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Churchill Downs Meet Enters Its Final Week Bidandmade Seeks Repeat Win In Fourth Event on Program CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 12. — The 1951 Kentucky spring racing season goes into its final week at this Cen- , tral Avenue course on Monday. Due to a shortage of horses and a coughing epidemic, which has hampered training, racing sec- I retary Fred Burton was forced to program ; eight claiming events. The best of these ; are the fourth and sixth races, six furlongs, j for three-year-olds. J The fourth is to bring out Roscoe Gooses recent winner, Bidandmade, who annexed a division of the Assault Purse last Friday. Included in the band named to oppose Bid- . andmade are H. K. Stevens Grey Mike, T. I Ferraras Cub, Terrell Brothers Cajac, D. ] J. Gleesons Rule-One, M. A. Waldheims j Nightmarish, who gave a good effort to be second to Fleeterthan in a recent engage- ] ment; Hasty House Farms Humphrey, and | Bernard J. Bax Cardinal Lady. • The sixth race probably will develop into quite a scramble as the eight likely starters appear rather evenly matched. Miss Can-dace Shaffers Blue Point, who raced well in garnering third behind Fleeterthan and i Nightmarish in her last outing, may rule favorite over her seven rivals. G and G Stables early speedster, Dear Tint, Joe Pucketts Warmed Over, a Florida winner; I Eugene Constantin, Jr.s, Motorist, Mrs. H. J. Damms" Romanda, Mrs. E. Fan-is* Mr. J Tweety, Baylor Hickmans Jungle Wind, ] and Joseph A. Goodwins Golden Earring J round out the probable starting field. Brown Hotel Stables Saint Nicholas Is ] the early choice over five other middle dis- J tance platers slated to meet in the mile and ] a sixteenth seventh race. The Brown Hotel gelding beat Dixie McKinleys Festival II. j last outt and the pair will resume rivalry f Monday. Mrs. J. E. Hankins Indian Gold, 1 Adelard Lamoureux Wintag, Constantin j f 1 stables Whirl town, a good second to Mich-gan III. in his last try; and Henry Forrests United Nation also are named for the race, one of thp hst. ™ * ""» i~"« *•""* -
