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Seven-Horse Field Named For Five-Furlong Sprint Harvest Time and Bharata Vie Again in Cranwood Offering v By W. A. CRUSE Staff Correspondent CRANWOOD PARK, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, May 2-7. Spotlighting the final mid-week program of this 25-day session which" comes to a close next Saturday is a five-furlong dash for three-year-olds and older horses under allowance conditions. Including an entry, a comparatively light field of seven accepted the issue in quest of a portion of the ,200 purse, which is a 00 increase to its original value in the condition book. Comprising the field are. Mrs. R. E. Houses Bluff Hal, the Safiko Stables Papaver, J. W. Billottes Bharata, I. G. Dayies Cisred, the Dorchester Farms entry of Harvest Time and Flaming Tera, and Slowey and Petrichs Deeside. Harvest Time will be in line for consideration. The Gold Time filly was a head better than Bharata who, in turn, was two and three-quarters lengths in front of Cisred in the last outing. From all indications, the track will be fast for the program tomorrow and well suited to a repeat performance. Bharata turned in another similar, performance to run second to the Bodnar brothers stables Plumelette in a six-furlong affair last week. The Sabu mare has a wealth of early foot and was a head on top at the furlong marker. She may have been a bit short in her two outings and cannot be overlooked in this field. Bluff Hal and Papaver will be making their debuts over this course this season but did win their share of races last year. Flaming Tera" and Deeside both have earned brackets at the meeting and could be the ones to furnish the bone of contention. Flaming Tera turned in his victory while going five furlongs over a sloppy track and was two lengths better than Mrs. J. D. S. Colemans Pipetime. Deeside was victorious over a fast strip and at the same distance and was a nose better than the A. and H. Stables Grace Morse. Cisred was third in this event and in general it is an extremely difficult field to separate in quest of a winner. G. J. Dobkins Danna Like in the ninth should be in line for support. The Sweep Like gelding was the victim of bad luck in his last when he became lodged in the gate before the start. Though not injured, he was a shade better than a 2 to 1 favorite and showed little in the running. However, in a previous outin gat the same mile and a sixteenth distance, he was a good two and one-half lengths better than seven other ,000 platers. Although the track was classified as fast, it was a bit dead, and yet the time was a commendable 1:51. It is quite possible that he will redeem his last effort in this group.
