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Blue Man Assigned Top Yankee Handicap Impost Gets 126 to 123 for Cousin for 0,000 Stake at Suffolk Downs SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass.. June 13. — Despite his second to One Count in the Belmont -Stakes, White Oak Stables Blue Man is rated the best of the three-year-olds nominated for the 0,000 Yankee Handicap, racing secretary Eb Pons putting him on top with 126 pounds. The Yankee, richest race of the meeting, will be renewed here on June 17, Bunker Hill Day, over the classic mile and a quarter distance. Blue Man, winner of the Experimental Handicap Number 2, and the Preakness, is rated three pounds above his nearest rival. A. G. Vanderbilfs Cousin, but as that horse is not in hard training, the allotment is purely academic. Master Fiddle, winner of the Wood Memorial, and Charlie McAdam, victor in a Flamingo division, are next in line with 122 apiece. Starmount Stables Primate, on the ailing list, is rated 120, with Cain Hoy Stables Armageddon, third in the Belmont, one under. King Jolie, fourth in the mile and a half "Triple Crown" race, is in with 115, and Fred Hoopers English -bred Olympic has 114. Of the 28 weighted for the Yankee, four are stabled on the grounds and are regarded as definite starters. They are Handsome Teddy, Royal Marvel, Academy Award and Poopcha, all of whom get in with light weight. Handsome Teddy is rigged with 113, Royal Marvel 110, and the other two, 104 and 102. The Yankee had a provision of an extra 5,000 if the "Triple Crown" winner had started, but that was erased early last month when Hill Gail went on the sidelines. The complete list of weights follow: Horse Wt. Horse. Wt. Blue Man 126 Cold Command 111 Cousin 123 Lord Priam 110 Master Fiddle 122 Cajun 110 Charlie MAdm 122 Royal Marvel 110 Primate 120 Sandtop 110 Armageddon 119 Top Bet 108 King Jolie 116 Risque Rouge 108 Pintor 115 Star of Persia 107 Olympic 114 Miss Nosoca 107 Handsome Tdy 113 Armagh • 106 Jampol 113 Academy Awrd 104 Alls Fair 112 Saddle Tramp 103 Count Flame 112 Poopcha 102 Oreo 112 Lady Carolina 100
