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Seaward Out After Algonquin Purse Should Favor Soft Strip at Hawthorne HawthorneHasty Hasty House Veteran Trying For 21st Win of Career as He Meets Fast Rivals Today TodayHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero HI June 10 Hasty House Farms eightyearold chest ¬ nut gelding Seaward will try for the 21st victory of his long and honest career when he comes out for the six and onehalf fur ¬ long Algonquin Purse which 5000 event is to be the feature attraction on Lincoln Fields1 program here at historic Hawthorne tomorrow tomorrowA A perennial stakes winner Seaward is an old favorite with Chicago racegoers He has been particuuarly successful here at Hawthorne where he has run some of his best and won some of his most important races including the Hawthorne dold Cup in 1951 Last year he numbered the Lin ¬ coln Handicap run at this track among his three stakes victories for the season others being the Ben Ali Handicap at Keeneland and the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs DownsAltogether Altogether in seven years of campaign ¬ ing Seaward has started 101 times won 20 finished second on 21 occasions and was 10 times third for total earnings of 217920 to date He hung up his 20th win here at this meeting on May 22 with a threelength victory over Chombro in the mud He probably will find similar track conditions tomorrow In his only other start at the meeting he finished fourth to Royal Mustang in the Park Forest Purse on the grass on May 29 29By By Pilate now dead out of Flota by Jack High Seaward was bred in Virginia by Mrs Dodge Sloans Brookmeade Stud He has been one of the best of an increas ¬ ing number of made horses purchased by Mr and Mrs A E Reuben of Toledo Ohio for their Hasty House stable stableStake Stake Contenders ContendersAmong Among other stakes contenders who will meet Seaward in the Algonquin are J H Nail Jrs Seventh Sun B W Landys Un ¬ bridled T M Daniels Jet Ace Buddah Stables Dance Nsing W H Bishops Chall cote and also Mrs Sayde Smiths Blue Licks winner of two allowance races this season and M H Van Bergs Can Locate In his only start at this meeting Blue Licks finished third to Vantage and Screemin Jack on June 3 3Unbridled Unbridled winner of the Hyde Park Stakes at two will be making his second start of the year He was unplaced behind Baybrook in the Fleming Handicap here last Saturday Unbridled won four races last othersDance year and placed in eight others Dance Nsing a four yearold brown colt by Seven Hearts out of Gleeful by Phara mond II won three races last year but he probably earned his great distinction when he turned in an excellent perform ¬ ance to finish second to Sam E Wilsons Gushing Oil in the Peabody Memorial Stakes that season seasonSeventh Seventh Sun won five races last season has placed three times in six starts this year the latest three at this meeting In his best effort here he finished second to Raintree on May 26 Four of his 1952 vic ¬ tories consecutivelyThree were scored consecutively Three of the eight probable starters in the Algonquin Purse namely Seaward Blue Licks and Jet Ace carry 117 pounds as the top weights
