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Coaltown Assigned 136 Pounds For Dixie Handicap Renewal BALTIMORE, Md., May 2. — Calumet Farms Coaltown, current sensation of the handicap division, has been assigned the top impost of 136 pounds for next Saturdays Dixie Handicap at the Maryland Jockey Clubs Pimlico course. Should the Bull Lea — Easy Lass colt accept the issue it will mark the first time in his career that he has endeavored to carry such a burden. The weights were released only after racing secretary Charles McLennan had witnessed the television running of the Gallant Fox Handicap, in which the four-year-old was victorious in his usual clever fashion. The Dixie weights follow: Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Coaltown 136 Seven League 108 Pilaster 120 Riverlane 107 Faultless 120 Flying Missel 105 Better Self 118 Inseparable 105 Mount Marcy 116 Pellicle 105 Nearway 113 Shivaree 101 Contest 110 War Story 101 Rose Beam 110 Dart By 100 Chains 109 Halconero 100 Task 109
