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Four Calumet Racers Among Eighty-One in Valley Forge CAMDEN, N. J., May 2. — Calumet Farm has nominated four of its brightest stars for the 1949 renewal of the 5,000 Valley Forge Handicap, which highlights the racing program at Garden State Park on Saturday, May 21. The quartet is headed by Coaltown and includes the great Armed, now hard on the comeback trail, the consistent Faultless and the capable Whirl Blast. Seventy-seven other middle-distance runners, many of them stars in their own right, have been named to contest this one-mile fixture. Thus, the Valley Forge has attracted 81 nominees, the largest number in its eight-year history. The complete list of entries follows: Air Attack Dr. Almac Pellicle Alexis Emulate Picture Card All In Pun Ennobled Piet Andy Handy Erigeron Plumper Armed Faraway Rampart Artist Life Faultless Realtor Barrage Friar Tuck Reborn Basis Grand Entry Respingo Benvenuto Hash Night Riverlane Better Self Inseparable Roman Candle Big Story Irisen Royal Governor Bills Best Isa Ruths Bobby Binky B. Itsabet Seven League Blue Holly King Rhymer Sneak Bobs Birthday Laran Take Ten Bullow Looser Weeper Task But Why Not Lord Grillo The Pincher Caifero Macbeth Tight Squeeze Cat Bridge Make-Up Man Touch Control Catsmeow Manchac Turbine Chains Manyunk Vulcans Forge Coaltown Mark Up War Story Column Mount March Whirl Blast Cutty Hunk Nathaniel Whirler Dart By Nearway Wickers Wish Deep Water Ocean Brief Withastar Double Jay Oriole Yankee Hill
