Boston Bull Seen Likely Fairmount Park Favorite: Hall Runner Has Raced Well at Current Meet; Has Eight Rivals, Daily Racing Form, 1953-06-24

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Boston Bull Seen Likely Fairmount Park Fayorite Hall Runner Has Raced Well at Current Meet; Has Eight Rivals By C. A. LINDEMAT Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, 111., June 23. — Nine sprinters were named for the St. Charles, feature event on the Wednesday night card of-eight races. This event is for three- and four-year-olds that have not won more than one race this year and they will battle it out over six furlongs. Topping the nine-horse field is the L. Hall sprinter, Boston Bull, winner of his last out here over a good field of sprinters. • Boston Bull has only started here three times at this meeting this year and each race was a vast improvement over his last. Saturday night he turned back a fast field of sprinters to take top honors in an allowance affair at six furlongs, defeating the fast Merry England and Umbrella Man going the distance in l:l2t flat with 106 pounds up. In the. St. Charles Boston Bull will pick up eighb pounds making his weight 114. From the way he closed in the stretch he will be the one they will have to beat to get the top money in this ,500 purse. Closest rival to Boston Bull is Umbrella Man who was second to him in their meeting here Saturday night. Umbrella Man has good early foot and in his last defeat he had taken, the lead in the first quarter, setting the pace from there to midway of the stretch and then gave way to Boston Bull. Umbrella Man will have 115 pounds up, the same as he carried in the race Saturday night.


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