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Liteco After Her Sixth Victory of 1948 Season SeasonExpect Expect Ima Fastone to Furnish Most Contention at Pawtucket PawtucketNARRAGANSETT NARRAGANSETT PARK Pawtucket R I June 24 Members of the gentler sex highlight the eightrace program of ¬ fered at Narragansett Park tomorrow Two sprints at six furlongs and a mile and one sixteenth route also have been carded for fouryearold fillies and mares Heading the afternoons sport will be the 3500 Century Purse at six furlongs which has drawn eight shifty performers The other two events for the lassies are of the claim ¬ ing variety to be run as the third and eighth races Each of these events have drawn full fields of 12 with four on the also eligible list listThe The Century field has attracted the entry of Mr and Mrs W F Mannaghs Liteco considered by many of the local turfgoers as the top filly to perform in New England this season Liteco is a daughter of Ecomoio Djelaina who has won five of her 11 starts since the begin ¬ ning of her 1948 campaign at Oaklawn Park in March At the Arkansas track she could do no better than second in two attempts then moved east to Lincoln Downs to pick up two purses out of four starts The fleet miss then moved over to Suffolk Downs to take the measure of Myharriet Stables Salerno and Mrs W W Adams Oidenasai Salerno was good enough to win the Tomasello Memorial Handicap at a later date dateTo To prove her first Suffolk Downs score was not a fluke Liteco came back to take a filly and mare middle distance event over Rumstick Lodge Stables Stepping Miss Her next start at the East Boston track was a bangup second to Sandy Strand Stables Manna H in a sixfurlong dash dashLitecos Litecos record at the current Narragan ¬ sett Park meeting consists of a second to Rodman Keenan in a mile and a sixteenth affair and a clever score over A Ryans Gay Date in a middle distance race strictly for her sex Liteco should be right there at the end endChief Chief competition in the Century may come from W S Jacobs Ima Fastone who has established herself as an accomplished sprinter Others in the feature include Mrs L Wagners My Sister M Connors Rudys Star Mrs E Haughtons Staging T W Smiths Joes Gal Mr and Mrs J A Grants Wise Brunette and Mrs Georgia Sullivans Cafreria CafreriaStaging Staging won her first two starts at Bos ¬ ton after shipping from New York earlier this spring bu6 recent efforts have been ordinary Rudys Star graduated from the maiden ranks with an impressive six fur ¬ longs in 111 recently and cannot be overlooked Cafreria is an invader from below the border and will be making her debut in the United States Her record prior to being shipped here is unknown at this time but it is understood she has trained smartly under the veteran condi ¬ tioner Joe Roberts
