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Cranwood Inaugurates 35Day Summer Session SessionWellBalanced WellBalanced Field of Eight Sprinters Go in Quick Purse PurseBy By RONALD KRANCER KRANCERStaff Staff Correspondent CRANWOOD PARK WarrensvUle Heights Ohio June 6 Cranwood Park operated by the Cleveland Raceways Inc opens its 35day summer meeting on Mon ¬ day Post time will be at 215 daily with double windows closing promptly at 200 Under the able direction of general man ¬ ager Louis Pondfield the entire track un ¬ derwent a facelifting job during the win ter months and the fans that visit the sporty Miles Road course on Monday are in for quite a surprise surpriseThe The most important change made was the increasing of the tracks circumference from a halfmile oval to five furlongs The old chute has been discarded and a new chute has been erected at the head of the stretch which will be used for starting of six and onehalf and sevenfurlong races The entire parking area has been resur ¬ faced and increased to handle the record breaking crowds that are anticipated dur Continued on Page Ten Cranwood Inaugurates 35Day Summer Session SessionWellBalanced WellBalanced Field of Eight Sprinters Goes in Quick Purse PurseContinued Continued horn Page One Oneing ing the course xif the meeting The grand ¬ stand has been fireproofed and dressed up while the clubhouse as usual will be a delightful spot to view the races from Daily Double machines will be used and the new 5 Double machine will be In use for the first time timeRacing Racing secretary Fred Burton did his usual fine job of whipping together an ex ¬ cellent program for the opening afternoon of racing With purses on the upgrade this season at Cranwood the finest thorough ¬ breds in this section of the country are ex ¬ pected to be inaction during the 35 days daysThe The feature race is known as the Quick Purse and it has drawn a wellbalanced field of eight going six furlongs The con ¬ test has been written under allowance con ¬ ditions and will carry a 1500 purse purseThe The field will line up as follows Mrs F Donatos Your Highness G R Watkins Gerties Last Mrs Betty Kennedys Sign It Denyin Days Skylarker L O Lpgsdorfs Evenesta R C Watts Gentle Gal F M Arnolds Ivy Boy and Madeline Haas Papaya PapayaSkylarker Skylarker a gelded son of Pairybypair won two races at the Ascot Park meeting and appears in an excellent spot to win this event The gelding had been given a rest by trainer ODonnell since his win ¬ ning race on May 22 when at seven fur ¬ longs he defeated Counter Plot by five lengths while being ridden out In that race he gained the lead soon after the start and just toyed with his field thereafter Before that race he defeated Teddys Tea by 15 lengths going six and onehalf fur ¬ long on a fast track Time for that race was an excellent 120 120Evenesta Evenesta who will be ridden by Frank Maher also has several very good races under her belt This is heivbest distance and if she runs back to her Ascot Park form she should be on the board after the running of the Quick QuickPapaya Papaya and Gentle Gal both won races at Ascot Park on June 2 Gentle Gal with Stanley Austin aboard found a small open ¬ ing while at the furlong marker and just managed to squeeze through and go on to a half length victory over Blackburn Papaya was nicely rated in the early stages of her race at six arid onehalf furlongs and then jockey Johnny Cruz called on the Kehrieyo filly and she responded gamely winning by a length and onehalf onehalfGerties Gerties Last won her last race and could upset in this contest Your Highness has been a triple winner this season and is always hard to beat in a sprint
