Hollywood Parks Meet Of Fifty Days Begins: Mafosta, On Trust Head Classy Field of Eleven in Inglewood, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-18

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Hollywood Parks Meet Of Fifty Days Begins BeginsMafosta Mafosta On Trust Head Classy Field of Eleven in Inglewood InglewoodHOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif May 17 Hollywood Park more beautiful than eyer opens its portals on another summer meeting of 50 days tomorrow with an allstar program heralded by the 25000 Inglewood Handicap a spin of threequar ¬ ters of a mile which will bring into compe ¬ tition some of the fleetest thoroughbreds in th country The opening has aroused great interest among racing devotees of southern California and a crowd of more than 40000 is expected to welcome the return of run ¬ ning races to this area tomorrow afternoon afternoonThe The big guns of the Inglewood Handicap are the Montrose Stables Mafosta E O Stice Sons On Trust Brolite Farms With Pleasure Charles S Howards Fair Truckle Rolling Hills Farms Artillery and Baroni Battilanas Autocrat while com ¬ pleting the field of 11 are Mrs Ann Pep ¬ pers Triskelion Frank Frankels Flashco L E Hutsons Music Man the Howard Stables Sea Spray and Harry N Isenbergs Double F F FThe The joint top weights under 126 pounds are Mafosta and On Trust and one or the other of them is expected to be the favorite Mafosta recently completed an amazing spring campaign at Bay Meadows where he won five stakes in as many starts He won wonContinued Continued on Page Three Hollywood Park Oshers In Its FiftyDay Meet Today TodayContinued Continued from Page One Onethe the Spring Fashion Handicap San Jose Hayward Morrison San Mateo and he capped his series of successes by charging to victory in the 50000 Bay Meadows Handicap He won these races at distances of from six furlongs to a mile and an eighth to stamp himself one of the most versatile thoroughbreds in the West The Irishbred star one time coholder of the worlds six furlongs record has trained famously since his arrival at Hollywood Park and he is certain to give a creditable account of himself if he does not actually take down the stake


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