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Providence Attracts Vulcans Forae Eleven ThreeYearOlds Vie With Winner of Withers Mile Loser Weeper Gasparilla Meet Up With Whitney Colt Who Must Carry 126 Pounds PoundsNARRAGANSETT NARRAGANSETT PARK Pawtucket R I June 25 Twelve threeyearolds were entered this morning for the third running of the 25000 Providence Stakes at Nar ragansett Park tomorrow C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge heads the list both in weight assignment and prerace favorit ¬ ism The Mahmoud Burning Bright colt must pick up 126 pounds mainly because of his surprise victory over Calumet Farms Coaltown in the Withers Although the Whitney representative has been er ¬ ratic at times this spring he has been meeting the top sophomores in the coun ¬ try and has earned 49900 which added to his juvenile earnings of 27250 makes him the winner of a total of 77150 77150The The bearer of the famous eton blue and brown silks of the Whitney establishment will be opposed by Alfred G Vanderbilts Loser Weeper A J Sacketts Gasparilla Russell A Firestones Barrage Tralle McBrides War Raider Clover Del Sta ¬ bles Royal Scot Woodlyn Stables Little Bobby D A Rosenbaums Reborn Irving Gushens Andys Glory Honeywell Farms Dole Rarco Stables Mr Buster and Mrs C A Copes Friedy FriedyThree Three Entered in Two Races RacesOf Of the original dozen slated to go in the Providence Mr Buster Friedy and War Raider also are entered in the Old West bury a sixfurlong dash that will be run as the fifth race on the program This trio has established themselves as sprint ¬ ers and appear better suited to the dash than the mile and onesixteenth stakes stakesVulcans Vulcans Forge comes to the Providence Stakes with a record of two victories two seconds two thirds and one fourth in eight starts this year The triumphs include the Withers and an overnight debut back in at Jamaica in his seasonal debut back in April One of his runnerup stints was in the Preakness behind the Calumet champion Citation The son of Mahmoud is a moody sort and failed to extend him ¬ self in the Peter Pan won by W L Branns Escadru which was run after the Withers In his last start in New York Vulcans Forge closed ground in the late stages of the Belmont Stakes to earn fourth money The 126 pounds assigned tomorrow is the weight Vulcans Forge has been carrying in his stakes engagements this year and should prove no burden in this test Shelby Clark is expected from New York to han ¬ dle the riding assignment on him himGasparilla Gasparilla who is getting three pounds from the Whitney colt probably ran his best race of the year in the 20000 Queens i County Handicap on opening day at Aque ¬ duct The Diavolo Head Tide colt held on gamely after forcing the pace and wound up third behind Maine Chance Farms Knockdown and the worlds richest money gleaner Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Sty ¬ mie Prior to that race Gasparilla had won a sixfurlong allowance dash at Ja ¬ maica early in the spring springLoser Loser Weeper showed a creditable per ¬ formance in the Kent Stakes at Delaware Park in his last public appearance The Discovery colt finished second to Wood vale Farms improved Page Boots in a race which was his second start in stakes com ¬ petition petitionBarrage Barrage the fourth invader in the Providence has not been raced in stakes competition but has a betterthanaverage record against top opposition this year yearOf Of the local contingent Dole under 107 pounds and Andys Gloryt with an impost of 111 appear most likely to offer sternest opposition Dole finished third in the Yankee Handicap but his only Gansett effort is not good enough to endorse his chances tomorrow Andys Glory must be rated a good colt but on the erratic side The Gushen colt will have the services of the brilliant apprentice Clarence Picou who leads the local riders by a wide margin
