merit consideration in the Downs headliner headlinerJames James C Ellis prominent Kentucky sportsman and the owner of Dade Park race track will be represented in the Alsab by Gomel who turned back a fair field here on May 7 Gomel a homebred gelded son of Sweeping Tide and Gay Nellie is at his best over an off racing strip and should the course be muddy tomorrow he might upset some of the betterregarded entrants entrantsMickey Mickey W Surprise Winner Last Week WeekMrs Mrs Leo Wagners silks are to be carried in the Alsab Purse by Nickey W who raced to a surprise victory here last week in the Reaping Reward Purse Nickey W turned back Lookout Dice Walkie Talkie Jaco pades and others of that class racing the six furlongs over a muddy track in 114 E R Morris will rely on the consistent Duck Berry in the feature Lucas B Combs colors will be up on Uncle Otho and Ed ¬ ward A Carney is to send Big Pop postward in the dash Miss Billie Roses Be Like Polly Detroit Stables quick Eva T Jake Lowensteins Silvery Moon J C Stones Syls Bobby and Michael J Dants Moun ¬ tain Roar complete the probable Alsab Purse starting band Of this latter group Duck Berry Uncle Otho and Syls Bobby appear to hold an edge over their rivals rivalsThe The Shot Put Purse should be hotly con ¬ tested inasmuch as the entrants for the route test appear evenly matched R C Austins useful Bellbrook will race coupled with Henry Forrests First Degree in an entry while O F Woodwards San Yet and M J B Stables Jacopades also are coupled and the latter pair is to be saddled for the engagement by Harry Trotsek De ¬ troit Stables Indian Ruler Graham Byrums Night Crawler and Airs H M Goldsteins Old Iron round out the field for the Shot Put
