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Overnight Field of Ten In Tomasello Memorial MemorialOidenasai Oidenasai Totes Top Weight in WideOpen Feature at Suffolk SuffolkSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 29 The final week of the Suffolk Downs spring meeting gets under way Monday with the 10000 Tomasello Me ¬ morial Handicap at a mile and a furlong to be decided on the holiday A real climax to a successful meeting at the East Boston plant is assured with the twelfth renewal of the Yankee Handicap to be run Satur ¬ day This years threeyearold fixture will be run at a mile and a quarter with an increased value of 50000 added Prac ¬ tically all of the top sophomores in tlie country are included in the 61 nominations nominationsThe The Tomasello has drawn 10 overnight entrants including one coupling Sandy Strand Stables Bert and Shadow Shot Top weight of the potential starters is Mrs Weston W Adams Oidenasai who has been assigned 112 pounds The ninefur ¬ long test is such a wideopen affair that early predictions as to who will be favored is of a varied opinion opinionOidenasai Oidenasai who has been confined to sprinting this year with the exception of his last a bangup third behind Liteco and Salerno is a very consistent performer In four starts at Narragansett Park last year the Transmute colt won three straight after finishing fourth in his debut Two of the races were at one mile and a sixteenth sixteenthTrainer Trainer Lester Bedwell brought the Adams colorbearer back to competition this year in fine fettle He defeated a bet terthanaverage band of sprinters at first asking then repeated against better oppo sition His next start was another sixfur ¬ long dash being beaten for the first time in five starts three a carryover from 1947 by Myharriet Stables Salerno a starter in Mondays lineup Conceding six pounds to D W Carrolls Liteco in the mile and one sixteenth allowance last Saturday Oiden ¬ asai under 112 pounds finished a fast closing third beaten a nose and head for all the money Salerno again finished ahead of the Adams racer and was bur ¬ dened under the impost of 111 which he will carry Monday MondayBrookmeade Brookmeade Stables Seaward with 105 pounds appears well suited for the Toma ¬ sello The Pilate gelding only threeyear old in the field turned in a creditable per ¬ formance Friday when beaten a head by the greatly improved Strodes Creek Farm Stables Hot Slippers SlippersFantasy Fantasy Farms Spiteful Sue C S Pop ovitz Love Sonnet the Sandy Strand pair of Bert and Shadow Reynolds Bros Mr Chairman R B Carrolls Belrate and Oran Lodges Apropiado complete the field
