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Attendance and Handle Up at AkSarBen Meet MeetSession Session Reaches HalfWay Mark Thursday Six in Feature Today TodayBy By ART KENNEDY KENNEDYStaff Staff Correspondent CorrespondentAKSARBEN AKSARBEN Omaha Nebr June 8 Two more handicaps are down for decision during the week ahead at AkSarBen the AkSarBen Queens Plate Handicap on Wednesday and the AkSarBen Kings Plate on Saturday Each purse is endowed with 3000 and conditioned for three yearolds and upward the former at a mile and onesixteenth the latter at six fur ¬ longs longsWith With the running of the fourth race on Thursdays twilighT program the halfway mark of the current meeting will have been reached And with the exception of 1946 a peak year at all race tracks no season here has proven as successful from all standpoints as the present one gives prom ¬ ise of being beingSince Since opening day May 19 attendance and mutuel play at AkSarBen have ex ¬ ceeded the previous seasons tally indicat ¬ ing a gratifying increase in local interest in the sport to friends of thoroughbred racing racingThe The feature race on tomorrows ladies day card has been named the Whisk Broom after the great son of Broomstick who established a then world record for a mile and a quarter in 200 flat It has at ¬ tracted a field of six to compete at a mile and onesixteenth alL of them familiar with the Omaha oval with one or more starts here this year yearBrillgal Brillgal C E Brown Jrs sevenyear old race mare is the one most apt to draw the bulk of public support by virtue of a previous win here at the distance Because of the fact that she was forcing the pace ¬ makers in the memorable race which de ¬ veloped an upset when First Blue trounced Butch K among others She will be in lighter tomorrow than she was in any of her other starts here hereAbbotsford Abbotsford made his first appearance Saturday in the colors of Mrs J Tennant who had haltered him from his previous winning race and is certain to be close to Brillgal in the betting His defeat at a mile and 70 yards was by a sufficiently narrow margin over an off track to recommend him Another factor which may have con ¬ tributed to his downfall was having to check momentarily at the top of the stretch to swing to the inside of Styles Dream and Clay Wright who finisheda neck in front of him noses apart apartTipster Tipster from the stable of Alice Likins could run back to his AkSarBen debut when he scored a clearcut victory over Casta Look Since then he has been second and most recently forced the pacemaker to reel off a sharp six furlongs in a mile and 70 yards event which went to Step Alone although he finished unplaced Newton Airds showed sudden improve ¬ ment in his last start finishing a fast closing third to Grey Duck in a sprint He has shown more of a liking for distance events prior to coming here although beat ¬ ing such a one as La Ganadora at six fur ¬ longs at Oaklawn Hottimenow will be having his second try of the meeting He also raced well at Oaklawn prior to coming here and stumbled leaving the gate last week which may have accounted for his dull race then thenNebraska Nebraska racegoers saw a good colt prove himself on Saturday when Gunner Lad D Crabtrees threeyearold laughed home in the feature race of the afternoon Carry ¬ ing five pounds overweight he was taking much the worst of it from the older ones he opposed at a distance he had never raced But when the latch was sprung it was Gunner Lad and Busy Fox head and head for the lead and so they continued for the length of the backstretch Ap ¬ proaching the half mile pole jockey Tay ¬ lor Powell shook the brown colt up and left Busy Fox floundering flounderingTurning Turning for home Powell handrode his mount briskly opening up a sixlength margin on the others Then the rider changed to a snug hold and looking back galloped across the finish line easing up Attendance was 12825 with the handle reaching 522299
