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Get Ready Well Suited In River Downs Event Descends Class Ladder to Meet Seven at One Mile and 70 Yards By R. E. HURLEY Staff Correspondent RIVER DOWNS, California, Ohio, June 23. — Heavy rains over the week-end which turned the racing strip into a quagmire, curtailed the number of horses entered for tomorrows eight -race program, with the result that three-year-olds occupy the center of the stage at this Queen City track in a pair of claiming races at six furlongs and one mile and 70 yards. Because it is the longer the seventh has earned the title of Crestview Gardens Purse and has drawn eight sophomores to vie at the middle distance route. Complete field in the Crestview includes J. H. Homans Mimandan, G. Man-leys Get Ready, Murray Hill Farms Hallie Dear, C. Porters Bishops Gal, Char-Mar Farms Dusty Peace, R. C. Hardwicks Forgotten, C. Meschers Big Pa and C. D. Boyds b Snap Decision. The conditions of the race 9 provide that the entrants must not have e won two races at a mile or over at any time e which makes many of the entrants "dark Ij horses." George Manleys Get Ready, who is descending the class ladder, is taken as the e most likely to succeed for the son of Challenge Me — Julio has been showing considerable drive at the end of recent sprint ~t efforts and is sure to find the mile and 70 I yard distance more suitable for his stretch charge. Track conditions do not bother this s gelding and apprentice A. Franciotti knows his horse, having ridden him previously. Hallie Dear, Bishops Gal and Big Pa are e capable opponents with strong chances in q Tuesdays test. Thee first mentioned has s but 99 pounds to carry and has been showing - steady improvement in late races. 5. Bishops Gal came to Cincinnati with a good d reputation but has ben somewhat rougish, i, bearing out in her last race just as she appeared - to start running.
