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Andre Displays Gameness To Take Puritan Handicap SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., June 20. — River Divide Farms Andre appears to have the indian sign on Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lingles Larry Ellis, as he proved in todays renewal of the Puritan Handicap at Suffolk Downs. The four-year-old son of Pavot — Miss Ferdinand, ridden by John Choquette, turned back Larry Ellis bid near the final sixteenth of the mile and 70-yard event and had enough left to prevail over Irving Gushens Soldier Son. A half length separated the pair at the end of the 0,000 middle distance race. Larry Ellis wilted under his 123 pound impost and finished third, a length an a half back of the runner-up, and a like distance before Red Head Stables Futuresque. 19,350 patrons were on hand to witness the seemi-final Saturday of the current meeting. Sweltering heat prevailed despite the nearness of the track to the ocean.
