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Davidson Memorial Ak-Sar-Ben Feature Here Me, Charing Light, Bolingcali, Countess In Compete at Six Furlongs By J. SWEENEY GRANT Staff Correspondent AK-SAR-BEN, Omaha, Nebr., June 20.— The J. E. Davidson Memorial Handicap, , six-furlong essay for three-year-olds and I upward, highlights tomorrows attractive program at this course. The annual feature will bring together eight of the better assigned weight sprinters seen in this sector during the past several years and with the » decided possibility of an "off" strip prevailing the winner of the ,000 event could I come from any quarter. Foremost in the ! opinion of director of racing Richard A. . "Dick" Leigh is Mrs. Paul Weyermans 5 Here Me. His rivals include A. C. Sipes Charing Light, 115; The Monaghan Stables 3 Bolingcali, 112; 3. S. Barretts Auntie, 110; Marion H. VanBergs Countess In, 110; Ben , . Fogelsons Ill Be, 109; J. N. Fleishmans Mio Ace, 106; and J. W. Coopers Undone, 100. Here Me, impressive winner of the Ak-Sar-Ben Governors Handicap in his second I to last start, failed to continue his winning ways in the more recent Queens Plate I Handicap in which he was decisively defeated by Charing Light. His performance in the latter event was not a true criterion , of his ability and it is expected that he will • come forth with a greatly improved performance tomorrow. He most likely will 1 have the saddle services of Hank Manifold. Charing Light had his running shoes on l last Saturday when he took the measure of ; the better sprinters here in the Queens j . Plate. Surprisingly enough Charing Light paid only .20 straight following his victory, which came as a surprise in every respect. The Sipes racer was installed the favorite while competing against other sprinters who had bested him on several occasions. Charing Light again will be ridden i by Sonny Ray Williams. Ran Second in Kings Plate Handicap Bolingcali finished second to French Admiral in the Kings Plate Handicap in 1 which the winner established a new track record of 1:40% for a mile and 70 yards. . Bolingcali is as adept a sprinter as he is a l middle-distance performer and his presence in tomorrows encounter is certain to be felt. He has scored one victory during the , , meeting and has given a creditable account of himself in all of his other outings. • Tommy Osment probably will be in the ! saddle. Auntie is the real dark horse of the I group. She has been running close up and 1 with the probability of a slow track tomorrow . she should prove even more dangerous". ■ Auntie was second to Here Me in the lat-ters winning effort and was beaten by a 1 scant nose. She was also second in her r previous engagement. Countess In recently arrived from Chicago • along with French Admiral and it would not be at all surprising if the seven-year-old would come forth with a top effort. If she is at her best she is capable of turning • ; back tomorrows opponents. Mio Ace has 5 been consistent in all of his races over the I local strip. He was the winner of the recent t Gallant Fox Purse and merits the jump into the ranks of the handicap charges. Ill Be ; was claimed out of his last race by Fogelson x for ,500. Ill Be won that event with a , convincing stretch rally that left such sprinters as Petes Beauty and Thistle Dog ! in his wake. The Fogelson colorbearer is at t his best over a slow or heavy track. Undone is a better-than-average mudder - and has some sort of a chance should he be , fortunate enough to catch his particular kind of track. Undone is not of handicap calibre, but must merit consideration providing that the track is other than fast. His feathery impost of 100 pounds is also a i determining factor.
