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Sextet Slated to Meet In Suffolk Downs Test Blazing Silver and Finder Keeper Share Top Weight Impost of 117 117SUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 5 Tomorrows offday card will be highlighted by a mile and sixteenth test for fouryearolds and upward under al ¬ lowance conditions Endowed with a 3000 purse the event attracted a half dozen eligibles and will be named Bendix Wash ¬ er in honor of a delegation from that or ¬ ganization holding a convention in Boston A group of the delegates are expected to be on hand handStarr Starr Ranchs Blazing Silver and Mrs T Peznola and Ralph Lentinis Finder Keeper must tote top weight of 117 pounds in the feature Two pounds lighter are Mrs Homer Pardues Rodger Joe and Oakhurst Farms Johns Choice The others in the lineup and their weights are Mrs E Haughton and Mrs C A Browns Quillet and Vicente and Navarros Black Bay BayRodger Rodger Joe turned in a creditable effort over the local course during the first week of the meeting winning by seven lengths from Mon Torch at tomorrows distance The Hilltown gelding picks up seven pounds for his engagement but the opposi ¬ tion doesnt appear stronger than what the Pardue thoroughbred defeated defeatedBlazing Blazing Silver earned the distinction of marathon champion at Gulfstream Park this past spring and is training creditably for tomorrows engagement The Silver Horde gelding is a very consistent per ¬ former and runs kindly for jockey Ralph Borgemenke who again will do the riding ridingJohns Johns Choice is razorsharp right now and can not be overlooked in this company The fouryearold son of Condiment made his seasonal bow in successful style emerg ¬ ing a winner the opening day after a long winter rest In his second start Johns Choice extended Banovina in a sixfurlong test The distance of the Bendix should be more suitable to the Oakhurst colt coltFinder Finder Keeper and Quillet were winners at Lincoln Downs this spring and need only to repeat those efforts to be serious factors in this small field Black Bay cam ¬ paigned at Gulfstream Park this past spring without registering a triumph in seven starts In a local outing the Olympic Zenith colt turned in a bangup second in a sprint to suggest the New England climate may be what he needs to get back on the winning trail