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Moonrush and Greek Ship] Hollywood Topweights Each I m posted With 126 Pounds While Be Fleet Is Given 122 HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Calif., June 7.— King and Luellwitz Moonrush, the nations leading money winner so far this year, and the Brobkmeade Stables Greek Ship, last season one of the nations top three-year-olds, have been equally top-weighted at 126 pounds for the 00,000 Hollywood Gold Cup which will have its renewal over a mile and a quarter here on July 14. Greek, Ship, who recently went unplaced in the Suburban in New York, earned more than 40,000 last season and listed among his successes victories in the Empire City Gold Cup, the Metropolitan and the Louisiana Derby. He is still in New York, but it is understood that the Brookmeade Stable will ship him west for the 00,000 special. Moonrush has scored four major triumphs this year. At Santa Anita last winter he captured the San Pasqual and the Santa Anita Handicap, and this spring at Bay Meadows he accounted for the Bay Meadows Handicap. In his one and only start this season at Hollywood Park, the son of Hunters Moon IV. galloped off with the Golden State Breeders Handicap under 130 pounds. Weighted closest to Moonrush and Greek * Ship is A. J. Crevolins Be Fleet, last winter, hero of the San Juan Capistrano Handicap and just recently star of the Argonaut Handicap. He drew 122 pounds. Just under Be Fleet with 120 pounds each are two of the four Calumet Farm nominees, Citation and Coaltown. The other two Calumet nominees are All Blue with 111 pounds and Bewitch with 108. A victory for Citation would land him well above his objective of ,000,000 in earnings before his permanent retirement. The Yolo Stables Maturity winner, Great Circle, a recent arrival from New York, drew 118 pounds, one more than was assigned to T. P. Morgans Lotowhite. The complete list of weights follows: Horse. • Wt. Horse. Wt. Moonrush 126 Bullfighter 106 Greek Ship 126 VinoFino 105 Be Fleet 122 OldRockport 105 Coaltown 120 War Poppy 104 Citation 120 BulIreighJr. 104 Great Circle 118 Bernbroob 104 Lotowhite 117 Akimbo 103 Repeluz 116 Alderman 103 Special Touch 114 Precession 103 x Why Not Now 113 Patch 102 Chains 112 Iron Duke II. 102 All Blue 111 Round Stitch 102 Interpretation 110 See-tee-see 101 Gold Capitol 110 A Lark 101 Sturdy One • 109 Boomerang Boy 101 Bewitch 108 Make-Up Man 100 Sir Butch "108 Tantamount 100 Mocopo 107 Conversion 100 Sudan 107 Homing Pigeon 100 Last Round 106 Caruso n. 100
