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Field of Seven Named For Cranwood Feature FeatureScrutiny Scrutiny Looms Favorite Off Good Second on Opening Day DayBy By W A CRUSE CRUSEStafJ StafJ Correspondent CorrespondentCRANWOOD CRANWOOD PARK Warrensville Heights Ohio May 7 With wagering and attendance figures showing a steady in ¬ crease daily it is quite probable that the Cleveland Raceways operated meeting again will be among those showing the greatest increase for the 1952 season As of the third day of the meeting the mutuel play showed a 20 per cent increase over the corresponding day of last year At ¬ tendance figures indicate similar increases showing that the new accommodations have been enthusiastically accepted by the fans fansThe The sixth race has been entitled the Crusader and as such will be the feature offering For fouryearolds and older horses under allowance conditions it is a six and onehalf furlongs test and a field of seven has accepted the conditions posted by racing secretary and handicapper Fred Burton BurtonThe The Spoonbill Stables Scrutiny looms a dangerous candidate after his second to G Stalkers Rabbit Point on opening day The Attention gelding wss beaten but three Quarters of a length and the winner ne ¬ gotiated the six and onehalf furlongs in a highly commendable 120 3 which is just twofifths of a second off the track record Scrutiny lost some ground in that affair after being in close quarters early and jockey Stanley Austin had him moving to the winner through the stretch It was Scrutinys first outing of the season as he was last seen in action at Lincoln Downs on the first day of December of last year The idleness was evidently favorable and he can be expected to give a good ac ¬ counting in this band bandThe The seventh race another allowance test for fouryearolds and older horses could serve as an excellent cofeature With a sevenfurlong setting there are 11 named to compete including an entry entryIn In this event Rabbit Point will be asked to go a half furlong farther than in Ms openingday victory and the Supremus gelding may have little difficulty in turn ¬ ing in a consecutive win lv Ledas Sign It coupled with J Levines My First Bid was a wellbeaten eighth behind Rabbit Point and showed little in any part of that race raceJ J H Carters Egotist will be making a debut at the meeting but has already earned five sets of brackets this year On March 28 the Eeliopolis gelding eked out a head victory over I J Whites Milan Boy in a sevenfurlong allowance race at Lin ¬ coln Downs DownsT T Dunns Hush Money Mrs R 5 Houses Hapy Count and P Nadaline Jrs Winged have all been to the charmed cir ¬ cle earlier in the season and it is extremely difficult to separate the trio to determine which should be in line fo support in the betting
