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Bfackstone Valley Field May Be Spring Duplicate DuplicateTurbine Turbine and Almost AH Others Who Started Compete Saturday SaturdayNARRAGANSETT NARRAGANSETT PARK Pawtucket R I June 16 A duplication of last Sat ¬ urdays Spring Handicap won by Myron Newmeyers Turbine appears to be in the offing as the lineup for this weekends 10000 Blackstone Valley Handicap takes shape With maybe one or two exceptions Saturdays field will be about the same that faced the starter in the opening stake on the Narragansett agenda agendaMost Most of the trainers have indicated their desire to run In the Blackstone which 1s also at six furlongs Weights that were issued last Saturday evening by racing secretary Ty Shea are in line with the finish of the Spring Handicap and should bring the field closer together in this test testTurbine Turbine who was earning his first stakes triumph since winning the Havre de Grace Handicap in May of 1947 adds four pounds to the 116 he toted and Circle K Farms Misleader will be burdened with 117 which is three over the package carried to second place last Saturday George Schneiders George Gains top weight who finished third in the Spring is in receipt of a five pound shift from Turbine and four pounds from Misleader The son of He Did is still rated the top sprinter on the grounds by Shea and his 123 pounds for the Black stone Valley Is tops of the potential start ¬ ers ersShould Should the theory of handicapping horses by weight hold true in this case the top three should charge to the finish heads apart and that thought is not too far fetched Beaten nearly three lengths for top honors in the Spring Handicap George Gains was not favored by the big if of racing luck Tony Fernandez elected to change his course from the inside to the outside on the final bend and the sudden change may have been the reason the Indianaowned sprinter stumbled slightly Regardless of the stumbling episode it is generally believed George Gains would have been closer to the leaders if he had con ¬ tinued on his inside course courseGrandview Grandview Stables Erigeron highly re ¬ garded by his connections is another that encountered poor racing luck not only in the Spring Handicap but also on opening day in the Inaugural Purse Whether this had any bearing on the fact that trainer Gene Russell decided to pass up the Blackstone Valley in favor of racing at Monmouth Park must go unanswered as the Quatre Bras II gelding has been trans ¬ ferred to the New Jersey oval ovalTomorrows Tomorrows feature styled the Fanueil Hall is given over to the weaker sex with six of the better fillies and mares matched to travel one mile and a sixteenth Mr and Mrs W F Mannaghs hardhitting filly Liteco rates a slight edge over the small band In 10 starts this year the Economic miss has accounted for four vic ¬ tories and a like number of seconds beat ¬ ing top performers on two occasions occasionsThe The name of each of tomorrows races have been selected In honor of Bunker Hill Day which is a holiday in Charles Town Mass and one that many of Bostons business concerns usually observe
