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Sapajou Has Top Impost Of Nine in Emerald Purse PurseRecent Recent Winner at Suffolk Ready For Another Successful Effort EffortBy By AVEBY BROWN BROWNStaff Staff Correspondent CorrespondentSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 12 Tamarack Stables Sapajou heads a band of sprinters seeking honors in to ¬ morrows Emerald Purse featured sixfur ¬ long event at Suffolk Downs The five yearold gelding must shoulder top impost of 119 pounds under the conditions of the allowance test His eight foes are worthy opponents and another interesting dash should be on tap for the local patrons patronsChief Chief rivals in the Emerald appear to be Mrs Jake Lingles Old Tom 109 which in ¬ cludes a fivepound apprentice allowance The others in the test are J J Starlings Liberty Rab 115 Phil Schwartz Charles ¬ ton 114 who has a running mate in Air Rocket 103 BarSue Stables Outland and George Babins Equihaze each at 110 and J Tagliones Grand Demand at 108 108Sapajou Sapajou came out of winter quarters to defeat Equihaze and Dateline in a similar event a couple of weeks ago In that race Spats could do no better than finish fourth over the sloppy racing strip Dateline came back to surprise in last Saturdays Fane uil Hall Handicap and on the same pro ¬ gram Spats scored a convincing victory Since his seasonal debut the Tamarack gelding tried the better horses here over a distance of ground but after a courageous effort fell back in the drive to suggest he is better suited at sprint distances distancesAfter After a pair of disappointing races at Hialeah during the past winter and follow ¬ ing those with a failure against better thanaverage sprinters here Larry Ellis re ¬ gained the host of followers he had last season by defeating Duke Aumar and Old Tom just 10 days ago The son of Easy Mon is apparently back at peak f orm and with only two pounds more to carry tomor ¬ row than he was weighted under the win ¬ ning effort he should figure prominently against the favorite favoriteOld Old Tom wins more than his share of races during a season but is not of the solid type performer such as his rivals A noted speedster the son of Omission can be counted on for a truthful effort on an off track which seems likely for tomor ¬ row rowLiberty Liberty Rab is a former stakes winner who is regarded as one of the best bred in Florida and is always a threat in races of the allowance variety The Doublrab colt has had a race over the local oval and if he shows the expected improvement the top ones wil have to be at their best bestI I jd bsrmb IcrQ hiuG jldilc zlcl v b m el irS fl uf
