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GLEN HAWKINS Drives Beaver Hill in the Illinois-owned or-bred B Class Pace at Maywood Park tonight. Spud Hart Seeking Third . And Fourth Wins Tonight Dygert Trotter Scored Recently In Gold Coast at Mayyood Park MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood, 111., May 27. Spud Hart, winner of both dashes of the recent Gold Qoast Trot, will shoot for its third and fourth victories of the season tomorrow night in the ,000 divided feature at Maywood Park. The seven-year-old Spud Hanover gelding, owned byErwin Dygert of Aurora, will go a mile in the sixth and ninth races in a field of seven trat includes four candidates for the 0,-000 Maywood Trotting Derby June 6. Driven by Dave Russell, Spud Hart opened his 1952 campaign auspiciously by sweeping the Gold Coast stake, but finished out of the money in his most recent effort, last Fridays A. G. Ward Trot. A highly rated Derby candidate, Spud Hart will face three other Derby hopefuls Wednesday night in John Dee, Delhi Lady and Clever Sunny. Completing the field are Lomita Marge, Private Pat and Full Force. Delhi Lady, who has failed-to crack the winners circle since capturing a dash of the Inaugural Trot opening night, nevertheless has finished in the top three in six of her eight starts for the meeting. She will be driven by Dee Stover, current leader in the race for Maywoods sulky pilot championship. Lomita Marge numbers a dash of the Arthur T. Gait Trot among her three victories this season. Clever Sunny, who triumphed in half of his 38 starts last year, still is looking for the first win of 1952. Clever Sunny came closest to victory last out, finishing second to 1950 Derby winner Gene Long, and beating several of the same horses it faces tonight. John Dee, in the money in six of nine appearances, draws the pole in the second dash. Spud Hart will start from the inside in the first mile.
