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Cranwood Enters Third Week of Good Meeting Gee Appears to Haye Slight Edge Over Six Rivals in Bedford Purse CRANWOOD PARK, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, June 20. — Racing enters its third week here at Cranwood Park on Monday and an excellent nine-race program has been arranged. Attendance and mutuel play are expected to take a sharp upward swing during the next week with the arrival of new and better horses that have shipped to this point in the past few days. The feature on Monday will be the Bedford Purse at four panels and will match a small but .select field of seven animals. Those entering overnight are Gold Locket, Gee, Daddys Bid, Sydney H., Cattaragus, Baked Indian and Vetch. W. G.. Myers Gee, who is trained by his brother, Bobby, appears to have a slight edgesin the Bedford. Gees last race over the track at this distance was excellent when the Jack High gelding defeated Sticker Burr by a nose in :48% over a fast track. In that race, Gee was never far off the pace, responded gamely to pressure through the stretch and wore down Sticker Burr in the final jump. Gee has won two races this season in eight starts. His other tally was scored at Wheeling Downs on May 19 when at six and one-half furlongs he defeated Flint Stick by 12 lengths over a heavy strip. Bobby Myers has his string of horses in tip-top shape and the Balti-morean is one of the leading trainers at this point. Sydney H., racing for Marie Trusso, has gone winless now for some time, but has been racing at six furlongs, over which is not his best distance. The four furlongs of the Bedford should be to his liking and he may return to the fine form he flashed at Ascot Park earlier in the season. He was claimed by Marie Trusso at Ascot from Gordon Pearce. F. M. Arnolds Gold Locket finished third to Gee in her last outing after racing in the first flight from the outset. Her best race in this area came on May 25 at Ascot Park when she defeated Sticker Burr by a length and one-half after leading from .start to finish at four and one-half furlongs. If she could run back to that race she will be a mighty hard filly to beat. Great Northern Stables Cattaragus was anything but impressive in his season debut on June 16 when he finished next to last at six furlongs. The son of Mel Eppley, who was bred by Torrance C. Melrose, broke sixth and liis position remained unchanged throughout the race. At Randall Park last season, Cattaragus turned in several good races, defeating ,500 claimers on two occasions. Last year in 19 starts the colt was "on the board" 11 times. Daddys Bid made his racing debut here last week and showed nothing. Vetch is not accorded too good a chance, while Baked Indian will be making his first local appearance. •
