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Alphas First Debuts Soon SoonSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 12 C Ruffi owner of the twoyear old Blue Grip who was successful on Tues ¬ day is well pleased with a homebred filly Alphas First who is expected to make her debut in the near future The tiny chest ¬ nut filly is by Valdina Alpha out of the mare Dense Path who raced for Ruffi winning the Rockingham Park Handicap in 1944 and was second to Whirlabout in the Mary Dyer Stakes at Narragansett Park the same year Valdina Alpha is owned by Joe Lombardi and is standing at his Pine iTree Farm at Framingham Mass where Alphas First was foaled Merle Simmons is conditioning the filly for Ruffi
