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Three Rings Tops Field In Lucky Draw Handicap HandicapHas Has Donor War Poppy Easy Whirl to Beat at Belmont BelmontBy By BOB HORWOOD HORWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 1 The 10000 Lucky Draw Handi ¬ cap an overnight event at one mile named for the classy handicap star who raced for George D Widener half a dozen years ago heads tomorrows Belmont Park festivities Seven have been named for the Lucky Draw headed by Mrs Evelyn L Hopkins veteran Three Rings who recently ashed some of his oldtime brilliance in winning the Bowie Handicap from the consistent Alerted Three Rings has 120 pounds to carry and will probably have the fast track he needs though his presence in the en ¬ tries has frequently produced torrents from previously cloudless skies skiesAnother Another veteran on the comeback trail is one of the lightweights in the Lucky Draw This is Mrs J P Rutherfords Donor who turned in his best race in some three years when finished second to High Dive and before Dart By in a mile and a sixteenth test at Jamaica on April 24 Donor gets in with a feathery 107 pounds and will be running at what is probably his best dis ¬ tance though he won major stakes at a mile and a quarter and more moreOnly Only Few Riders Engaged EngagedNo No riders have been named for Three Rings or Donor or for Circle M Parms War Poppy 109 Abe Levinsons High Bracket also 109 or for Manse Farms Uncle Edgar 106 many of the better riders being otherwise engaged in Kentucky to ¬ morrow Greentree Stables One Hitter 117 will be Bidden by BUI Boland while Hampton Stables Easy Whirl 113 will have the services of Logan Batcheller BatchellerWar War Poppy comes from a clever victory over a sloppy track and a fair field at a mile and a sixteenth at Jamaica Easy Whirl and High Bracket each finished sec ¬ ond in his last appearance at Jamaica Easy WhUe who can get a mUe was nar ¬ rowly beaten by Rado Kid at six furlongs while High Bracket a frequent Belmont Park winner last year was headed by Hull Down in a test at a mile and a sixteenth One Hitter turned in a duU race behind High Bracket last out going wide on the turns turnsUncle Uncle Edgar is not the soundest horse in training has been idle for some time and may need a race raceHigh High Bracket Three Rings and Easy Whirl are all speed horses and can be ex ¬ pected to fight for the lead from the start of the Lucky Draw with Donor and One Hitter doing their running in the long stretch War Poppy showed marked im ¬ provement in his last start and is some ¬ thing of a question mark but appears a mite over his head
