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J F MACKENZIE Vicepresident and andgeneral general manager of Hollywood Turf TurfClub Club whose 50day meeting opens today todayat at the Inglewood course WellMatched Field of Seven Milers Goes in Erlton Purse End of Strife Trying for Repeat Score While Facing Happy C Insen Bellwether BellwetherGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 17 G C Hunts End ofxStrife one of the most consistent thoroughbreds to appear in overnight features during the Current meeting heads a small but well matched field of seven drawn overnight for tomorrows featured Erlton Purse PurseThe The Erlton is for four yearolds and up ¬ ward and will be contested at one mile a distance that has proven exceptionally 9 popular with Garden State Park fans From all indications a fast track will pre ¬ vail for tomorrows program programEnd End of Strife has won three races during the current meeting at distances ranging from a mile to a mile and an eighth The gejded son of Peace Chance Anticipation II turned in a very game effort to win over the one mile route last Friday and he is bound to command a great deal of sup ¬ port in the Erlton ErltonThere There is one coupling in tomorrows fea ¬ ture with Bellwether and Jackamine slated to run as the Hanna BrosMrs F P Ma gann entry Others in the Erlton are Rarco Stables Broad Gift H H Millers Hearth Mouse O L Nybergs Irisen and Elmendorf Farms Happy C CEnd End of Strife registered his victory last Friday at the direct expense of Happy C who turned in a bangup effort neverthe ¬ less at long odds Happy C was making one of his1 very few starts at a distance greater than six furlongs and the cour ¬ ageous manner in which he fought it out with his highlyfavored rival surprised even his most ardenjt admirers Only a neck separated the two at the wire after they had run head and head through the final eighth of a mile mileExpected Expected to Improve Off Last LastHappy Happy C trained by Morris Dixon who developed Polynesian is bound to improve off that race He gets a slightly better break in the weights tomorrow since un ¬ der the allowance conditions of the race he will carry 112 pounds to 113 pounds for End of Strife In their previous meeting End of Strife ridden by apprentice Jack Turner carried 106 pounds to 113 by Happy C Irisens poor race in last Saturdays six furlong Cooper River Handicap was hardly a true indication of this fine fillys real ability The Danny Sheatrained miss showed absolutely nothing whereas in her previous race she could not be faulted in trouncing the speedy Erigeron and other front rank sprinters in 1 13 over a sloppy track Irisen has been something of an inandouter during the meeting but the dark brown daughter of Sweep Like Black Plane possesses so much class she must be considered a factor at all times timesBroad Broad Gift turned in a magnificent ef ¬ fort last Thursday to win a sixfurlong dash for 12000 to 15000 claimers The bay son of Halcyon Gift Broadcast was absolutely last at the head of the stretch but launched an electrifying charge on the outside in the stretch to win by a length and a half going away The race clearly indicated that veteran trainer Joe Camac has brought Broad Gift to peak form formBellwether Bellwether always has been a proficient operator over the Garden State Park course and one of his most impressive vic ¬ tories was fashioned in a race over the one mile route Sent a mile and 70 yards last out Bellwether finished third be ¬ hind British Isles and Gray Warrior two Very capable middledistance runners Bell ¬ wether had something of an excuse in that essay however for he lost considerable ground entering the stretch stretchHearth Hearth Mouse has not been postward since the Tropical Park meeting He was a steadygoing sort during his Florida cam ¬ paign and cannot be overlooked entirely Jackamine also has been away since the Florida season where he was an efficient sort in high class claiming company
