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1 I I I j I I I ! j i I ; i Royal King Installed Choice In Pace at Roosevelt Tonight WESTBURY, L. I., N. Y., June 10.— The His Royal Majesty pacer Royal King, with Jimmy Jordan in the sulky, has been in- stalled the favorite for the Hofstra Class A pacing feature for ,5000 at Roosevelt Raceway tomorrow night. The four-year-old sidewheeler will have the pole position as he seeks his first vic-I tory of the season in the feature, his best being a pair of seconds in May, one of them in a 2:05 mile won by Danny Direct. Facing the Jordan horse will be Lord Volomite, Jetsam, Sparkle Hanover, Miss Honoretta, Favonian Chief, Scotch Story. Noble Dean, all of them capable of hitting 2:05 with the right sort of racing breaks A companion feature will be the 4,250 Old Country, three-year-old filly trot, split in two divisions by race secretary Walter Gibbons because of 20 entries. Favored in the first division will be Jimmy Wingf ields Kimberly Mine with Guther iPaynes Gemette Bunter, the leading threat. while in the second section Harry Fitz-j Patricks Lu Peck, going from the second division, with Stately Way looming as the chief contention.
