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Galway Boy, Barometro Continue Keen Rivalry To Put on Rubber Match Today at River Downs in Queen City Purse By R. E. HURLEY Staff Correspondent RIVER DOWNS, California, Ohio, June 26. — J. and S. Hanovers Galway Boy and D. P. Chambers Barometro resume their rivalry tomorrow under allowance conditions in the Queen City Purse, which has both the distance and purse of the scheduled Queen City Handicap, which failed to fill sufficiently. These two would have been the main attraction under handicap weights and the only difference in the race is the weight assignment which finds Barometro getting a five-pound pull from his last three-length defeat by Galway Boy. This will be the fourth running of the Queen City, which was won in former years by Pat-the-Pilot, Watch Susan and Puddle Jumper at the same nine-furlong route. The race has the same ,500 purse and is regarded as the first of the regular handicaps on the River Downs schedule which culminates with the 5,000 renewal of the River Downs Championship on closing day. F. S. Allens Bold King, J. Brandows Bleary Bob, H. M. Simpsons First Boston, Mrs. L. Battles Honest Isam and O. Braschs Sob -Story complete the cast in the Queen City, but the main interest is the rubber match between Galway Boy and Barometro. These two haye met twice at River Downs under handicap weights and are all even for their meetings. Galway Boy was off poorly in the first meeting with the Chilean gray invader and was far back as Barometro sped a mile and a sixteenth in lA6Vsi while winning fairly easily. The Sackett combination of father and son, which trains and rides Galway Boy, got their revenge last Saturday by three lengths with an 11-pound pull in the weights to assist them and no trouble at the barrier. The gelded son of Economical— Numway sped the distance in a sparkling 1:44 in that race. Galway Boy is topweighted in the Queen City at 120 and Barometro gets in at 117, Which is to his favor, but the question mark must be answered by the imported Bar-El-Ghazel— Insolencia horse. Many observers feel that nine furlongs will tell on Barometro more than Galway Boy, While the Chambers camp is confident that they have the best handicap horse on the grounds.
