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Boston Club Purse Gets Top Billing at Suffolk SuffolkOccupatic Occupatic Probable Choice Over Aloran Six Other Sophomores SophomoresBy By AVERY BROWX BROWXStaff Staff Correspondent SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 7 The abundance of a better grade of sophomores stabled here is getting more evident with the advent of each days rac ¬ ing program In the 15 days of Suffolk Downs racing this season the majority of features thus far have been for threeyear olds and tomorrow is no exception Seven have been banded for a sixfurlong test to be held under allowance conditions The race has been titled the Boston Club an organization of which Suffolk Downs pres ¬ ident John C Pappas is a director Pappas is honoring a delegation with luncheon prior to the afternoons sport sportA j A quartet of tomorrows lineup have al ¬ ready started over the local course this year while two of the others shipped here after a campaign at Gulfstream Park The only member of the field Merrimack Sta ¬ bles Ranch House is making his seasonal debut R S Parker Jrs Occupatic heads the list of four which have already been under silks locally Jake Freedmans Grey Fox Cobbles Stables Bully Bunting and Mrs B F Listers Triple Time are the others who also have appeared since open ¬ ing day Mrs T Christophers Brother March and Aloran from the Harbert Sta ¬ ble are the Florida invaders invadersProbable Probable favoritism in the Boston Club will go to Occupatic The gelded son of Occupation campaigned successfully at Lincoln Downs this past spring and in his lone start here was fourth in the Paul Revere Handicap won by Handsome Teddy Occupatic was thought enough of to be i Derby Knott had visions of sending his againstthe charge to Louisville but decided against Occupatichas the move at the last minute Occupatic has gained a legion of local followers in he has been handling his assignments assignmentsAloran Aloran and Brother March each won races in Florida during the past winter session and must be conceded good chances of figuring in tomorrows spoils Although neither won their southern finale at Gulf stream Park they were well regarded in better company than their opposition looms i loomsi in the Boston Club Triple Time recently displayed a high turn of speed in a sprint test and suc ¬ cumbed in the late stages to finish second I secondI to a twotime winner Academy Award Off that race the homebred daughter of Bull SheI Brier rates high in tomorrows lineup She I earned her graduation from the maiden ranks at Bowie last fall fallBully Bully Bunting showed nothing in his only start at Lincoln Downs this year and will have to improve Grey Fox is a maiden and Ranch House win probably be in need of a
