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Shy Guy Assigned Top Weight Of 128 for Border City Cap FAIR GROUNDS, Detroit, Mich., May 11-— Dixianas crack four-year-old, Shy Guy, is asked to shoulder top weight of 128 pounds in Saturdays running of the 5,000 Border City Handicap here at the Fair Grounds, according to weights released today by Racing Secretary Charles J. McLennan. The Challedon-Tootsiecake colt has been racing in brilliant style this spring, having accounted for the Ben Ali Handicap at Keeneland and the Clark at Churchill Downs. Previous to those two performances he ran second to Coaltown in the Widener at Hileah. Seven League, under 111, is second high in McLennans weights for the mile and sixteenth test, and from that figure the weights scale down to the 103 assigned Sir Sprite. The nine Border City nominees and their weights follow: Horse. Wt. Horse Wt. Shy Guy 128 Childeric 106 Seven League 111 Blue Grip 105 Traveler 108 Babs Damion 104 Love Sonnet 107 Sir Sprite 103 Miss Mommy 106
