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Six of Eight Contestants in Todays Constitution Are Pointing for Yankee Inseparable Quarter Pole Clash With Andys Glory in Suffolk Downs Top Offering OfferingSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 28 The 10000 Constitution Handi ¬ cap for threeyearolds at a mile and a sixteenth highlights tomorrows Suffolk Downs program and may well serve as a prep race for six of the eight candidates who are eligible to contest the 50000 Yankee Handicap to be run next Saturday Three invaders from New York are ex pected to attract the most attention in the sophomore test Mrs Dodge Sloanes Brookmeade Stable pair of Inseparable at 120 pounds and top weight and Splash at 111 should earn the top support from the large throng expected to attend the week ¬ ends sport Inseparable has only started once this year and turned in a creditable fifth behind older horses in the Toboggan Handicap at Belmont Park But off his juvenile stakes record the Unbreakable Fairday gelding appears well suited in the Constitution and may annex his initial victory of the 1948 season seasonSplash Splash who was not considered of stakes caliber last year won a maiden event to account for his only major purse in 10 starts as a twoyearold In two perform ¬ ances this year both at Garden State Park the Isolator Ripples colt finished third and then came back to be placed first in an overnight allowance through the disquali fication of William G Helis Bucephalus BucephalusThe The other invader that lends a touch of color to the Constitution is C V Whitneys Quarter Pole The chestnut son of Mah moud arrived here Thursday after finish ¬ ing second to Greentree Stables Star Bout in an overnight handicap at six furlongs held at Belmont Park on Monday Just as is the case with Splash Quarter Pole has never shown enough to rank him as a top stakes performer yet his record for the current year has already surpassed that of his juvenile career Jockey Ronnie Nash is expected from New York to ride Quarter Pole that colt being assigned 112 pounds poundsLoyal Loyal New England patrons will be more than interested in the performance of Irv ¬ ing Gushen s Andys Glory The Andy K Charnot colt is this sectors main hope for the big prize in next weeks Yankee and his stock for that event will soar should he turn back the bids of the invaders Unable to enter the stakes winners ranks while pitted against top juveniles on the Metropolitan circuit last year the Gushen sophomore has displayed good form this year He has accounted for three out of four races the last being a hollow victory at one mile and 70 yards yardsJohn John Gavegnanos Directqire has been defeated by Andys Glory in three meetings this year finishing second each time The Burgoo King Darby Deede colt has been very consistent but has had the misfor ¬ tune to encounter the Gushen colt each time a race of their caliber fills Directoire will carry 111 pounds including jockey Antonio J Fernandez FernandezJack Jack McKnights Captain Boudour 106 pounds must be considered an outsider in this lineup The Englishbred son of Boro Boudour finished second to Greentree Stables Kilroy at Jamaica earlier in the spring but since transferring to Suffolk Downs his form has been ordinary ordinaryThe The other two members of tomorrows starting lineup Myharriet Stables Octo roro and C S Popovitz Scotch Bini are not eligible for the Yankee Handicap Neither has been successful in their brief sojourn in New England but are well re ¬ garded by their connections
